(transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.
(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
(transitive, obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
alfaquin
aliquant
aliquant
adj
(mathematics, dated) Less than another specified integer, but not dividing it into integral parts.
noun
(chemistry) An aliquot.
(mathematics, dated) An integer that is less than another, but that does not divide the other integer into integral parts.
antiqued
antiqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antique
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antiques
antiques
noun
plural of antique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antique
antiquum
aqualung
aqualung
noun
(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
verb
To scuba dive.
aquanaut
aquanaut
noun
An underwater explorer.
aquarian
aquarian
noun
A person who keeps an aquarium.
aquatint
aquatint
noun
A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
An etching or print made using this method.
verb
To make such etchings.
aquation
aquation
noun
(chemistry) The replacement of a ligand by water in a complex
aquatone
aquatone
noun
A print produced by this method.
An offset printing method utilizing a gelatin-coated zinc plate hardened and sensitized to print type, line illustrations, and fine-screen halftones.
aquilian
aquiline
aquiline
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
aquilino
aquinist
banquete
banquets
banquets
noun
plural of banquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banquet
basquine
basquine
noun
A sort of basque petticoat.
biunique
biunique
adj
(mathematics, of two sets) that have a one-to-one correspondence in each direction
boqueron
calanque
calquing
calquing
noun
loan translation
verb
present participle of calque
casaquin
casaquin
noun
(historical) A kind of short gown associated with French working-class or peasant women.
chequeen
chequeen
noun
(historical) A gold coin formerly used in Italy and Turkey; a sequin.
chequinn
cinquain
cinquain
noun
(education) A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feeling words, and the initial noun again.
A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
cliquing
cliquing
verb
present participle of clique
conquers
conquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer
conquest
conquest
noun
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
(figuratively, by extension) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
conquian
conquian
noun
(card games) A card game, an ancestor of rummy.
coquelin
coquinas
coquinas
noun
plural of coquina
cotquean
cotquean
noun
Alternative form of cot-quean
duquesne
eloquent
eloquent
adj
Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
Fluently persuasive and articulate.
enqueued
enqueued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enqueue
enqueues
enqueues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enqueue
enquired
enquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enquire
enquirer
enquirer
noun
Alternative form of inquirer
enquires
enquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enquire
equaling
equaling
verb
(American spelling) present participle of equal
equating
equating
noun
The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent.
verb
present participle of equate
equation
equation
noun
(astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.
(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
equinate
equinely
equinely
adv
In an equine manner.
equinity
equinity
noun
The quality of being equine.
equinunk
equitant
equitant
adj
(botany) Overlapping at the base.
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
frequent
frequent
adj
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
verb
(transitive) To visit often.
haqueton
henequen
henequen
noun
A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
The fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).
henequin
henequin
noun
Alternative form of jeniquen
heniquen
henrique
herquein
inaquate
inaquate
adj
(obsolete) Embodied in, or changed into, water.
inequity
inequity
noun
A lack of equity (justice).
An unjust act; a disservice.
iniquity
iniquity
noun
(countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.
(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
iniquous
iniquous
adj
Obsolete form of iniquitous.
inquests
inquests
noun
plural of inquest
inquiets
inquiets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inquiet
inquired
inquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inquire
inquirer
inquirer
noun
One who enquires.
inquires
inquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inquire
inquisit
jaquelin
jaquelyn
jenequen
jerquing
jerquing
noun
(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
jonquils
jonquils
noun
plural of jonquil
linquish
linquish
verb
(obsolete, rare) To relinquish; to give up.
liquamen
liquamen
noun
(historical) A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.
loquence
loquency
manequin
manequin
noun
Dated form of mannequin.
maroquin
maroquin
noun
(somewhat dated) leather made from goatskin
marquand
minocqua
miquelon
miquelon
Proper noun
The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
namaquan
nastaliq
nastaliq
Proper noun
A form of Arabic calligraphy mostly used for Persian and languages it has influenced, including Urdu and Ottoman Turkish.
nepquite
niquiran
nonequal
nonequal
adj
Not equal; unequal, different.
noun
One who is not an equal; a person of differing rank or status.
nonquota
nonquota
adj
Not included in a quota
occoquan
ogunquit
opaquing
opaquing
verb
present participle of opaque
otuquian
outqueen
palenque
palenque
noun
(historical) A community of runaway slaves.
pamaquin
pasquino
piquance
piquance
noun
piquancy; having a piquant taste.
piquancy
piquancy
noun
The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.
poquoson
puquinan
qadianis
qindarka
qindarka
noun
plural of qindarkë
quacking
quacking
adj
Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so.
noun
The sound made by a group of ducks; quacks.
verb
present participle of quack
quadding
quadding
verb
present participle of quad
quadrans
quadrans
noun
A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.
quadrant
quadrant
noun
(college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
(geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
(mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
(nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
(obsolete) A square or quadrangle.
