Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
alqueire
alqueire
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations.
alquier
aprilesque
aquaculture
aquaculture
noun
The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
aquacultures
aquacultures
noun
plural of aquaculture
aqualunger
aqualunger
noun
A diver who uses an aqualung.
aquaplaner
aquaplaner
noun
One who aquaplanes.
aquaplaners
aquaplaners
noun
plural of aquaplaner
aquarelle
aquarelle
noun
A printed picture coloured by the application of watercolour through stencils, using a different stencil for each colour.
A watercolour (painting)
aquarelles
aquarelles
noun
plural of aquarelle
aquarellist
aquarellist
noun
(art) An artist who paints aquarelles
aquarellists
aquarellists
noun
plural of aquarellist
aqueomercurial
aquiculture
aquiculture
noun
Alternative form of aquaculture
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
arabesquely
arabesquely
adv
In the style of arabesque art or architecture.
arlequinade
baroquely
baroquely
adv
In a baroque style.
belshazzaresque
benzofuroquinoxaline
biquarterly
biquarterly
adj
Twice every quarter, i.e. eight times per year.
carlylesque
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
cathedralesque
cathedralesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cathedral.
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
claquer
claquer
noun
Alternative form of claqueur
claquers
claquers
noun
plural of claquer
claqueur
claqueur
noun
One of the claque employed to applaud at a theatre.
claqueurs
claqueurs
noun
plural of claqueur
colloquializer
conquerable
conquerable
adj
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
counterequivalent
counterquarterly
craquelure
craquelure
noun
(art) The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting
craquelures
craquelures
noun
plural of craquelure
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
electroplaque
electroplaque
noun
Synonym of electrocyte
equalitarian
equalitarian
adj
(dated) Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
noun
(dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism.
equalitarianism
equalitarianism
noun
Egalitarianism.
equalizer
equalizer
noun
(Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
(mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
(sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
A device that balances various quantities.
A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
One who makes equal; a balancer.
equalizers
equalizers
noun
plural of equalizer
equaller
equangular
equangular
adj
Alternative spelling of equiangular
equatoreal
equatorial
equatorial
adj
(organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring
of, near, or relating to the equator
noun
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
equatorially
equatorially
adv
In an equatorial direction
equestrial
equestrial
adj
Alternative form of equestrian
equiangular
equiangular
adj
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.
equiangularity
equiangularity
noun
The condition of being equiangular
equiarticulate
equicaloric
equicaloric
adj
Having the same number of calories.
equicellular
equicellular
adj
(biology) Made up of similar cells.
equicrural
equicrural
adj
Having legs of equal size; isosceles.
equidiurnal
equidiurnal
adj
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; applied to the equinoctial line.
equidurable
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equigranular
equigranular
adj
(petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
equilater
equilateral
equilateral
adj
(geometry, of a polygon) Having all the sides equal.
(geometry, of a polyhedron) Having all the faces equal.
(zoology) Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.
(zoology) Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.
noun
A figure having all its sides equal.
A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.
equilaterally
equilaterally
adv
In an equilateral manner.
equilibrant
equilibrant
noun
A force equal to, but opposite of, the resultant sum of vector forces; that force which balances other forces, thus bringing an object to equilibrium.
equilibrants
equilibrants
noun
plural of equilibrant
equilibrate
equilibrate
verb
(intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.
(transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
equilibrated
equilibrated
adj
Subject to equilibration
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate
equilibrates
equilibrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equilibrate
equilibrating
equilibrating
verb
present participle of equilibrate
equilibration
equilibration
noun
The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium
equilibrations
equilibrations
noun
plural of equilibration
equilibrative
equilibrative
adj
That equilibrates
equilibrator
equilibrator
noun
(rare) A device that maintains equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
equilibratory
equilibratory
adj
Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
equilibria
equilibria
noun
plural of equilibrium
equilibrial
equilibrial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being in equilibrium
equilibriate
equilibriria
equilibristat
equiliria
equimolar
equimolar
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of moles (of two or more compounds)
equimolecular
equimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds)
equinumerally
equiparable
equiparable
adj
(archaic, rare) comparable, equatable
equipartile
equiprobabilism
equiprobabilist
equiprobability
equiprobability
noun
The state or condition of being equiprobable
equiprobable
equiprobable
adj
(mathematics, logic) Having equal probability, such as any number from 1 to 6 being the equiprobable outcome of the fair toss of fair dice.
equiprobably
equiprobably
adv
With equal probability.
equiproportional
equiproportional
adj
equally proportional (to two or more other things)
equiproportionality
equiproportionality
noun
The condition of being equiproportional
equiradial
equiradial
adj
Having equal radii.
equiradical
equiradical
adj
(mathematics) Of surds: arising from the extraction of the same nth root.
equirotal
equirotal
adj
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
equitemporal
equitemporal
adj
Of equal time.
equitriangular
equitriangular
adj
Having the form of an equilateral triangle
equivaluer
equivalvular
equivalvular
adj
(zoology) equivalve
euraquilo
euroaquilo
extraequilibrium
formalesque
formalesque
adj
(art) modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960
foursquarely
frequentable
frequentable
adj
accessible
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
noun
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
grandiloquent
grandiloquent
adj
(of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
grandiloquently
grandiloquently
adv
showing grandiloquence
griqualander
harlequin
harlequin
adj
Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
Of a greenish-chartreuse color.
noun
(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
(informal) A harlequin duck.
A greenish-chartreuse color.
A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes.
verb
(intransitive) To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
(transitive) To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
harlequina
harlequinade
harlequinade
noun
A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.
harlequinery
harlequinesque
harlequinesque
adj
Like or befitting a harlequin; clownish.
harlequinic
harlequinic
adj
Of or relating to a harlequin (pantomime fool).
harlequinism
harlequinize
harlequinize
verb
(transitive) To make gaudy and comical.
harlequins
harlequins
noun
plural of harlequin
hyperequatorial
inconquerable
inconquerable
adj
That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
inequalitarian
inequalitarian
noun
An inegalitarian.
inequigranular
inequigranular
adj
Not equigranular.
inequilateral
inequilateral
adj
Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical or lopsided
inequilaterally
inequilaterally
adv
In an inequilateral manner; not equilaterally
inequivalvular
inequivalvular
adj
(zoology) Having unequal valves; inequivalve.
inquirable
inquirable
adj
Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
inquisitorialness
inquisitorialness
noun
The quality of being inquisitorial.
interequinoctial
interequinoctial
adj
Coming between the equinoxes.
interquarrel
interquarreled
interquarreling
interquartile
interquartile
adj
(statistics) Between quartiles.
(statistics) Specifically between the first and third quartiles.
noun
(statistics) The range or content of an interquartile.
lacquer
lacquer
noun
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
A similar finish, baked onto the inside of cans.
verb
To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.
lacquered
lacquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquer
lacquerer
lacquerer
noun
One who lacquers.
lacquerers
lacquerers
noun
plural of lacquerer
lacquering
lacquering
noun
An application of lacquer.
verb
present participle of lacquer
lacquerist
lacquers
lacquers
noun
plural of lacquer
lacquerware
lacquerware
noun
Decorative items coated with lacquer.
lacquerwares
lacquerwares
noun
plural of lacquerware
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
lamarque
lambrequin
lambrequin
noun
(US) A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance.
(ceramics) A border pattern with draped effect.
(heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an item, typically with one end pendant.
A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.
lambrequins
lambrequins
noun
plural of lambrequin
laquear
laquear
noun
(architecture) A lacunar.
laquearia
laquearia
noun
(historical) The panels of a coffered ceiling in Ancient Rome.