One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquiparous
aquiparous
adj
(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
arboresque
armouchiquois
baroqueness
baroqueness
noun
The state or condition of being baroque.
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barquisimeto
borasque
borasqueborate
bourasque
bourasque
noun
(archaic) A tempest.
bourrasque
caquetoires
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
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
corinthianesque
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disquiparation
disquisitionary
disquisitionary
adj
Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.
disquisitorial
disquisitorial
adj
Of or pertaining to a disquisitor.
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
equators
equators
noun
plural of equator
equatorwards
equatorwards
adv
Towards the equator.
equilibrations
equilibrations
noun
plural of equilibration
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equiprobabilism
equiprobabilist
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
forequarters
forequarters
noun
plural of forequarter
formalesque
formalesque
adj
(art) modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960
fouquieriaceous
fouquieriaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the plant family Fouquieriaceae.
foursquare
foursquare
adj
(by extension) Solid, robust.
(cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
Having four equal sides; square.
Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
noun
(architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
(cryptography) A four-square cipher.
Alternative form of four square
foursquarely
foursquareness
frasquito
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
gastriloquial
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
gastriloquist
gastriloquist
noun
(archaic) A ventriloquist.
gastriloquous
gastriloquy
gastriloquy
noun
(rare) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
grandiloquous
grandiloquous
adj
grandiloquent
hawthornesque
inquisitorial
inquisitorial
adj
(law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.
In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
inquisitorially
inquisitorially
adv
In an inquisitorial manner.
inquisitorialness
inquisitorialness
noun
The quality of being inquisitorial.
iroquoians
jargonesque
jargonesque
adj
Characteristic of jargon.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
leonardesque
liquidators
liquidators
noun
plural of liquidator
liquidatorship
liquidatorship
noun
The role or business of a liquidator.
lombardesque
maquiladoras
maquiladoras
noun
plural of maquiladora
marlowesque
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
marquisotte
marquisotte
verb
(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
marquois
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
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
musquashroot
nonequestrian
nonequestrian
adj
Not equestrian.
noun
One who is not an equestrian.
nonsequestration
nonsequestration
noun
Absence of sequestration.
normanesque
outquarters
outquarters
noun
Quarters situated away from headquarters.
oversqueak
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
paroquets
paroquets
noun
plural of paroquet
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
petrosquamosal
petrosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) petrous and squamosal
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
proacquisition
propinquitatis
proquaestor
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
psychoquackeries
quadragenarious
quadragenarious
adj
(rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadratiferous
quadratosquamosal
quadratosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Both quadrate and squamosal
quadricornous
quadricornous
adj
having four horns
quadricostate
quadricostate
adj
Having four ribs.
quadricotyledonous
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadrifarious
quadrifarious
adj
(botany) Arranged in four rows or ranks.
quadrifariously
quadrifariously
adv
In a quadrifarious manner.
quadrifolious
quadrifrons
quadrifrons
noun
(architecture) Synonym of tetrapylon
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigenarious
quadrigenarious
adj
(rare) Having or consisting of four hundred.
quadrijugous
quadrijugous
adj
quadrijugate
quadrillions
quadrillions
noun
plural of quadrillion
quadrillionths
quadrillionths
noun
plural of quadrillionth
quadriparous
quadriparous
adj
(ornithology) Laying four eggs.
Having given birth to four offspring.
quadriphosphate
quadriphosphate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester containing four phosphate groups.
quadriphyllous
quadriphyllous
adj
(botany) Having four leaves
quadriporticus
quadriporticus
noun
A nearly square courtyard surrounded by colonnaded porticoes.
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrisetose
quadrisetose
adj
(biology) Having four bristles.
quadrisyllabous
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadroons
quadroons
noun
plural of quadroon
quadrophonics
quadrumanous
quadrumanous
adj
Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates.
quadrupedous
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quadrupoles
quadrupoles
noun
plural of quadrupole
quaestor
quaestor
noun
(historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
(historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
quaestorial
quaestorial
adj
Of or relating to a quaestor.
quaestorian
quaestorian
adj
Relating to a quaestor.
quaestors
quaestors
noun
plural of quaestor
quaestorship
quaestorship
noun
The office or status of quaestor.
quarrellous
quarrellous
adj
Alternative form of quarrelous
quarrelous
quarrelous
adj
(now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
quarrelously
quarrelsome
quarrelsome
adj
Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
quarrelsomely
quarrelsomely
adv
In a quarrelsome manner.
quarrelsomeness
quarrelsomeness
noun
The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature.
quarrystone
quarsome
quartiparous
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quartos
quartos
noun
plural of quarto
quartziferous
quartziferous
adj
Yielding or containing quartz.
quartzose
quartzose
adj
Pertaining to quartz; made of quartz.
quartzous
quartzous
Adjective
Pertaining to quartz; made of quartz.
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.
quasistationary
quasistationary
adj
Almost stationary.
Of a system: that behaves as if it were stationary under defined circumstances, as within a temperature range or over a given period of time.
quaternionist
quaternionist
noun
One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.
quaternions
quaternions
noun
plural of quaternion
quatorzes
quatorzes
noun
plural of quatorze
quatrefoils
quatrefoils
noun
plural of quatrefoil
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quatrocentist
quatrocentist
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentist
quaverous
quaverous
adj
quavery
questionaries
questionaries
noun
plural of questionary
questionary
questionary
adj
Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
noun
(archaic) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
A questionnaire.
questionnaire
questionnaire
noun
A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey