(dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring, such as a Roman circus.
(geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley.
faqirs
faqirs
noun
plural of faqir
faquir
faquir
noun
Obsolete spelling of fakir
griqua
griqua
Noun
Any of a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous and multiracial black people, originally populating the frontiers of the infant living as seminomadic commandos of mounted gunmen.
iraqis
liquer
liquor
liquor
noun
(UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
(chiefly US, Canada) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
(obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
(obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
A liquid in which something has been steeped.
A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
verb
(intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
(obsolete, transitive) To grease.
(transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
piqure
qindar
qindar
noun
Alternative spelling of qintar
qintar
qintar
noun
(plural: qindarka or qintars) An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.
(plural: qintars) A unit of measure, which varies in value depending upon the product measured; for example, a qintar of cotton might be 160 kg of cotton, 50 kg of cotton lint; a qintar of lime, 65 kg.
quired
quired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quire
quires
quires
noun
plural of quire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quire
quirks
quirks
noun
plural of quirk
quirky
quirky
adj
Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute.
quirts
quirts
noun
plural of quirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quirt
quiver
quiver
adj
(archaic) Nimble, active.
noun
(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
(mathematics) A multidigraph.
(obsolete) A vulva.
(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
verb
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
requin
requin
noun
(dated) The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
requit
requit
verb
Obsolete form of requite.
requiz
requiz
verb
(transitive) To quiz or interrogate again.
risque
risque
adj
(US) Alternative form of risqué
noun
Obsolete spelling of risk
squier
squier
noun
Obsolete form of square.
squire
squire
noun
(UK, colloquial) Term of address to a male equal.
(historical) A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
(obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
A male attendant on a great personage.
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
verb
(transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
(transitive) To attend as a squire.
squirk
squirl
squirl
noun
(US, dialect) A squirrel.
A flourish in handwriting.
squirm
squirm
noun
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
verb
To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
squirr
squirr
verb
Alternative form of squir
squirt
squirt
noun
(UK, US, Australia, slang) A small child.
(hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
(informal) An act of urination.
(kayaking) A maneuver in which the boat is forced into a nearly vertical position.
(slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
(slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.
A burst of noise.
A small, quick stream; a jet.
An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
verb
(intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
(intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
(kayaking) To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of the boat is forced nearly vertical.
(transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
(transitive, by extension) To emit, eject or excrete (something).
(transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
(transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
tariqa
tariqa
noun
(Islam) a Sufi method of discipline, meditation and mystical insight, or a religious order based on this.