To attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).
banqueters
banqueters
noun
plural of banqueter
bararesque
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
bequeather
bequeather
noun
One who bequeaths.
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
bourrasque
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
caqueterie
caquetoire
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
cinquanter
crannequin
craquelure
craquelure
noun
(art) The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
disquarter
earthquake
earthquake
noun
(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
earthquave
equalizers
equalizers
noun
plural of equalizer
equangular
equangular
adj
Alternative spelling of equiangular
equatoreal
equatorial
equatorial
adj
(organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring
of, near, or relating to the equator
noun
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
equestrial
equestrial
adj
Alternative form of equestrian
equestrian
equestrian
adj
(historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.
Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
noun
(historical) Synonym of eques
One who rides a horse.
equicrural
equicrural
adj
Having legs of equal size; isosceles.
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equilibria
equilibria
noun
plural of equilibrium
equiparant
equiparate
equiparate
verb
(chiefly historical) To perform equiparation; to transfer attributes from one object or concept to another.
(rare) To compare.
equiradial
equiradial
adj
Having equal radii.
equivaluer
euroaquilo
exsequatur
exsequatur
noun
Alternative form of exequatur
fouquieria
foursquare
foursquare
adj
(by extension) Solid, robust.
(cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
Having four equal sides; square.
Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
noun
(architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
(cryptography) A four-square cipher.
Alternative form of four square
grandesque
harlequina
harlequins
harlequins
noun
plural of harlequin
harquebuse
harquebuse
noun
Alternative form of harquebus
harquebuss
headsquare
heartquake
heartquake
noun
Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
inquirable
inquirable
adj
Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
inquirance
inquirance
noun
(obsolete) Inquiry.
jacquemart
lacquerers
lacquerers
noun
plural of lacquerer
lacquering
lacquering
noun
An application of lacquer.
verb
present participle of lacquer
lacquerist
lambrequin
lambrequin
noun
(US) A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance.
(ceramics) A border pattern with draped effect.
(heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an item, typically with one end pendant.
A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.
laquearian
laquearian
adj
(of a gladiator) armed with a noose
macquereau
manqueller
manqueller
noun
(obsolete) A killer of men; a manslayer; executioner.
(obsolete) A murderer.
marinduque
marquesses
marquesses
noun
plural of marquess
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marquisess
marquisess
Noun
A marchioness.
martinique
martinique
Proper noun
An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
masquerade
masquerade
noun
(fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
(figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
(figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
(obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
(obsolete, rare) A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
(intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
(transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
medrinaque
medrinaque
noun
A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
negqtiator
oversqueak
parquetage
parquetage
noun
parquetry
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
pasquiller
perquadrat
picaresque
picaresque
adj
(literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
noun
(literature) A picaresque novel.
preacquire
preacquire
verb
(transitive) To acquire in advance.
prequalify
prequalify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To qualify or be qualified in advance.
primaquine
primaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
quackeries
quackeries
noun
plural of quackery
quadrangle
quadrangle
noun
(geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
quadrantes
quadrantes
noun
plural of quadrans
quadrature
quadrature
noun
(art) A painting painted on a wooden panel.
(astronomy) A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right-angle from the perspective of the observer.
(mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis) The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.
(mathematics, numerical analysis) The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.
(physics) The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
The process of making something square; squaring.
quadrennia
quadrennia
noun
plural of quadrennium
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadrigate
quadrilled
quadrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrille
quadrilles
quadrilles
noun
plural of quadrille
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadrireme
quadrireme
noun
(history, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
quadrisect
quadrisect
verb
(transitive) To divide into four parts.
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.
quadrupeds
quadrupeds
noun
plural of quadruped
quadrupled
quadrupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruple
quadruples
quadruples
noun
plural of quadruple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple
quadruplet
quadruplet
noun
(music) A tuplet of four notes.
A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
A sequence of four elements.
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
quadruplex
quadruplex
adj
Having four components.
Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.
noun
A quadruplex system.
verb
(transitive) To make quadruplex.
quadrupole
quadrupole
noun
(physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
(physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
quaestuary
quaestuary
adj
Relating to or concerned with gain; engaged in moneymaking.
quagmirier
quailberry
quailberry
noun
The plant Crossopetalum ilicifolium.
The plant Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
quaileries
quakeproof
quakeproof
adj
Capable of withstanding an earthquake.
verb
(transitive) To modify (a structure) to make it capable of withstanding an earthquake.
quakerbird
quakerbird
noun
the sooty albatross
quakerlike
quakership
quakertown
qualifiers
qualifiers
noun
plural of qualifier
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
quandaries
quandaries
noun
plural of quandary
quantifier
quantifier
noun
(computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.
(grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
quarantine
quarantine
name
(Christainity, obsolete) Alternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho.
noun
(computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc..
(computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
(figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
(historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
(historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
(historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
(politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
A period of 40 days, particularly
A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
verb
(figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
(figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
(intransitive, obsolete) To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.
(transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
quarentene
quarentene
noun
Obsolete form of quarantine (“widow's grace period”).
quarrelers
quarrelers
noun
plural of quarreler
quarreling
quarreling
verb
US standard spelling of quarrelling.
quarrelled
quarrelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarrel
quarreller
quarreller
noun
Alternative spelling of quarreler
quarrelous
quarrelous
adj
(now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
quarriable
quarriable
adj
Capable of being quarried.
quarryable
quarryable
adj
Alternative form of quarriable
quarterage
quarterage
noun
A quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.
The provision of quarters (as for troops), or the cost of it.
quartering
quartering
adj
(by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
noun
(architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
(historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
(hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.
A division into four parts.
A point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
verb
present participle of quarter
quarterman
quarterman
noun
A foreman in a shipyard
quartermen
quartermen
noun
plural of quarterman
quartersaw
quartersaw
verb
(woodworking) Cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.
quartzless
quartzless
adj
(mineralogy) Lacking quartz.
quartzsite
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
quaternary
quaternary
adj
(inorganic chemistry) composed of four elements
(organic chemistry) quaternary ammonium
Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x⁴
Of fourth rank or order
Relating to or in number base four
noun
(chemistry) A quaternary compound.
(geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
quaternate
quaternate
adj
Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.
quaternion
quaternion
noun
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
quaternity
quaternity
noun
(countable) A group or set of four.
(uncountable) The state of being four.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
queencraft
queencraft
noun
Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen; kingcraft as practised by a female sovereign.
queensware
queensware
noun
A type of Wedgwood creamware.
questorial
questorial
adj
Alternative form of quaestorial
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
quinacrine
quinacrine
noun
A drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
reacquaint
reacquaint
verb
To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.
reacquired
reacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquire
reacquires
reacquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reacquire
reliquaire
reliquaire
noun
reliquary (container)
requiescat
requiescat
noun
A prayer for the peaceful repose of the soul of a dead person