(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisitum
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
aqueomercurial
aquincubitalism
aquincubitalism
noun
The quality of being aquincubital.
aquintocubitalism
aquopentamminecobaltic
armouchiquois
caciquism
caciquism
noun
The political influence of caciques in Latin America.
chimique
chuquicamata
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
cinquecentism
circumquaque
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
cliquism
cliquism
noun
The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
colloquialism
colloquialism
noun
A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
colloquialisms
colloquialisms
noun
plural of colloquialism
colloquiquiums
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
comique
comique
noun
(dated) A comic actor or singer.
communiqu
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
conquinamine
conquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) quinidamine
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
coquimbo
coquitlam
coquitlam
Proper noun
A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
cummaquid
eequinoctium
equianharmonic
equianharmonic
adj
(mathematics) equally anharmonic; specifically, whose anharmonic ratio is a cube root of unity
noun
(geometry) A set of four points whose cross ratio (or anharmonic ratio) is a cube root of 1.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equimolecular
equimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds)
jacqueminot
jacqueminot
noun
A variety of deep crimson rose.
machinotechnique
magniloquence
magniloquence
noun
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
mcquillin
mcquoid
meriquinonic
michelangelesque
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
microtechnique
microtechnique
noun
Any small-scale technique.
The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
minocqua
misconsequence
misconsequence
noun
A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
mocambique
monchiquite
monchiquite
noun
(mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
multiloquence
multiloquence
noun
The state or condition of being multiloquent; talkativeness.
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
quackism
quackism
noun
Behaviour of a quack; quackery.
quackisms
quackisms
noun
plural of quackism
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrinomical
quamoclit
quamoclit
noun
(botany) Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
quantummechanical
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
quercimeritrin
quercimeritrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
quickbeam
quickbeam
noun
The European rowan tree.
quickenbeam
quicklime
quicklime
noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
verb
(transitive) To treat with quicklime.
quickman
quinamicin
quinamicine
quincubitalism
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecim
quindecim
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth.
quindecima
quindecima
noun
(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinocarbonium
quinocarbonium
noun
(chemistry, attributive) Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quitclaim
quitclaim
noun
(law) A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.
A renunciation of claims.
verb
(transitive) To relinquish or release (a claim, title etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).
quitclaimed
quitclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim
quitclaiming
quitclaiming
verb
present participle of quitclaim
quitclaims
quitclaims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim
quitemoca
rhomboquadratic
semiacquaintance
semiacquaintance
noun
A vague acquaintance; a person whom one barely knows.
semiaquatic
semiaquatic
adj
(of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
(of plants) Having the roots partially or entirely underwater.
semicirque
semicirque
noun
A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
semicolloquial
semicolloquial
adj
Somewhat or partially colloquial.
semicolloquially
somniloquacious
somniloquacious
adj
(rare, humorous) Talkative in one’s sleep.
somniloquence
somniloquence
noun
The act of talking in one's sleep.
squamariaceae
squamosoimbricated
squamosozygomatic
squamozygomatic
squamozygomatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; applied to a bone, or a centre of ossification, in some foetal skulls.
squandermaniac
squandermaniac
noun
A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project.