(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
cinquedea
cinquedea
noun
A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.
coloquintida
coloquintida
noun
(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
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
counterquartered
counterquartered
adj
(heraldry) Doubly divided into quarters, so that each quarter is itself quartered.
disacquaint
disacquaint
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar.
disacquaintance
disacquaintance
noun
(obsolete) Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
disqualification
disqualification
noun
(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
disqualifications
disqualifications
noun
plural of disqualification
disquiparancy
equibalanced
equibalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equibalance
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equiponderance
equiponderance
noun
The state of being equal in weight; equipoise
equiponderancy
equiponderancy
noun
Archaic form of equiponderance.
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
noun
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
inadequacy
inadequacy
noun
A lack of competence or ability.
A shortage of required material.
The state of being inadequate.
pseudoacquaintance
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadricarinate
quadricarinate
adj
(biology) Having four carinae.
quadricentennial
quadricentennial
adj
Relating to a 400th anniversary.
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricorn
quadricorn
noun
Any quadricornous (four-horned) animal
quadricornous
quadricornous
adj
having four horns
quadricotyledonous
quadricovariant
quadricovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of degree 4
quadricrescentic
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadrifurcation
quadrifurcation
noun
A division into four branches
quadrinomical
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrophonics
quadrupedantic
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadruplicating
quadruplicating
verb
present participle of quadruplicate
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
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.
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.
quattuordecillionth
quicksand
quicksand
noun
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
quinaldic
quinaldic
adj
Alternative form of quinaldinic
quinaldinic
quinaldinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to quinaldinic acid or its derivatives
quindecad
quindecad
noun
A set of fifteen things.
quindecagon
quindecagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles.
quindecangle
quindecangle
noun
(obsolete, geometry) quindecagon
quindecaplet
quindecasyllabic
quindecasyllabic
adj
(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecennial
quindecennial
adj
Happening once in fifteen years.
Lasting fifteen years.
quindecima
quindecima
noun
(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.
quintuplicated
quintuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate
radiofrequency
radiofrequency
adj
Alternative spelling of radio-frequency
noun
Alternative form of radio frequency
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
squandermaniac
squandermaniac
noun
A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project.
unacquainted
unacquainted
adj
(obsolete) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Not acquainted, unfamiliar (with someone or something).
unacquaintedly
unacquaintedly
adv
Without being acquainted or familiar.
unacquaintedness
unacquaintedness
noun
The state or condition of being unacquainted; unfamiliarity with something.
unacquired
unacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unacquire