Metasequoia, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China.
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
michelangelesque
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
milliequivalent
milliequivalent
noun
(chemistry) One thousandth of an equivalent
milquetoast
milquetoast
adj
(originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
noun
(originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
minocqua
miqra
miquela
misqualified
misqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misqualify
misqualify
misqualify
verb
(transitive) To qualify incorrectly.
misqualifying
misqualifying
verb
present participle of misqualify
misquality
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
mocambique
mosquital
mosquital
adj
Of or relating to mosquitos.
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal 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
mozambique
mozambique
noun
Any of various kinds of dress material.
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
palaquium
pamaquin
pamaquine
pamaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used for the treatment of malaria, closely related to primaquine; it was the first synthetic antimalarial.
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
pemaquid
plasmoquin
plasmoquine
plasmoquine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of chloroquine
primaquine
primaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
qaimaqam
quackism
quackism
noun
Behaviour of a quack; quackery.
quackisms
quackisms
noun
plural of quackism
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
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadrennium
quadrennium
noun
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
quadrenniums
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadriennium
quadrienniumutile
quadrifolium
quadriform
quadriform
adj
Having four forms, parts or aspects
quadrigamist
quadrigamist
noun
(rare) Someone who has four spouses at the same time.
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminate
quadrigeminate
adj
Synonym of quadrigeminal
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadrilaminar
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrimembral
quadrimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, four members.
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrimum
quadrinomial
quadrinomial
adj
Consisting of four names or parts or terms.
noun
(algebra) An expression consisting of four terms.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
quadripulmonary
quadrireme
quadrireme
noun
(history, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
quadrivium
quadrivium
noun
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
quadrumvir
quadrumvir
noun
Synonym of quattuorvir.
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirate
noun
Synonym of quattuorvirate.
quadrumvirs
quadrupedism
quaesitum
quaesitum
noun
(philosophy) Something sought or required.
quagmire
quagmire
noun
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
verb
(transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
quagmired
quagmired
adj
(of a person or thing) Sunk in a quagmire
(of a road etc) Resembling a quagmire
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quagmire
quagmires
quagmires
noun
plural of quagmire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quagmire
quagmirier
quagmiriest
quagmiry
quagmiry
adj
Like a quagmire.
quakerism
quakerism
Noun
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers.
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
qualmier
qualmier
adj
comparative form of qualmy: more qualmy
qualmiest
qualmiest
adj
superlative form of qualmy: most qualmy
qualminess
qualminess
noun
Quality of being qualmy.
qualmish
qualmish
adj
Affected with qualms; queasy, nauseous.
qualmishly
qualmishly
adv
In a qualmish manner.
qualmishness
qualmishness
noun
The quality of being qualmish.
qualmyish
quamasia
quamoclit
quamoclit
noun
(botany) Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
quantimeter
quantimeter
noun
A device for determining the quantity of X-rays generated by a Crookes tube or Coolidge tube.
quantummechanical
quartermasterlike
quartermastership
quartermastership
noun
The position or employment of a quartermaster.
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.
quasimodo
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
quelimane
queriman
queriman
noun
The sandbar shark.
querimans
quickbeam
quickbeam
noun
The European rowan tree.
quickenbeam
quickman
quidam
quidam
noun
A nobody; a person of no importance.
quilisma
quilisma
noun
(music) A neume of uncertain meaning, consisting of several jagged lines.
quimbaya
quinaldinium
quinamicin
quinamicine
quinamidin
quinamidine
quinamin
quinamine
quinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular alkaloid obtained from cinchona bark.
quincubitalism
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecima
quindecima
noun
(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.
quinocarbonium
quinocarbonium
noun
(chemistry, attributive) Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quinquagesima
quinquagesimal
quinquagesimal
adj
Of or related to a set of 50 people or items.
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quitclaim
quitclaim
noun
(law) A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.
A renunciation of claims.
verb
(transitive) To relinquish or release (a claim, title etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).
quitclaimed
quitclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim
quitclaiming
quitclaiming
verb
present participle of quitclaim
quitclaims
quitclaims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim
quitemoca
quitman
quitman
Proper noun
A city in Arkansas.
A city in Georgia, United States.
A village in Louisiana.
A city in Mississippi
A small city in Texas
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
quizmasters
quizmasters
noun
plural of quizmaster
quondamship
quondamship
noun
(obsolete, rare) The property of being former, no longer current.
quoniam
quoniam
noun
(slang, obsolete) A kind of drinking-cup.
ramequin
ramequin
noun
Alternative form of ramekin
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
rhomboquadratic
saltimbanque
saltimbanque
noun
Tumbler, street acrobat.
sambaqui
sambaqui
noun
(archaeology) The remains of a midden containing mostly seashells
sambaquis
sambaquis
noun
plural of sambaqui
semiacquaintance
semiacquaintance
noun
A vague acquaintance; a person whom one barely knows.
semiantique
semiaquatic
semiaquatic
adj
(of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
(of plants) Having the roots partially or entirely underwater.
semicolloquial
semicolloquial
adj
Somewhat or partially colloquial.
semicolloquially
semiequitant
semiequitant
adj
(botany) Somewhat or partly equitant.
semiopaque
semiopaque
adj
Partially opaque.
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.