HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. Alternative form of alquifou

adj

1. (optics, of a lens) Having surfaces with the same radius of curvature.

noun

1. (also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
2. (astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
3. (astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
4. (rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
5. One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.

noun

1. plural of equinox
2. plural of equinoxe

noun

1. (organic chemistry) Any of several organic compounds that can be viewed as derivatives of an anthraquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom by a hydroxyl group.

adj

1. Excessively exquisite; too exact or careful.

adv

1. In an overexquisite manner.

noun

1. Synonym of diaphtherin

noun

1. (organic chemistry) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) A derivative of quinine that has a historical importance in the synthesis of the drug

noun

1. (organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of pyrazine.

Noun

1. Someone resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but unrealistic; an idealist.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.

noun

1. (rare) A quixotic person or sentiment.

adj

1. quixotic

adv

1. In a quixotic manner.

noun

1. 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.

verb

1. To behave in a quixotic manner

noun

1. plural of quixotry

noun

1. A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.

noun

1. (chemistry) Any oxide containing three oxygen atoms for every two atoms of another element.

noun

1. (pharmacology) A drug used in veterinary medicine to treat coccidiosis.

adj

1. Not quixotic.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of quinone compounds obtained by the oxidation of xylidines.