(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
plusquamperfect
plusquamperfect
noun
(grammar, rare) pluperfect
preequipment
prerequirement
prerequirement
noun
A prerequisite requirement
primaquine
primaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
prosequendum
quadmeter
quadragesima
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadragintesimal
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadratosquamosal
quadratosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Both quadrate and squamosal
quadratum
quadrennium
quadrennium
noun
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
quadrenniums
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadriennium
quadrienniumutile
quadrifolium
quadriform
quadriform
adj
Having four forms, parts or aspects
quadrigamist
quadrigamist
noun
(rare) Someone who has four spouses at the same time.
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminate
quadrigeminate
adj
Synonym of quadrigeminal
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadrilaminar
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrimembral
quadrimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, four members.
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrimum
quadrinomial
quadrinomial
adj
Consisting of four names or parts or terms.
noun
(algebra) An expression consisting of four terms.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
quadripulmonary
quadrireme
quadrireme
noun
(history, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
quadrivium
quadrivium
noun
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
quadrum
quadrumana
quadrumanal
quadrumanal
adj
quadrumane
quadrumane
quadrumane
adj
(zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".
noun
(zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.
quadrumanous
quadrumanous
adj
Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates.
quadrumvir
quadrumvir
noun
Synonym of quattuorvir.
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirate
noun
Synonym of quattuorvirate.
quadrumvirs
quadrupedism
quagmire
quagmire
noun
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
verb
(transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
quagmired
quagmired
adj
(of a person or thing) Sunk in a quagmire
(of a road etc) Resembling a quagmire
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quagmire
quagmires
quagmires
noun
plural of quagmire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quagmire
quagmirier
quagmiriest
quagmiry
quagmiry
adj
Like a quagmire.
quakerdom
quakerism
quakerism
Noun
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers.
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
qualmier
qualmier
adj
comparative form of qualmy: more qualmy
qualmproof
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.
quaresma
quarmen
quarrelsome
quarrelsome
adj
Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
quarrelsomely
quarrelsomely
adv
In a quarrelsome manner.
quarrelsomeness
quarrelsomeness
noun
The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature.
quarrome
quarryman
quarryman
noun
A man involved in quarrying (mining for stone).
quarrymen
quarrymen
noun
plural of quarryman
quarsome
quarterman
quarterman
noun
A foreman in a shipyard
quartermaster
quartermaster
noun
(military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
verb
To act as a quartermaster
quartermasterlike
quartermasters
quartermasters
noun
plural of quartermaster
quartermastership
quartermastership
noun
The position or employment of a quartermaster.
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
quaverymavery
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
queersome
queersome
adj
Characterised or marked by queerness; peculiar; odd
quercetum
quercetum
noun
(dated, rare) A wood or plantation of oak trees.
quercimeritrin
quercimeritrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
queriman
queriman
noun
The sandbar shark.
querimans
querimonies
querimonies
noun
plural of querimony
querimonious
querimonious
adj
Complaining; querulous.
querimoniously
querimoniously
adv
In a querimonious manner.
querimoniousness
querimoniousness
noun
(archaic) The quality of being querimonious, of tending to complain.
querimony
querimony
noun
(archaic) A complaint.
questmonger
questmonger
noun
(archaic, derogatory) One who encourages petty lawsuits.
quimper
quimper
Proper noun
A town in Finistère, Brittany
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinocarbonium
quinocarbonium
noun
(chemistry, attributive) Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quinoform
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinquereme
quinquereme
noun
(history) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
quinquertium
quinquertium
noun
(historical) An ancient sporting contest consisting of five separate events.
quirksome
quirksome
adj
Characterised or marked by quirkiness.
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
quizmasters
quizmasters
noun
plural of quizmaster
qumran
quorum
quorum
noun
A selected body of persons.
The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.
quorums
quorums
noun
plural of quorum
ramequin
ramequin
noun
Alternative form of ramekin
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
reequipment
reequipment
noun
The act, or the result of reequipping
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
relinquishment
relinquishment
noun
The act of relinquishing something.
relinquishments
relinquishments
noun
plural of relinquishment
reliquism
remarque
remarque
noun
(engraving) A print or proof distinguished by such a mark.
(engraving) A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.
(engraving) Any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.
remarques
remarques
noun
plural of remarque
rembrandtesque
rembrandtesque
Adjective
Resembling or similar to the effects and/or techniques of Rembrandt van Rijn, especially in chiaroscuro.
requiem
requiem
noun
(obsolete) Rest; peace.
A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
A musical composition for such a mass.
A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
requiems
requiems
noun
plural of requiem
requirement
requirement
noun
(engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
Something asked.
requirements
requirements
noun
plural of requirement
requitement
requitement
noun
(obsolete) requital
rhomboquadratic
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
rqsm
semicirque
semicirque
noun
A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
semiquadrangle
semiquadrantly
semiquadrate
semiquadrate
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other by half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
semiquartile
semiquartile
noun
(astrology) A semiquadrate.
semiquaver
semiquaver
noun
(music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
semiquavers
semiquavers
noun
plural of semiquaver
semisirque
semisquare
semisquare
noun
(astrology) An aspect made by two planets when they are 45 degrees apart from each other.
(geometry) A right isocoles triangle, or such figure of which two form a square.
sequesterment
sequesterment
noun
sequestration
sequestrectomy
sequestrectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of sequestrums (dead portions of bones).
sequestrotomy
sequestrotomy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Surgical removal of a sequestrum, or piece of dead bone that has become separated due to necrosis.
sequestrum
sequestrum
noun
A fragment of bone or other dead tissue that has separated during necrosis.
sequestrums
sermonesque
sermonesque
adj
Characteristic of a sermon.
siliquiform
siliquiform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a silique.
sinarquism
soumarque
squadrism
squadrism
noun
(historical) A policy of violence by squads of Fascists in Italy after the First World War.