(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
aminoanthraquinone
aminoanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
antequalm
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antimasquerade
antimosquito
antimosquito
adj
Countering mosquitos.
antiquarianism
antiquarianism
noun
Archaism.
Study or love of antiques.
Study or love of antiquity.
antiquarism
antiquarism
noun
Synonym of antiquarianism
antiquarium
antiquarium
noun
A place for keeping antiques.
antiquum
antisquama
aquincubitalism
aquincubitalism
noun
The quality of being aquincubital.
aquintocubitalism
aquopentamminecobaltic
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
bramantesque
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
contramarque
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
diphenylquinomethane
equalitarianism
equalitarianism
noun
Egalitarianism.
equanimities
equanimities
noun
plural of equanimity
equanimity
equanimity
noun
The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
equationism
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equidominant
equidominant
adj
equally dominant
equimomental
equimomental
adj
Having equal moments of inertia.
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
jacqueminot
jacqueminot
noun
A variety of deep crimson rose.
machinotechnique
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
magniloquently
magniloquently
adv
In a magniloquent manner.
manistique
martinique
martinique
Proper noun
An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
methaqualone
methaqualone
noun
(pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
milliequivalent
milliequivalent
noun
(chemistry) One thousandth of an equivalent
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
quadragintesimal
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadrienniumutile
quadrigeminate
quadrigeminate
adj
Synonym of quadrigeminal
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quantimeter
quantimeter
noun
A device for determining the quantity of X-rays generated by a Crookes tube or Coolidge tube.
quantometer
quantometer
noun
A device for performing spectrographic analysis.
quantulum
quantulum
noun
(obsolete) A very small amount.
quantum
quantum
adj
(computing theory) Relating to a quantum computer.
(informal) Of a change, significant.
(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.
Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
noun
(computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
(computing, uncountable) Short for quantum computing.
(law) The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit.
(law) The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
(mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
(medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
quantummechanical
quarterman
quarterman
noun
A foreman in a shipyard
quartermen
quartermen
noun
plural of quarterman
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
questman
questman
noun
(obsolete) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
(obsolete) A collector of parish rents.
(obsolete) One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.
quincubitalism
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quitclaiming
quitclaiming
verb
present participle of quitclaim
quitman
quitman
Proper noun
A city in Arkansas.
A city in Georgia, United States.
A village in Louisiana.
A city in Mississippi
A small city in Texas
rembrandtesque
rembrandtesque
Adjective
Resembling or similar to the effects and/or techniques of Rembrandt van Rijn, especially in chiaroscuro.
saltimbanque
saltimbanque
noun
Tumbler, street acrobat.
semiacquaintance
semiacquaintance
noun
A vague acquaintance; a person whom one barely knows.