(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
headquartering
headquartering
verb
present participle of headquarter
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
preliquidating
pterygoquadrate
pterygoquadrate
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.
quadragenarian
quadragenarian
adj
Of or related to fortysomethings.
noun
Synonym of fortysomething: a person between 40 and 49 years old.
quadragenarious
quadragenarious
adj
(rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
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
quadrangle
quadrangle
noun
(geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
quadrangled
quadrangled
adj
Alternative form of quadrangular
Enclosed in a quadrangular structure
quadrangles
quadrangles
noun
plural of quadrangle
quadrangularness
quadrangulate
quadrangulate
verb
(transitive) To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation)
quadranguled
quadridigitate
quadridigitate
adj
Having only four fingers on a hand, or toes on a foot
quadrigabled
quadrigae
quadrigae
noun
plural of quadriga
quadrigate
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.
quadrigenarious
quadrigenarious
adj
(rare) Having or consisting of four hundred.
quadrijugate
quadrijugate
adj
(botany) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets.
quadrilogue
quadrilogue
noun
Alternative spelling of quadralogue
quadriplegia
quadriplegia
noun
Paralysis from the neck down.
Paralysis of all four limbs.
quadriplegic
quadriplegic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
noun
One who suffers from quadriplegia.
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
quinquegrade
quinquegrade
adj
(music) Of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.
reliquidating
reliquidating
verb
present participle of reliquidate
semiquadrangle
squandering
squandering
noun
The act by which something is squandered; wastage.