(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquisitor
acquisitor
noun
one who acquires
acquisitors
acquisitors
noun
plural of acquisitor
acquophonia
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
aquasco
aquascope
aquascope
noun
A device used to view beneath the surface of water
aquashicola
aqueoglacial
aqueoglacial
adj
(geology) Deposited by and in water at a time contemporary with the presence of glacial ice in the region.
aqueomercurial
aquicolous
aquicolous
adj
(biology) Living in water.
aquifoliaceae
aquifoliaceous
aquifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aquifoliaceae.
aquintocubital
aquintocubital
adj
Alternative form of aquincubital
aquintocubitalism
aquocapsulitis
aquocarbonic
aquocellolitis
aquopentamminecobaltic
armouchiquois
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
bronchiloquy
capodacqua
caquetio
caquetoire
caquetoires
catoquina
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chibouque
chibouque
noun
Alternative form of chibouk
chiloquin
chiquero
chiquito
chlorohydroquinone
chloroquine
chloroquine
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃.
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
chontaquiro
chouquette
chronique
chronique
noun
(obsolete) A chronicle.
chylaqueous
chylaqueous
adj
(zoology) Consisting of chyle diluted with water; said of a liquid that forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.
chymaqueous
cinquecento
cinquecento
adj
(art) Sixteenth-century (1500s).
noun
(art) The sixteenth century (1500s).
cinquecentos
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
clayoquot
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
cloque
cloque
noun
A fabric with an embossed design
cloques
cloques
noun
plural of cloque
cloquet
coadequate
coconqueror
codelinquency
codelinquent
coequal
coequal
adj
Equal to each other in size, rank or position.
noun
An equal person or thing.
coequalities
coequalities
noun
plural of coequality
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coequalize
coequally
coequally
adv
In a coequal manner.
coequalness
coequalness
noun
The state or quality of being coequal.
coequals
coequals
noun
plural of coequal
coequate
coequate
verb
(transitive) To make equal to each other.
coequated
coequated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coequate
coequates
coequates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coequate
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
coinquinate
colliquable
colliquable
adj
(obsolete, rare) Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid.
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
colliquate
colliquate
verb
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
colliquation
colliquation
noun
(medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.
The act of becoming liquid; melting.
colliquative
colliquative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
colliquativeness
colliquefaction
colliquefaction
noun
(obsolete) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
colloq
colloq
adj
Abbreviation of colloquial.
colloque
colloque
noun
Obsolete form of colloquy.
verb
(intransitive) To hold colloquy; to converse.
colloquia
colloquia
noun
a plural of colloquium
colloquial
colloquial
adj
(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
noun
A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism
colloquialism
colloquialism
noun
A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
colloquialisms
colloquialisms
noun
plural of colloquialism
colloquialist
colloquialist
noun
A good conversationalist.
A person who uses colloquial words or phrases.
colloquiality
colloquiality
noun
(countable) A colloquial term, utterance, etc.; a colloquialism.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being colloquial; colloquialness.
colloquialize
colloquialize
verb
(transitive) To render colloquial.
colloquializer
colloquially
colloquially
adv
In a colloquial manner.
colloquialness
colloquialness
noun
The state or quality of being colloquial.
colloquials
colloquials
noun
plural of colloquial
colloquies
colloquies
noun
plural of colloquy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colloquy
colloquiquia
colloquiquiums
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
colloquists
colloquists
noun
plural of colloquist
colloquium
colloquium
noun
(law) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
colloquiums
colloquiums
noun
plural of colloquium
colloquize
colloquize
verb
To take part in a colloquy
colloquized
colloquized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colloquize
colloquizing
colloquizing
verb
present participle of colloquize
colloququia
colloquy
colloquy
noun
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
(law) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
(obsolete) A formal conference.
A conversation or dialogue.
A written discourse.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To converse.
coloquies
coloquintid
coloquintid
noun
(obsolete) colocynth
coloquintida
coloquintida
noun
(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
colquitt
colquitt
Proper noun
a small city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
comique
comique
noun
(dated) A comic actor or singer.
communiqu
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
comoquer
conquassate
conquassate
verb
(obsolete, transitive, rare) To shake; to agitate.
conquedle
conquer
conquer
verb
(dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
conquerable
conquerable
adj
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
conquered
conquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conquer
conquerer
conquerer
noun
One who conquers
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conqueringly
conqueringly
adv
So as to conquer.
conquerment
conquerment
noun
The state of being conquered.
conqueror
conqueror
noun
Someone who conquers.
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
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.
conquests
conquests
noun
plural of conquest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquest
conquian
conquian
noun
(card games) A card game, an ancestor of rummy.
conquians
conquinamine
conquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) quinidamine
conquinine
conquinine
noun
Synonym of quinidine
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.
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
conquistadors
consequence
consequence
noun
(especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
Importance with respect to what comes after.
That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
The power to influence or produce an effect.
verb
(transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.
consequences
consequences
noun
An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written.
plural of consequence
consequency
consequent
consequent
adj
(geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
noun
(geology) A consequent stream.
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
An event which follows another.
consequential
consequential
adj
(of a person) Self-important.
Following as a result.
Having significant consequences; of importance.
Important or significant.
consequentialities
consequentialities
noun
plural of consequentiality
consequentiality
consequentiality
noun
The property of being consequential.
consequentially
consequentially
adv
In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
consequentialness
consequentialness
noun
the quality or state of being consequential
consequently
consequently
adv
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
consequents
consequents
noun
plural of consequent
contramarque
coq
coq
noun
A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
coque
coque
noun
A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.