(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquiesced
acquiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquiesce
acquisited
adequacies
adequacies
noun
plural of adequacy
aquacades
aquacades
noun
plural of aquacade
aquaducts
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
casqued
casqued
adj
(zoology) Having a casque
cathedralesque
cathedralesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cathedral.
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
delinquencies
delinquencies
noun
plural of delinquency
deliquesce
deliquesce
verb
(intransitive) To melt and disappear.
(intransitive, chemistry) To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it.
deliquesced
deliquesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce
deliquescence
deliquescence
noun
The action or process of deliquescing.
The condition of being deliquescent.
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.
deliquesces
deliquesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliquesce
deliquescing
deliquescing
verb
present participle of deliquesce
deliquiesce
disacquaint
disacquaint
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar.
disacquaintance
disacquaintance
noun
(obsolete) Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
discotheque
discotheque
noun
(slightly dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
discotheques
discotheques
noun
plural of discotheque
discothque
disqualification
disqualification
noun
(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
disqualifications
disqualifications
noun
plural of disqualification
disquiparancy
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equispaced
equispaced
adj
Spaced apart at equal distances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equispace
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
jacquards
jacquards
noun
plural of jacquard
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
nondeliquescence
nondeliquescent
nondeliquescent
adj
Not deliquescent.
pseudoacquaintance
pseudoaquatic
qdcs
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadratics
quadratics
noun
plural of quadratic
quadribasic
quadribasic
adj
(chemistry) tetrabasic
quadricapsular
quadricapsular
adj
(botany) Having four capsules
quadricapsulate
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadricepses
quadricepses
noun
plural of quadriceps
quadricornous
quadricornous
adj
having four horns
quadricostate
quadricostate
adj
Having four ribs.
quadricotyledonous
quadricrescentic
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadrics
quadrics
noun
plural of quadric
quadricuspid
quadricuspid
adj
Having four cusps.
quadricuspidal
quadricuspidate
quadricyclist
quadricyclist
noun
One who rides a quadricycle.
quadriporticus
quadriporticus
noun
A nearly square courtyard surrounded by colonnaded porticoes.
quadrisect
quadrisect
verb
(transitive) To divide into four parts.
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrisulcate
quadrisulcate
adj
Having four hooves
quadrisulcated
quadrisyllabic
quadrisyllabic
Adjective
Having four syllables
quadrisyllabical
quadrisyllabical
adj
quadrisyllabic
quadrophonics
quadruplicates
quadruplicates
noun
plural of quadruplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quarterdeckish
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quasijudicial
quasijudicial
adj
Having a resemblance to a judicial system or process
quasiperiodic
quasiperiodic
adj
(mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
(physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.
Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
quicksand
quicksand
noun
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
quickside
quickwittedness
quickwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being quickwitted.
quidnuncs
quidnuncs
noun
plural of quidnunc
quiesced
quiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiesce
quindecasyllabic
quindecasyllabic
adj
(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.
sequenced
sequenced
adj
(genetics) Whose sequence (of bases or genes) has been determined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sequence
sesquichloride
sesquichloride
noun
(chemistry) Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
sesquiduplicate
sesquiduplicate
adj
Two and a half times as large; having the ratio of 2.5 to 1.
squamosoimbricated
squandermaniac
squandermaniac
noun
A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project.
squelched
squelched
adj
Having been squelched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squelch
squinched
squinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squinch
unacquaintedness
unacquaintedness
noun
The state or condition of being unacquainted; unfamiliarity with something.