(geology) A solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer.
arlequinade
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
deliquate
deliquate
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume.
deliquiate
deliquiate
verb
(intransitive) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
(transitive) To cause to melt.
diphenylquinomethane
diplomatique
disequality
disequality
noun
(mathematics) inequality, inequation
disequalization
disequalization
noun
The process of becoming unequal; the act of disequalizing.
disequalize
disequalize
verb
To make unequal.
disequalizer
disequalizer
noun
One who or that which makes unequal.
disequilibrate
disequilibrate
verb
(transitive) To bring out of a state of equilibrium; to unbalance.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disequilibria
disequilibria
noun
plural of disequilibrium
disqualifiable
disqualifiable
adj
Able to be disqualified.
disqualified
disqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disqualify
disqualifies
disqualifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disqualify
eliquated
eliquated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eliquate
eliquidate
equalised
equalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equalise
equalized
equalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equalize
equibalanced
equibalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equibalance
equidiagonal
equidiagonal
adj
(geometry) Of a convex quadrilateral: having the two diagonals of equal length.
equidimensional
equidimensional
adj
Having (approximately) the same dimensions.
equidistantial
equidistantial
adj
(obsolete) equidistant
equidistantly
equidistantly
adv
In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree
equidiurnal
equidiurnal
adj
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; applied to the equinoctial line.
equidurable
equilibrated
equilibrated
adj
Subject to equilibration
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate
equimodal
equipedal
equipedal
adj
(zoology) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
equiradial
equiradial
adj
Having equal radii.
equiradical
equiradical
adj
(mathematics) Of surds: arising from the extraction of the same nth root.
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
equivalved
equivalved
adj
Synonym of equivalve
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
noun
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
grandiloquent
grandiloquent
adj
(of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
grandiloquently
grandiloquently
adv
showing grandiloquence
griqualander
harlequinade
harlequinade
noun
A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.
inadequately
inadequately
adv
In an inadequate manner.
inadequatively
inequivalved
inequivalved
adj
Synonym of inequivalve
interquarreled
liquated
liquated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liquate
liquidable
liquidable
adj
(finance) Able to be liquidated.
liquidamber
liquidamber
noun
Alternative form of liquidambar
liquidate
liquidate
verb
(law, transitive) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.
(obsolete, transitive) To make clear and intelligible.
(obsolete, transitive) To make liquid.
(transitive) To convert (assets) into cash; to redeem.
(transitive) To do away with.
(transitive) To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
(transitive) To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
liquidated
liquidated
adj
(law) Set; ascertained; made certain by operation of law.
Having undergone liquidation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liquidate
liquidates
liquidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquidate
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
meriquinoidal
misqualified
misqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misqualify
nonequalized
odalisque
odalisque
noun
(historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
A desirable or sexually attractive woman.
overqualified
overqualified
adj
Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
palanquined
preliquidate
preliquidated
preliquidating
preliquidation
preliquidation
adj
Before liquidation.
prequalified
prequalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prequalify
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadragintesimal
quadrantile
quadrantile
adj
quadrantal
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadrennial
quadrennial
adj
Happening every four years.
Lasting for four years.
noun
A four-year period, a quadrennium.
quadrennially
quadrennially
adv
Every four years.
quadrennials
quadrennials
noun
plural of quadrennial
quadrialate
quadrialate
adj
Having four winglike extensions or parts.
quadriannulate
quadriannulate
adj
(biology) Having four rings.
quadriarticulate
quadriarticulate
adj
(entomology) Having four joints.
quadriarticulated
quadriarticulated
adj
Alternative form of quadriarticulate
quadricapsulate
quadricellular
quadricellular
adj
Having four cells.
quadricentennial
quadricentennial
adj
Relating to a 400th anniversary.
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadriciliate
quadriciliate
adj
Having four cilia.
quadricotyledonous
quadricycle
quadricycle
noun
A four-wheeled motorcycle, often resembling a small car (microcar).
A four-wheeled pedal cycle.
quadricycler
quadriennial
quadriennial
adj
Alternative form of quadrennial
quadrienniumutile
quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
adj
(botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
quadrifoliolate
quadrifoliolate
adj
(botany) Having four leaflets.
quadrigabled
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrilateral
quadrilateral
adj
Having four sides.
noun
A polygon with four sides.
An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.
quadrilaterally
quadrilaterally
adv
In a quadrilateral fashion.
quadrilateralness
quadrilaterals
quadrilaterals
noun
plural of quadrilateral
quadriliteral
quadriliteral
adj
Used to describe word roots in Afroasiatic languages which consist of four letters
noun
A word root in an Afroasiatic language which consists of four letters
quadrille
quadrille
noun
(card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
A square tiling of the plane.
Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
verb
(intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
quadrilled
quadrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrille
quadrilles
quadrilles
noun
plural of quadrille
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadrilobed
quadrilobed
Adjective
Having four lobes.
quadriloculate
quadriloculate
adj
Having four loculi
quadrilogue
quadrilogue
noun
Alternative spelling of quadralogue
quadrimembral
quadrimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, four members.
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadrioxalate
quadripartitely
quadripartitely
adv
In a quadripartite fashion; into four parts.
quadriplegia
quadriplegia
noun
Paralysis from the neck down.
Paralysis of all four limbs.
quadriplegic
quadriplegic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
noun
One who suffers from quadriplegia.
quadriplicate
quadriplicate
noun
Alternative form of quadruplicate
quadriplicated
quadriplicated
adj
Alternative form of quadruplicated
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadriserial
quadriserial
adj
Arranged in four series.
quadrisulcate
quadrisulcate
adj
Having four hooves
quadrisulcated
quadrisulphide
quadrisyllable
quadrisyllable
Noun
A word of four syllables.
quadritubercular
quadritubercular
adj
Having four tubercles or cusps
quadrituberculate
quadrituberculate
adj
Synonym of quadritubercular
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
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
quadrivalently
quadrivalently
adv
In a quadrivalent manner.
quadrivalve
quadrivalve
adj
(botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
noun
(architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadruplicate
quadruplicate
adj
four times over, multiplied by four
having four parts
noun
in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
verb
To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.
quadruplicated
quadruplicated
adj
replicated four times
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate
quadruplicates
quadruplicates
noun
plural of quadruplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
quadruplicature
quailed
quailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quail
quailhead
qualified
qualified
adj
Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
Restricted or limited by conditions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of qualify
qualifiedly
qualifiedly
adv
With qualification; conditionally.
qualifiedness
qualifiedness
noun
The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
qualitied
qualitied
adj
(now rare) Endowed with (usually specified) qualities; especially, having good qualities.
quatrefoiled
quatrefoiled
adj
(architecture) decorated with quatrefoils
quatrefoliated
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.
quattuordecillionth
quebradilla
quebradillas
quesadillas
quesadillas
noun
plural of quesadilla
quidditatively
quidditatively
adv
Synonym of quiddatively
quinaldine
quinaldine
noun
(organic chemistry) An oily liquid, α-methylquinoline, derived from coal tar, used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and as a sedative for fish.