The annealing arch or oven used in the manufacture of plate glass.
enriqueta
equalizer
equalizer
noun
(Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
(mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
(sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
A device that balances various quantities.
A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
One who makes equal; a balancer.
equilater
equiliria
equimolar
equimolar
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of moles (of two or more compounds)
equirotal
equirotal
adj
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
euraquilo
extraquiz
griquaite
harlequin
harlequin
adj
Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
Of a greenish-chartreuse color.
noun
(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
(informal) A harlequin duck.
A greenish-chartreuse color.
A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes.
verb
(intransitive) To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
(transitive) To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
jacquerie
jacquerie
noun
A violent revolt by peasants.
laquearia
laquearia
noun
(historical) The panels of a coffered ceiling in Ancient Rome.
marquises
marquises
noun
plural of marquis
plural of marquise
ortanique
ortanique
noun
A cross between an orange and a tangerine.
pasquiler
pratiques
pratiques
noun
plural of pratique
preacquit
quadrigae
quadrigae
noun
plural of quadriga
quadrille
quadrille
noun
(card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
A square tiling of the plane.
Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
verb
(intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
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
quakerish
quakerish
Adjective
Suggesting or pertaining to the Quakers.
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.
quakerize
quakerize
Verb
To convert or adapt to the Quaker religion.
qualifier
qualifier
noun
(computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
(grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
A preliminary stage of a competition.
One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
quantizer
quantizer
noun
An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response
quarriers
quarriers
noun
plural of quarrier
quartiles
quartiles
noun
plural of quartile
quartzite
quartzite
noun
(mineralogy) A metamorphic rock from sandstone, consisting of interlocking grains of quartz.
quaterion
quatrible
quavering
quavering
adj
Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
noun
The act of something that quavers.
verb
present participle of quaver
quaysider
quaysider
noun
One who lives or works on a quayside.
queachier
querencia
querencia
noun
(New Mexico) homesickness, nostalgia
(bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
querimans
quinaries
quinaries
noun
plural of quinary
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
reacquire
reacquire
verb
acquire again
reliquary
reliquary
noun
(figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
(law) A person who owes a balance.
A container to hold or display religious relics.
reliquiae
reliquiae
noun
(archaeology) Artifacts; things made or modified by human art.
Remains, especially of fossil organisms.
reliquian
reliquian
adj
Of or pertaining to relics; of the nature of a relic.
requalify
requalify
verb
To qualify again; to renew a qualification.
requienia
requitals
requitals
noun
plural of requital
squabbier
squalider
squalider
adj
comparative form of squalid: more squalid
squallier
squallier
adj
comparative form of squally: more squally
squashier
squashier
adj
comparative form of squashy: more squashy
squattier
squattier
adj
comparative form of squatty: more squatty
squawkier
squawkier
adj
comparative form of squawky: more squawky
squeakier
squeakier
adj
comparative form of squeaky: more squeaky
triquetra
triquetra
noun
A shape formed of three vesicae piscium, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and persons that are threefold (including the Christian Trinity), and a symbol of protection in Wicca.