(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
anthraquinol
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
antimosquito
antimosquito
adj
Countering mosquitos.
antiquarians
antiquarians
noun
plural of antiquarian
antiquations
antiquations
noun
plural of antiquation
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
aquatintists
aquatintists
noun
plural of aquatintist
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aquilinities
aquilinities
noun
plural of aquilinity
aquincubital
aquincubital
adj
(ornithology) Lacking a fifth cubital remex.
aquotization
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
barranquitas
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
biquadrantal
bramantesque
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cinquecentos
codelinquent
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
colliquation
colliquation
noun
(medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.
The act of becoming liquid; melting.
coloquintida
coloquintida
noun
(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
conquisition
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
consequently
consequently
adv
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
contramarque
counterquery
counterquery
noun
A counterquestion.
delinquently
delinquently
adv
In a delinquent manner.
deliquescent
deliquescent
adj
(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Seeming to melt away.
dentiloquist
dentiloquist
noun
(rare) Someone who speaks through clenched teeth.
dequantitate
dequantitate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To diminish the quantity of.
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
disquietness
disquietness
noun
The state or quality of being disquiet or disturbed; troubledness.
disquiparant
disquisiting
disquisition
disquisition
noun
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.
A methodical inquiry or investigation.
dulciloquent
dulciloquent
adj
(literary, rare) Speaking sweetly.
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
eequinoctium
eloquentness
eloquentness
noun
The quality of being eloquent.
equalisation
equalisation
noun
Alternative spelling of equalization
equalitarian
equalitarian
adj
(dated) Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
noun
(dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism.
equalization
equalization
noun
(finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
equanimities
equanimities
noun
plural of equanimity
equationally
equationally
adv
In terms of equations.
equestrienne
equestrienne
noun
A female equestrian.
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equidominant
equidominant
adj
equally dominant
equilibrants
equilibrants
noun
plural of equilibrant
equilocation
equimomental
equimomental
adj
Having equal moments of inertia.
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
equiparation
equiparation
noun
(chiefly historical, law, philosophy) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
(more generally, rare) Comparison.
equipartisan
equipollents
equipollents
noun
plural of equipollent
equivalently
equivalently
adv
In an equivalent manner; equally.
equivocating
equivocating
verb
present participle of equivocate
equivocation
equivocation
noun
(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
frequentable
frequentable
adj
accessible
frequentness
frequentness
noun
The quality of being frequent.
hindquarters
hindquarters
noun
plural of hindquarter
illaqueation
illaqueation
noun
(obsolete) Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it.
inadequately
inadequately
adv
In an inadequate manner.
inadequation
inadequation
noun
(obsolete) Lack of exact correspondence.
inadequative
inconsequent
inconsequent
adj
(archaic) Alternative form of inconsequential
illogical; not following from the premises
ineloquently
ineloquently
adv
Without eloquence.
inequalities
inequalities
noun
plural of inequality
inequilobate
inequilobate
adj
(biology) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.
inequivalent
inequivalent
adj
Not equivalent
infrequentcy
infrequently
infrequently
adv
Not frequently.
iniquitously
iniquitously
adv
In an iniquitous manner.
inquaintance
inquartation
inquartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) quartation
inquietation
inquietation
Noun
disturbance
inquisitions
inquisitions
noun
plural of inquisition
inquisitress
inquisitress
noun
(rare) A female inquisitor.
interquarrel
interquarter
interquarter
adj
Between quarters.
intersqueeze
italianesque
italianesque
Adjective
In an Italian style.
liquefacient
liquefacient
adj
That liquefies.
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Any agent, such as mercury, iodine, etc., that promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
That which serves to liquefy.
liquefaction
liquefaction
noun
Process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas)
The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.
liquidations
liquidations
noun
plural of liquidation
longiloquent
longiloquent
adj
long-winded
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
methaqualone
methaqualone
noun
(pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
multiloquent
multiloquent
adj
Talkative.
naturalesque
naturalesque
adj
(art) In a style resembling nature.
nesquehonite
nesquehonite
noun
(mineralogy) Magnesium carbonate trihydrate.
nonacquittal
nonacquittal
noun
Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.
nonequitable
nonequitably
nonqualities
nonqualities
noun
plural of nonquality
nonrequisite
nonsequacity
orthoquinone
orthoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2-benzoquinone
outquibbling
outquibbling
verb
present participle of outquibble
overfrequent
overfrequent
adj
Excessively frequent.
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
pauciloquent
pauciloquent
adj
Using few words when speaking.
perquisition
perquisition
noun
A thorough inquiry or search.
postconquest
postconquest
adj
After a conquest.
preantiquity
preantiquity
noun
The time before antiquity.
preequipment
prequotation
preterequine
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadrateness
quadrateness
noun
Quality of being quadrate.
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
quadrupedant
quadrupedant
noun
quadruped
quaintnesses
quaintnesses
noun
plural of quaintness
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
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.
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
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.
quindecaplet
quinisextine
quinoidation
quinquertium
quinquertium
noun
(historical) An ancient sporting contest consisting of five separate events.