(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
aminoanthraquinone
aminoanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antimasquerade
antiquarianism
antiquarianism
noun
Archaism.
Study or love of antiques.
Study or love of antiquity.
antiquarism
antiquarism
noun
Synonym of antiquarianism
antiquarium
antiquarium
noun
A place for keeping antiques.
aquameter
barquisimeto
bramantesque
conquerment
conquerment
noun
The state of being conquered.
contramarque
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
equalitarianism
equalitarianism
noun
Egalitarianism.
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equiformity
equiformity
noun
The quality of being equiform.
equitemporal
equitemporal
adj
Of equal time.
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
extraequilibrium
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
jacquemart
maquiritare
marquardt
marquessate
marquessate
noun
The territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank.
marquessates
marquessates
noun
plural of marquessate
marquet
marqueterie
marqueterie
noun
Alternative form of marquetry
marqueteries
marqueteries
noun
plural of marqueterie
plural of marquetery
marquetries
marquetries
noun
plural of marquetry
marquetry
marquetry
noun
(countable) An example of this work.
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.
marquette
marquette
Proper noun
a small city in Iowa, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
a city in Michigan, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a town and a village in Wisconsin, USA.
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marquisates
marquisates
noun
plural of marquisate
marquisette
marquisette
noun
A sheer cotton fabric used for mosquito nets and curtains
marquisettes
marquisettes
noun
plural of marquisette
marquisotte
marquisotte
verb
(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
marquita
marquito
martinique
martinique
Proper noun
An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
microtechnique
microtechnique
noun
Any small-scale technique.
The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant to mosquitos.
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
musquashroot
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
nonrequirement
nonrequirement
noun
That which is not a requirement.
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.
plusquamperfect
plusquamperfect
noun
(grammar, rare) pluperfect
preequipment
prerequirement
prerequirement
noun
A prerequisite requirement
quadmeter
quadragintesimal
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadratosquamosal
quadratosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Both quadrate and squamosal
quadratum
quadrienniumutile
quadrigamist
quadrigamist
noun
(rare) Someone who has four spouses at the same time.
quadrigeminate
quadrigeminate
adj
Synonym of quadrigeminal
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirate
noun
Synonym of quattuorvirate.
quagmiriest
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
quantimeter
quantimeter
noun
A device for determining the quantity of X-rays generated by a Crookes tube or Coolidge tube.
quantometer
quantometer
noun
A device for performing spectrographic analysis.
quarterman
quarterman
noun
A foreman in a shipyard
quartermaster
quartermaster
noun
(military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
verb
To act as a quartermaster
quartermasterlike
quartermasters
quartermasters
noun
plural of quartermaster
quartermastership
quartermastership
noun
The position or employment of a quartermaster.
quartermen
quartermen
noun
plural of quarterman
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
quercetum
quercetum
noun
(dated, rare) A wood or plantation of oak trees.
quercimeritrin
quercimeritrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
questmonger
questmonger
noun
(archaic, derogatory) One who encourages petty lawsuits.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinquertium
quinquertium
noun
(historical) An ancient sporting contest consisting of five separate events.
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
quizmasters
quizmasters
noun
plural of quizmaster
reequipment
reequipment
noun
The act, or the result of reequipping
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
relinquishment
relinquishment
noun
The act of relinquishing something.
relinquishments
relinquishments
noun
plural of relinquishment
rembrandtesque
rembrandtesque
Adjective
Resembling or similar to the effects and/or techniques of Rembrandt van Rijn, especially in chiaroscuro.
requirement
requirement
noun
(engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
Something asked.
requirements
requirements
noun
plural of requirement
requitement
requitement
noun
(obsolete) requital
rhomboquadratic
semiquadrantly
semiquadrate
semiquadrate
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other by half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
semiquartile
semiquartile
noun
(astrology) A semiquadrate.
sequesterment
sequesterment
noun
sequestration
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.
sequestrum
sequestrum
noun
A fragment of bone or other dead tissue that has separated during necrosis.
sequestrums
squamatogranulous
squamatotuberculate
squamoparietal
squamopetrosal
squamosoimbricated
squamosoparietal
squamosoradiate
squamosotemporal
squamotemporal
squaremouth
squatmore
squatterdom
squatterdom
noun
The realm or sphere of squatters.
squatterism
squirmiest
squirmiest
adj
superlative form of squirmy: most squirmy
superrequirement
tamqrah
tauromaquia
torquemada
triquetrum
triquetrum
noun
(anatomy) The triquetral bone
(astronomy) An astronomical instrument.
ubiquitarianism
ubiquitarianism
noun
The beliefs of the ubiquitarians.
unrequitement
unrequitement
noun
The quality of being unrequited.
utraquism
utraquism
noun
(countable, rare) A term, phrase, or concept with multiple meanings.
(psychoanalysis, specifically) A method that uses analogy to draw on insights from both objective natural science on the one hand, and subjective psychology and social science on the other.
(rare) Alternative letter-case form of Utraquism.
The combination of two methods or fields of study.
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.