One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
quadrine
quadrine
noun
Alternative form of quatrin
quadroon
quadroon
adj
(dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons.
noun
(dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
quaffing
quaffing
noun
The act by which something is quaffed; a drinking.
verb
present participle of quaff
quailing
quailing
noun
The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.
verb
present participle of quail
quainter
quainter
adj
comparative form of quaint: more quaint
quaintly
quaintly
adv
In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely.
quandang
quandary
quandary
noun
A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
quandong
quandong
noun
(Australia slang, now rare) A confidence trickster.
A small southern Australian shrub (Santalum acuminatum) or its edible red fruit.
Arnhem Land quandong, bony quandong (Elaeocarpus arnhemicus)
Ash quandong (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus bancroftii)
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus johnsonii)
Northern quandong, hard quandong, Northern hard quandong (Elaeocarpus sericopetalus)
The bitter quandong (Santalum murrayanum) or its fruit.
The desert quandong (Santalum lanceolatum) or its fruit.
blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) or its fruit.
brown quandong (Elaeocarpus coorangooloo)
brown quandong, grey quandong (Elaeocarpus ruminatus)
brown-hearted quandong (Elaeocarpus kirtonii)
brush quandong, blue quandong, white quandong, quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis)
white quandong, Northern quandong (Elaeocarpus foveolatus)
quantico
quantics
quantics
noun
plural of quantic
quanties
quantify
quantify
verb
(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).
To assign a quantity to.
To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
quantile
quantile
noun
(statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
quanting
quanting
verb
present participle of quant
quantity
quantity
noun
(mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
(metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
(phonology) Length of sounds.
A considerable measure or amount.
A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
A specific measured amount.
An indefinite amount of something.
quantize
quantize
verb
(transitive, mathematics) To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics).
(transitive, music) To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale
(transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
(transitive, telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
quantong
quaranty
quaranty
noun
(historical, uncommon) Synonym of Council of Forty, former courts with 40 members in Florence and Venice.
quarrian
quarrian
noun
Alternative form of quarrion
quarrion
quarrion
noun
A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
quartana
quartane
quartane
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) butane
quartano
quartans
quartans
noun
plural of quartan
quartern
quartern
noun
(archaic) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds.
(archaic) A quarter part; one fourth.
quartine
quartine
noun
(botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
quashing
quashing
noun
The action of quashing something.
verb
present participle of quash
quassiin
quassins
quassins
noun
plural of quassin
quatenus
quatenus
adj
(Lutheranism) Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative insofar as it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible; admitting the possibility that the Book of Concord might contradict the Bible.
adv
In a quatenus manner.
quateron
quatrain
quatrain
noun
A poem in four lines.
A stanza of four lines.
quatrino
quatrino
noun
Alternative form of quattrino (“old Italian coin”)
quatsino
queanish
queanish
adj
(obsolete) Like a quean, an impudent or disreputable woman.
quechuan
quechuan
Adjective
Of, or pertaining, to the Quechua people or language.
Noun
A member of the Quechua people.
Proper noun
Quechua, the language spoken by the Quechua people.
quedness
queencup
queencup
noun
Alternative form of queen's cup (“the plant Clintonia uniflora”)
queendom
queendom
noun
A realm ruled by a queen.
The condition or character of a queen; queenly rule, power, or authority.
The subjects of such a realm.
queening
queening
noun
(chess) The promotion of a pawn to a queen.
(countable) Any of several kinds of apple.
The sexual practice of facesitting.
verb
present participle of queen
queenite
queenlet
queenlet
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A female kinglet; a petty queen; a queen ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
A princess.
A young or little queen.
queering
queering
noun
(LGBT, social sciences) The process by which something is queered.
verb
present participle of queer
quelling
quelling
adj
causing something to quell or be quelled
noun
The act by which something is quelled.
verb
present participle of quell
quellung
quellung
noun
The swelling of the capsule of a bacterium; once used to identify the bacteria
quenched
quenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quench
quencher
quencher
noun
Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)
quenches
quenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quench
quenelle
quenelle
noun
(cooking) A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
(cooking) An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons.
(offensive) A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand, in a manner similar to an inverted Nazi salute.