(organic chemistry) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline.
palanquining
pasquinading
pasquinading
verb
present participle of pasquinade
pauciloquent
pauciloquent
adj
Using few words when speaking.
perquisition
perquisition
noun
A thorough inquiry or search.
peruginesque
phenoquinone
postconquest
postconquest
adj
After a conquest.
preacquiring
preacquiring
verb
present participle of preacquire
preantiquity
preantiquity
noun
The time before antiquity.
preequipment
preequipping
prequotation
prerequiring
prerequiring
verb
present participle of prerequire
preterequine
prosequendum
pseudoquinol
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quadrangular
quadrangular
adj
Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle.
quadranguled
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadrateness
quadrateness
noun
Quality of being quadrate.
quadrennials
quadrennials
noun
plural of quadrennial
quadrenniums
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadriennial
quadriennial
adj
Alternative form of quadrennial
quadriennium
quadrillions
quadrillions
noun
plural of quadrillion
quadrinomial
quadrinomial
adj
Consisting of four names or parts or terms.
noun
(algebra) An expression consisting of four terms.
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quadriplanar
quadriplanar
adj
Composed of, or relating to, four planes.
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrumanous
quadrumanous
adj
Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates.
quadrupedant
quadrupedant
noun
quadruped
quaintnesses
quaintnesses
noun
plural of quaintness
qualifyingly
qualifyingly
adv
So as to qualify, or modify the meaning of something.
qualmishness
qualmishness
noun
The quality of being qualmish.
quantifiable
quantifiable
adj
Capable of being quantified.
noun
Something that can be quantified; a measurable.
quantifiably
quantifiably
adv
In a quantifiable manner.
quantitating
quantitating
verb
present participle of quantitate
quantitation
quantitation
noun
The process of quantitating.
The result of a process of quantitating.
quantitative
quantitative
adj
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
quantitively
quantitively
adv
quantitatively
quantivalent
quantivalent
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to quantivalence, or valence.
quantization
quantization
noun
(countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory; to represent by quanta
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values
quarantining
quarantining
verb
present participle of quarantine
quarrelingly
quarterfinal
quarterfinal
noun
(general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
quarternight
quaternarian
quaternarian
adj
quaternary
quaternaries
quaternaries
noun
plural of quaternary
quaternarius
quaternarius
noun
(prosody) A unit of four metrical feet.
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quaternities
quaternities
noun
plural of quaternity
quatertenses
quattrocento
quattrocento
noun
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
queasinesses
queasinesses
noun
plural of queasiness
queerishness
queerishness
noun
The quality of being queerish.
quenchlessly
quenchlessly
adv
In a quenchless manner.
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
querimonious
querimonious
adj
Complaining; querulous.
querulential
querulential
adj
(archaic, rare) querulous; complaining
questionable
questionable
adj
(obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
Of dubious respectability or morality.
Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
questionably
questionably
adv
in a questionable manner
questionings
questionings
noun
plural of questioning
questionless
questionless
adj
(rare) Certain; indubitable; unquestionable; not admitting of question or doubt.
Asking no questions; unquestioning.
adv
(archaic) Certainly; undoubtedly; without question.
questionwise
questionwise
adj
(India) In terms of or by means of questions.
quinaldinium
quindecangle
quindecangle
noun
(obsolete, geometry) quindecagon
quindecaplet
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.
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinisextine
quinoidation
quinquegrade
quinquegrade
adj
(music) Of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.
quinquelobed
quinquelobed
Adjective
Having five lobes.
quinquenniad
quinquenniad
noun
(now rare) Synonym of quinquennium: A 5-year period.
quinquennial
quinquennial
adj
Of or related to a five-year period.
noun
A 5th anniversary.
A five-year period.
quinquennium
quinquennium
noun
A period of five years.
quinquepedal
quinquertium
quinquertium
noun
(historical) An ancient sporting contest consisting of five separate events.
quinquevalve
quinquevalve
adj
(botany, biology) Having five valves.
quintelement
quintescence
quintessence
quintessence
noun
(alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
(physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
A pure substance.
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
verb
(transitive) To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
quintillions
quintillions
noun
plural of quintillion
quinuclidine
quinuclidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The saturated, bicyclic heterocycle 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane; any of its derivatives
quippishness
quippishness
noun
The quality of being quippish.
quipsomeness
quirkinesses
quirkinesses
noun
plural of quirkiness
quislingisms
quitclaiming
quitclaiming
verb
present participle of quitclaim
quotableness
quotableness
noun
The quality or degree of being quotable.
quotationist
quotationist
noun
One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
reconquering
reconquering
verb
present participle of reconquer
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
relacquering
relacquering
verb
present participle of relacquer
relinquished
relinquished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relinquish
relinquisher
relinquisher
noun
One who relinquishes.
relinquishes
relinquishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relinquish
reliquefying
reliquefying
verb
present participle of reliquefy
requalifying
requalifying
verb
present participle of requalify
requarantine
requarantine
verb
(transitive) To quarantine again.
requiescence
requirements
requirements
noun
plural of requirement
requisitions
requisitions
noun
plural of requisition
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of requisition
resequencing
resequencing
noun
(genetics) The sequencing of part of an individual's genome in order to detect sequence differences between the individual and the standard genome of the species.
Arrangement in a new sequence; reordering.
verb
present participle of resequence
saltimbanque
saltimbanque
noun
Tumbler, street acrobat.
semiequitant
semiequitant
adj
(botany) Somewhat or partly equitant.
semiquintile
semiquintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
sequentially
sequentially
adv
In sequence, in order.
sequestering
sequestering
verb
present participle of sequester
sesquiquinta
sinarquistas
somniloquent
somniloquent
adj
Synonym of somniloquous (“talking while asleep”)
somniloquies
somniloquies
noun
plural of somniloquy
somniloquism
somniloquism
noun
The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.
somniloquist
somniloquist
noun
A person who talks in his/her sleep.
somniloquize
somniloquize
verb
(intransitive) To sleeptalk.
somniloquous
somniloquous
adj
Talking while asleep.
squabblingly
squabblingly
adv
With squabbling or argument.
squamipennes
squamipinnes
squamoseness
squamousness
squamousness
noun
The quality of being squamous.
squamulation
squamulation
noun
(zoology) The condition of being squamulate; the presence of small scales.