(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquiesced
acquiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquiesce
acquisited
adequacies
adequacies
noun
plural of adequacy
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
antimasquerade
antiquatedness
antiquatedness
noun
The state or quality of being antiquated.
aquacades
aquacades
noun
plural of aquacade
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
basqued
basqued
adj
Having a basque.
brasqued
casqued
casqued
adj
(zoology) Having a casque
cathedralesque
cathedralesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cathedral.
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
dantesque
dantonesque
demisemiquaver
demisemiquaver
noun
(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
desquamate
desquamate
verb
(intransitive) To shed or peel.
desquamated
desquamated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desquamate
desquamates
desquamates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desquamate
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
disacquaintance
disacquaintance
noun
(obsolete) Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
disequality
disequality
noun
(mathematics) inequality, inequation
disequalization
disequalization
noun
The process of becoming unequal; the act of disequalizing.
disequalize
disequalize
verb
To make unequal.
disequalizer
disequalizer
noun
One who or that which makes unequal.
disequilibrate
disequilibrate
verb
(transitive) To bring out of a state of equilibrium; to unbalance.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disequilibria
disequilibria
noun
plural of disequilibrium
disqualifiable
disqualifiable
adj
Able to be disqualified.
disqualified
disqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disqualify
disqualifies
disqualifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disqualify
disquarter
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
equalised
equalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equalise
equatorwards
equatorwards
adv
Towards the equator.
equidimensional
equidimensional
adj
Having (approximately) the same dimensions.
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equidistant
equidistant
adj
(cartography) Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant.
Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).
equidistantial
equidistantial
adj
(obsolete) equidistant
equidistantly
equidistantly
adv
In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree
equispaced
equispaced
adj
Spaced apart at equal distances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equispace
gardenesque
gardenesque
adj
Reminiscent of a garden; garden-like.
grandesque
harquebusade
harquebusade
noun
Alternative form of arquebusade (“the shot of an arquebus”)
headquarters
headquarters
noun
A place of concentrated activity or influence.
The center of an organization's operations or administration.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
headsquare
hemidemisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver
noun
(music) A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
hindquarters
hindquarters
noun
plural of hindquarter
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
inadequateness
inadequateness
noun
inadequacy
indianesque
inequidistant
inequidistant
adj
Not equidistant.
leonardesque
liquidates
liquidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquidate
lombardesque
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
masquerade
masquerade
noun
(fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
(figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
(figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
(obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
(obsolete, rare) A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
(intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
(transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
masqueraded
masqueraded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of masquerade
masquerader
masquerader
noun
One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask or disguise.
masqueraders
masqueraders
noun
plural of masquerader
masquerades
masquerades
noun
plural of masquerade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of masquerade
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
mastoideosquamous
misqualified
misqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misqualify
musquashweed
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
odalisque
odalisque
noun
(historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
A desirable or sexually attractive woman.
pasquinade
pasquinade
noun
A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
verb
(transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.
pasquinaded
pasquinaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pasquinade
pasquinader
pasquinader
noun
One who pasquinades; a lampooner.
pasquinades
pasquinades
noun
plural of pasquinade
pedantesque
preadequateness
pseudoacquaintance
pseudoantique
pseudoantique
adj
Apparently, but not actually, antique.
pseudoaquatic
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
pseudosquamate
quaaludes
quaaludes
noun
plural of quaalude
quadplexes
quadplexes
noun
plural of quadplex
quadragenarious
quadragenarious
adj
(rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
quadragesima
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadragintesimal
quadrangles
quadrangles
noun
plural of quadrangle
quadrangularness
quadrantes
quadrantes
noun
plural of quadrans
quadrateness
quadrateness
noun
Quality of being quadrate.
quadrates
quadrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadrate
quadratiferous
quadratures
quadratures
noun
plural of quadrature
quadrennials
quadrennials
noun
plural of quadrennial
quadrenniums
quadricapsulate
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadricepses
quadricepses
noun
plural of quadriceps
quadricostate
quadricostate
adj
Having four ribs.
quadricotyledonous
quadricrescentic
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadricuspidate
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigenarious
quadrigenarious
adj
(rare) Having or consisting of four hundred.
quadrilateralness
quadrilaterals
quadrilaterals
noun
plural of quadrilateral
quadrilles
quadrilles
noun
plural of quadrille
quadriphosphate
quadriphosphate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester containing four phosphate groups.
quadrisect
quadrisect
verb
(transitive) To divide into four parts.
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadriseptate
quadriseptate
adj
Having four septa.
quadriserial
quadriserial
adj
Arranged in four series.
quadrisetose
quadrisetose
adj
(biology) Having four bristles.
quadristearate
quadristearate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any ester containing four stearate groups.
quadrisulcate
quadrisulcate
adj
Having four hooves
quadrisulcated
quadrisulphide
quadrisyllable
quadrisyllable
Noun
A word of four syllables.
quadrupedism
quadrupedous
quadrupeds
quadrupeds
noun
plural of quadruped
quadrupleness
quadrupleness
noun
The state of being quadruple or quadrupled.
quadruples
quadruples
noun
plural of quadruple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple
quadruplets
quadruplets
noun
plural of quadruplet
quadruplicates
quadruplicates
noun
plural of quadruplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
quadrupoles
quadrupoles
noun
plural of quadrupole
qualifiedness
qualifiedness
noun
The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
quandaries
quandaries
noun
plural of quandary
quarterdeckish
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quartersawed
quartersawed
verb
simple past tense of quartersaw
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quashed
quashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quash
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
quasiperiodic
quasiperiodic
adj
(mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
(physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.
Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
quayside
quayside
noun
(also attributive) An area alongside a quay.
quaysider
quaysider
noun
One who lives or works on a quayside.
quaysides
quaysides
noun
plural of quayside
quebradillas
queensland
queensland
Proper noun
One of the six states of Australia, occupying the north-eastern part of the continent, with its capital at Brisbane.
(1859 - 1901) The self governing colony of what is now the state of Queensland.
queridas
queridas
noun
plural of querida
quesadillas
quesadillas
noun
plural of quesadilla
quindecasyllabic
quindecasyllabic
adj
(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.
quotidianness
quotidianness
noun
The quality of being quotidian.
reliquidates
reliquidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reliquidate
rembrandtesque
rembrandtesque
Adjective
Resembling or similar to the effects and/or techniques of Rembrandt van Rijn, especially in chiaroscuro.
resquander
semiquadrangle
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.