(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acquiescement
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescences
acquiescences
noun
plural of acquiescence
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquiesence
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
alfaquins
alfaquins
noun
plural of alfaquin
algonquians
algonquins
alpinesque
alpinesque
adj
Having an alpine style.
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antimasquerade
antimosquito
antimosquito
adj
Countering mosquitos.
antiquarianism
antiquarianism
noun
Archaism.
Study or love of antiques.
Study or love of antiquity.
antiquarians
antiquarians
noun
plural of antiquarian
antiquaries
antiquaries
noun
plural of antiquary
antiquarism
antiquarism
noun
Synonym of antiquarianism
antiquatedness
antiquatedness
noun
The state or quality of being antiquated.
antiquates
antiquates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antiquate
antiquations
antiquations
noun
plural of antiquation
antiqueness
antiqueness
noun
The state or quality of being antique.
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antiques
antiques
noun
plural of antique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antique
antiquist
antiquist
noun
An antiquary; a collector of antiques.
antiquities
antiquities
noun
plural of antiquity
antisquama
antisquatting
antisquatting
adj
Opposing or preventing squatting (occupation without permission).
aquamaniles
aquamaniles
noun
plural of aquamanile
aquamarines
aquamarines
noun
plural of aquamarine
aquanauts
aquanauts
noun
plural of aquanaut
aquaplaners
aquaplaners
noun
plural of aquaplaner
aquaplanes
aquaplanes
noun
plural of aquaplane
aquarians
aquarians
noun
plural of aquarian
aquatinters
aquatinters
noun
plural of aquatinter
aquatintist
aquatintist
noun
An artist who makes aquatints.
aquatintists
aquatintists
noun
plural of aquatintist
aquatints
aquatints
noun
plural of aquatint
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aquatones
aquatones
noun
plural of aquatone
aqueoigneous
aqueoigneous
adj
(archaic) Synonym of igneoaqueous
aqueousness
aqueousness
noun
The state or quality of being aqueous.
aquilinities
aquilinities
noun
plural of aquilinity
aquinas
aquincubitalism
aquincubitalism
noun
The quality of being aquincubital.
aquinist
aquintocubitalism
asquint
asquint
adj
Looking sideways, as though warily.
adv
With narrowed eyes.
banqueters
banqueters
noun
plural of banqueter
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
banquets
banquets
noun
plural of banquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banquet
banquettes
banquettes
noun
plural of banquette
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
baroqueness
baroqueness
noun
The state or condition of being baroque.
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
barranquitas
basquine
basquine
noun
A sort of basque petticoat.
berninesque
biuniqueness
biuniqueness
noun
The quality of being biunique.
blandiloquious
blandiloquous
blandiloquous
adj
(obsolete) blandiloquent
blanquettes
blanquettes
noun
plural of blanquette
blanquillos
blanquillos
noun
plural of blanquillo
bonnesbosq
bosanquet
bouquiniste
bourbonesque
bramantesque
brasquing
brontesque
browningesque
brusqueness
brusqueness
noun
The state or quality of being brusque; brusque behaviour.
buffoonesque
bunyanesque
bunyanesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1628–1688), English Christian writer and preacher, best known for his allegorical book .
burlesquing
burlesquing
noun
An instance of burlesque.
verb
present participle of burlesque
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
byzantinesque
byzantinesque
Adjective
Characteristic of Byzantine art or culture.
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
casaquin
casaquin
noun
(historical) A kind of short gown associated with French working-class or peasant women.
cauquenes
cezannesque
chinquapins
chinquapins
noun
plural of chinquapin
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
cinquains
cinquains
noun
plural of cinquain
cinquecentism
cinquecentist
cinquecentist
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cinquecentist.
cinquecentos
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
cliqueyness
cliqueyness
noun
Alternative form of cliquiness
cliquishness
cliquishness
noun
the state of being cliquish
coequalness
coequalness
noun
The state or quality of being coequal.
colliquativeness
colloquialness
colloquialness
noun
The state or quality of being colloquial.
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
conquassate
conquassate
verb
(obsolete, transitive, rare) To shake; to agitate.
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
conquers
conquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer
conquest
conquest
noun
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
(figuratively, by extension) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
conquests
conquests
noun
plural of conquest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquest
conquians
conquisition
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
conquistadors
consequence
consequence
noun
(especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
Importance with respect to what comes after.
That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
The power to influence or produce an effect.
verb
(transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.
consequences
consequences
noun
An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written.
plural of consequence
consequency
consequent
consequent
adj
(geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
noun
(geology) A consequent stream.
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
An event which follows another.
consequential
consequential
adj
(of a person) Self-important.
Following as a result.
Having significant consequences; of importance.
Important or significant.
consequentialities
consequentialities
noun
plural of consequentiality
consequentiality
consequentiality
noun
The property of being consequential.
consequentially
consequentially
adv
In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
consequentialness
consequentialness
noun
the quality or state of being consequential
consequently
consequently
adv
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
consequents
consequents
noun
plural of consequent
coquettishness
coquettishness
noun
The state or quality of being coquettish.
coquinas
coquinas
noun
plural of coquina
corinthianesque
cotqueans
cotqueans
noun
plural of cotquean
counterconquest
counterconquest
noun
A conquest made in opposition to another, as by a previously conquered entity.
counterquestion
counterquestion
noun
A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
counterquestions
counterquestions
noun
plural of counterquestion
cowanesque
croquignoles
dantesque
dantonesque
delinquencies
delinquencies
noun
plural of delinquency
delinquents
delinquents
noun
plural of delinquent
deliquescence
deliquescence
noun
The action or process of deliquescing.
The condition of being deliquescent.
deliquescent
deliquescent
adj
(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Seeming to melt away.
deliquescing
deliquescing
verb
present participle of deliquesce
dentiloquist
dentiloquist
noun
(rare) Someone who speaks through clenched teeth.
derelinquish
derelinquish
noun
to abandon or desert, to leave to itself
derequisition
derequisition
verb
(transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned).