One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
caquetoires
chontaquiro
equicaloric
equicaloric
adj
Having the same number of calories.
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
gastriloquy
gastriloquy
noun
(rare) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
inquiration
inquiration
noun
(UK, dialect) inquiry
liquidators
liquidators
noun
plural of liquidator
maquiladora
maquiladora
noun
An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.
marquisotte
marquisotte
verb
(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
nonrequital
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
paraquinone
paraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,4-benzoquinone
proequality
propinquant
quadrichord
quadrichord
noun
(obsolete, music) tetrachord
quadrifocal
quadrifocal
adj
(optics) Of or pertaining to lenses that have four different powers per eye.
quadrifrons
quadrifrons
noun
(architecture) Synonym of tetrapylon
quadrillion
quadrillion
noun
(figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
num
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
quadrilobed
quadrilobed
Adjective
Having four lobes.
quadrilogue
quadrilogue
noun
Alternative spelling of quadralogue
quadrinodal
quadrinodal
adj
(mathematics) Having four nodes.
quadripolar
quadripolar
adj
Having four poles
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quaestorial
quaestorial
adj
Of or relating to a quaestor.
quaestorian
quaestorian
adj
Relating to a quaestor.
quarterfoil
quarterfoil
noun
Archaic form of quatrefoil.
quarternion
quaternions
quaternions
noun
plural of quaternion
quatrefoils
quatrefoils
noun
plural of quatrefoil
querulation
questionary
questionary
adj
Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
noun
(archaic) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.