(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acquest
acquest
noun
(law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
(rare) Acquisition; the thing gained.
acquests
acquests
noun
plural of acquest
acquiesce
acquiesce
verb
(intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
(intransitive, with in (or sometimes with, to)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
acquiesced
acquiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquiesce
acquiescement
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescences
acquiescences
noun
plural of acquiescence
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescer
acquiescer
noun
One who acquiesces.
acquiesces
acquiesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquiesce
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquiesence
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acquisita
acquisite
acquisite
adj
(obsolete) acquired
acquisited
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acquisitor
acquisitor
noun
one who acquires
acquisitors
acquisitors
noun
plural of acquisitor
acquisitum
acquist
acquist
noun
(obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
acquits
acquits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquit
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
adequacies
adequacies
noun
plural of adequacy
aquacades
aquacades
noun
plural of aquacade
aquacultures
aquacultures
noun
plural of aquaculture
aquaducts
aquasco
aquascope
aquascope
noun
A device used to view beneath the surface of water
aquascutum
aquashicola
aquatics
aquatics
noun
Sports involving water.
plural of aquatic
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
aquicolous
aquicolous
adj
(biology) Living in water.
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
aquiculturist
aquiculturist
noun
Alternative spelling of aquaculturist
aquifoliaceous
aquifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aquifoliaceae.
aquincubitalism
aquincubitalism
noun
The quality of being aquincubital.
aquintocubitalism
aquocapsulitis
aquocellolitis
architecturesque
architecturesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of architecture.
armouchiquois
ascq
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
caciques
caciques
noun
plural of cacique
caciqueship
caciqueship
noun
The role or status of cacique.
caciquism
caciquism
noun
The political influence of caciques in Latin America.
cacqueteuse
cacqueteuse
noun
(obsolete) An antique French armchair with a narrow back and splayed arms.
cacqueteuses
cacqueteuses
noun
plural of cacqueteuse
caiques
caiques
noun
plural of caique
calques
calques
noun
plural of calque
caqueteuse
caqueteuses
caquetoires
carlylesque
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
carquaise
carquaise
noun
The annealing arch or oven used in the manufacture of plate glass.
casaque
casaques
casaquin
casaquin
noun
(historical) A kind of short gown associated with French working-class or peasant women.
casque
casque
noun
A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary.
A helmet.
casqued
casqued
adj
(zoology) Having a casque
casques
casques
noun
plural of casque
casquet
casquetel
casquetel
noun
A simple casque (helmet) that had no visor
casquette
cassique
catafalques
catafalques
noun
plural of catafalque
catasauqua
cathedralesque
cathedralesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cathedral.
cauquenes
caziques
caziques
noun
plural of cazique; an alternative spelling of cacique
cezannesque
chaquetas
charquis
charquis
noun
plural of charqui
chautauquas
chautauquas
noun
plural of chautauqua
chequers
chequers
noun
plural of chequer
chequerwise
chequerwise
adj
Arranged in staggered rows, like the squares of a chequerboard.
cheques
cheques
noun
plural of cheque
chicquest
chinquapins
chinquapins
noun
plural of chinquapin
chiquest
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
churrigueresque
churrigueresque
adj
Alternative form of Churrigueresque
chylaqueous
chylaqueous
adj
(zoology) Consisting of chyle diluted with water; said of a liquid that forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.
chymaqueous
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
cinquains
cinquains
noun
plural of cinquain
cinquecentism
cinquecentist
cinquecentist
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cinquecentist.
cinquecentos
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
cirques
cirques
noun
plural of cirque
claquers
claquers
noun
plural of claquer
claques
claques
noun
plural of claque
claqueurs
claqueurs
noun
plural of claqueur
cliqueiest
cliqueless
cliqueless
adj
Without a clique.
cliques
cliques
noun
plural of clique
cliqueyness
cliqueyness
noun
Alternative form of cliquiness
cliquiest
cliquiest
adj
superlative form of cliquey: most cliquey
superlative form of cliquy: most cliquy
cliquish
cliquish
adj
Of or pertaining to a clique.
Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group.
cliquishly
cliquishly
adv
In a cliquish manner.
cliquishness
cliquishness
noun
the state of being cliquish
cliquism
cliquism
noun
The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.
cloques
cloques
noun
plural of cloque
coequalities
coequalities
noun
plural of coequality
coequalness
coequalness
noun
The state or quality of being coequal.
coequals
coequals
noun
plural of coequal
coequates
coequates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coequate
colliquativeness
colloquialism
colloquialism
noun
A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
colloquialisms
colloquialisms
noun
plural of colloquialism
colloquialist
colloquialist
noun
A good conversationalist.
A person who uses colloquial words or phrases.
colloquialness
colloquialness
noun
The state or quality of being colloquial.
colloquials
colloquials
noun
plural of colloquial
colloquies
colloquies
noun
plural of colloquy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colloquy
colloquiquiums
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
colloquists
colloquists
noun
plural of colloquist
colloquiums
colloquiums
noun
plural of colloquium
coloquies
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
conquassate
conquassate
verb
(obsolete, transitive, rare) To shake; to agitate.
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
conquers
conquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer
conquest
conquest
noun
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
(figuratively, by extension) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
conquests
conquests
noun
plural of conquest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquest
conquians
conquisition
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.