(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
disquisitorial
disquisitorial
adj
Of or pertaining to a disquisitor.
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
equiradial
equiradial
adj
Having equal radii.
equiradical
equiradical
adj
(mathematics) Of surds: arising from the extraction of the same nth root.
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
grandiloquous
grandiloquous
adj
grandiloquent
griqualander
guadalquivir
harlequinade
harlequinade
noun
A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.
interquarreled
liquidambar
liquidambar
noun
A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua.
The tree itself, also called sweetgum.
liquidambars
liquidambars
noun
plural of liquidambar
liquidamber
liquidamber
noun
Alternative form of liquidambar
liquidator
liquidator
noun
Any of the workers involved in cleaning up the Chernobyl disaster
One supporting the political policy of liquidationism; a liquidationist.
One who liquidates.
liquidators
liquidators
noun
plural of liquidator
liquidatorship
liquidatorship
noun
The role or business of a liquidator.
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
maquiladora
maquiladora
noun
An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.
maquiladoras
maquiladoras
noun
plural of maquiladora
meriquinoidal
overqualified
overqualified
adj
Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
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.
quadratical
quadratical
adj
(rare) quadratic
quadratically
quadratically
adv
In a quadratic way.
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadrauricular
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
quadricapsular
quadricapsular
adj
(botany) Having four capsules
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.
quadricipital
quadricipital
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
quadricotyledonous
quadricuspidal
quadricycle
quadricycle
noun
A four-wheeled motorcycle, often resembling a small car (microcar).
A four-wheeled pedal cycle.
quadricycler
quadricyclist
quadricyclist
noun
One who rides a quadricycle.
quadriennial
quadriennial
adj
Alternative form of quadrennial
quadrienniumutile
quadrifariously
quadrifariously
adv
In a quadrifarious manner.
quadrifilar
quadrifilar
adj
Having four wires, threads or filaments.
quadrifocal
quadrifocal
adj
(optics) Of or pertaining to lenses that have four different powers per eye.
quadrifoil
quadrifoil
adj
Alternative form of quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
adj
(botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
quadrifoliolate
quadrifoliolate
adj
(botany) Having four leaflets.
quadrifolious
quadrifolium
quadrifrontal
quadrifrontal
adj
(architecture) In the form of a quadrifrons.
quadrigabled
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadriglandular
quadriglandular
adj
Having or relating to four glands.
quadrijugal
quadrijugal
adj
Especially of a chariot: pulled by four horses.
quadrilaminar
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
quadrilingual
quadrilingual
adj
Involving four languages.
Of a person, able to speak four languages.
Of a text, written in four languages.
noun
A person who understands four languages.
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
quadrilling
quadrilling
verb
present participle of quadrille
quadrillion
quadrillion
noun
(figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
num
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
quadrillions
quadrillions
noun
plural of quadrillion
quadrillionth
quadrillionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one quadrillion.
noun
One of a quadrillion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the quadrillionth position.
quadrillionths
quadrillionths
noun
plural of quadrillionth
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadrilobed
quadrilobed
Adjective
Having four lobes.
quadrilocular
quadrilocular
adj
Having four cells or compartments.
quadriloculate
quadriloculate
adj
Having four loculi
quadrilogue
quadrilogue
noun
Alternative spelling of quadralogue
quadrilogy
quadrilogy
noun
(nonstandard) A tetralogy.
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
quadrinodal
quadrinodal
adj
(mathematics) Having four nodes.
quadrinomial
quadrinomial
adj
Consisting of four names or parts or terms.
noun
(algebra) An expression consisting of four terms.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
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.
quadriphyllous
quadriphyllous
adj
(botany) Having four leaves
quadriplanar
quadriplanar
adj
Composed of, or relating to, four planes.
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
quadripolar
quadripolar
adj
Having four poles
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadripulmonary
quadriserial
quadriserial
adj
Arranged in four series.
quadrispiral
quadrispiral
adj
Quadruply spiral; involving, or consisting of, four spirals.
quadrisulcate
quadrisulcate
adj
Having four hooves
quadrisulcated
quadrisulphide
quadrisyllabic
quadrisyllabic
Adjective
Having four syllables
quadrisyllabical
quadrisyllabical
adj
quadrisyllabic
quadrisyllable
quadrisyllable
Noun
A word of four syllables.
quadrisyllabous
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.
quadrivalvular
quadrivalvular
adj
Having or pertaining to four valves.
quadrivial
quadrivial
adj
Having four ways meeting in a point.
noun
Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
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
quadruplicating
quadruplicating
verb
present participle of quadruplicate
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quadruplicature
quadruplicity
quadruplicity
Noun
A group of four things.
quadrupling
quadrupling
noun
An act of quadrupling.
verb
present participle of quadruple
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.