A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.
The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
bisque
bisque
adj
Of a pale pinkish brown colour.
noun
(British parliament) Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.
(ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.
(chiefly BBC, historical) A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
(sports) An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
A pale pinkish brown colour.
A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
verb
(transitive) To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.
bosque
bosque
noun
(Southwestern US) A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse.
Rare spelling of bosk.
buqsha
buqsha
noun
(historical) A former currency unit of Yemen.
casque
casque
noun
A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary.
A helmet.
equals
equals
noun
The symbol =
plural of equal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equal
equips
equips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equip
faqirs
faqirs
noun
plural of faqir
fiques
fosque
iraqis
jaques
lasque
maquis
maquis
noun
(botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
(historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.
masqat
masque
masque
noun
(historical, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
A facial mask.
A masquerade.
Archaic form of mask.
Words and music written for a masque.
mosque
mosque
noun
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
nasdaq
nasdaq
Proper noun
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, an electronic stock market.
piques
piques
noun
plural of pique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pique
qanats
qanats
noun
plural of qanat
qasida
qasida
noun
An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
quacks
quacks
noun
plural of quack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quack
quaffs
quaffs
noun
plural of quaff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quaff
quails
quails
noun
plural of quail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quail
quakes
quakes
noun
plural of quake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quake
qualms
qualms
noun
plural of qualm
quants
quants
noun
plural of quant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quant
quarks
quarks
noun
plural of quark
quarts
quarts
noun
plural of quart
quasar
quasar
noun
(astronomy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
quashi
quashy
quashy
adj
slushy; mushy
quasky
queans
queans
noun
plural of quean
quease
queasy
queasy
adj
Easily troubled; squeamish.
Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
queens
queens
noun
(poker slang) A pair of queens.
plural of queen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queen
queers
queers
noun
plural of queer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queer
queest
queest
noun
Archaic form of cushat.
quells
quells
noun
plural of quell
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quell
queres
querns
querns
noun
plural of quern
quesal
quesal
noun
Archaic form of quetzal (the bird).
questa
quests
quests
noun
plural of quest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quest
queues
queues
noun
plural of queue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queue
quibus
quicks
quicks
noun
plural of quick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quick
quiets
quiets
noun
plural of quiet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiet
quiffs
quiffs
noun
plural of quiff
quiles
quills
quills
noun
plural of quill
quilts
quilts
noun
plural of quilt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quilt
quinas
quinse
quinsy
quinsy
noun
(pathology) A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.
quints
quints
noun
plural of quint
quipus
quipus
noun
plural of quipu
quires
quires
noun
plural of quire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quire
quirks
quirks
noun
plural of quirk
quirts
quirts
noun
plural of quirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quirt
quisby
quisby
adj
(UK, slang, archaic) Drunk; tipsy.
(UK, slang, archaic) In difficult circumstances; in trouble.
(UK, slang, archaic) Mean; destitute; strange.
noun
(slang, obsolete) A wretch; an idle person.
quisle
quisle
verb
To collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.
quoins
quoins
noun
plural of quoin
quoits
quoits
noun
A competitive game in which players throw rings, aiming to land them over vertical sticks.
plural of quoit
quotas
quotas
noun
plural of quota
quotes
quotes
noun
Quotation marks.
plural of quote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quote
qurush
risque
risque
adj
(US) Alternative form of risqué
noun
Obsolete spelling of risk
roques
sacque
sacque
noun
Alternative spelling of sack (“a short, loose-fitting garment for women and children”)
sauqui
sauqui
noun
Archaic form of sockeye (“type of salmon”).
secque
seqrch
sequan
sequel
sequel
noun
(Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
(dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
(mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
(obsolete) A person's descendants.
sequim
sequin
sequin
noun
(fashion) A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
(now historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
sesqui
soquel
squabs
squabs
noun
plural of squab
squads
squads
noun
plural of squad
squail
squail
noun
A disc or counter used in the game of squails.
verb
(intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals.
To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
squali
squall
squall
noun
(meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
(often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
A loud cry or wail.
verb
To cry or wail loudly.
squalm
squama
squama
noun
(botany) Any scaly bracted leaf.
(botany) The bract of a deciduous spike.
(entomology) A calypter.
(medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
squame
squame
noun
(anatomy) A bony plate.
(medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue.
(medicine) A squamous (scale-like) cell.
(zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
squamy
square
square
adj
(cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
(nautical) Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
(of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
Honest; straightforward; fair.
Hypernyms: rectangular, polygonal
Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
Shaped like a square (the polygon).
Solid, decent, substantial.
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
adv
Directly.
noun
(1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.
(Britain) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
(Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
(academia) A mortarboard.
(archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
(astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
(brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
(colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal.
(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
(dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
(figuratively, obsolete) A true measure, standard, or pattern.
(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
(military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
(often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
(slang) Cigarette.
(slang, MLE) A well-defined core of a human body, a flat section from the fundament to the thoracic diaphragm.
A cell in a grid.
A square piece, part, or surface.
An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
verb
(archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
(astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
(nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
(obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
(rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
(transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
(transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
(transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
(transitive, intransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
To form with four sides and four right angles.
To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
squark
squark
noun
(physics) A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of one-half.
squary
squary
adj
(UK, dialect) neat and compact
squash
squash
noun
(Britain) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
(biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
(botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
(cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
(obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
(obsolete, countable) Muskrat.
(obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
(obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
(slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.