(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
equationism
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
jusquaboutisme
marquisotte
marquisotte
verb
(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
mastoideosquamous
mastosquamose
metasequoia
metasequoia
noun
Metasequoia, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China.
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
milquetoast
milquetoast
adj
(originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
noun
(originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
misquote
misquote
noun
An incorrect recitation of a quote.
An incorrect recording of a quote.
verb
To incorrectly recite a quote.
To incorrectly record a quote.
misquoted
misquoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misquote
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
misquotes
misquotes
noun
plural of misquote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misquote
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
montesquieu
moquettes
moquettes
noun
plural of moquette
mosquelet
mosquital
mosquital
adj
Of or relating to mosquitos.
mosquito
mosquito
noun
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
verb
To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
mosquitobill
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mosquitofish
mosquitofish
noun
Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
mosquitofishes
mosquitofishes
noun
plural of mosquitofish
mosquitoish
mosquitoish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mosquito.
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant to mosquitos.
mosquitos
mosquitos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mosquito
mosquittoey
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
multiloquious
multiloquious
adj
(formal) Synonym of multiloquent
multiloquous
multiloquous
adj
Very talkative.
multisiliquous
multisiliquous
adj
(botany) Having many pods or seed vessels.
musquashroot
musqueto
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
petrosquamosal
petrosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) petrous and squamosal
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
pseudosquamate
quadratosquamosal
quadratosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Both quadrate and squamosal
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
questmonger
questmonger
noun
(archaic, derogatory) One who encourages petty lawsuits.
quietsome
quietsome
adj
(archaic) Characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quixotism
quixotism
noun
A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.
semiquote
semiquote
noun
(informal) A partly paraphrased quotation.
sequestrectomy
sequestrectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of sequestrums (dead portions of bones).
sequestrotomy
sequestrotomy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Surgical removal of a sequestrum, or piece of dead bone that has become separated due to necrosis.
somniloquent
somniloquent
adj
Synonym of somniloquous (“talking while asleep”)
somniloquist
somniloquist
noun
A person who talks in his/her sleep.
squamation
squamation
noun
(pathology, dermatology, countable) A scaly growth on the skin.
(zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.
(zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.
squamations
squamations
noun
plural of squamation
squamatogranulous
squamatotuberculate
squamoepithelial
squamomastoid
squamoparietal
squamopetrosal
squamosity
squamosity
noun
The quality of being squamose.
squamosodentated
squamosoimbricated
squamosoparietal
squamosoradiate
squamosotemporal
squamosozygomatic
squamotemporal
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.
squamscot
squamulation
squamulation
noun
(zoology) The condition of being squamulate; the presence of small scales.
squaremouth
squatmore
squatterdom
squatterdom
noun
The realm or sphere of squatters.
tympanosquamosal
tympanosquamosal
adj
tympanic and squamosal (typically, of the temporal bone)
ventriloquism
ventriloquism
noun
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.