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.
aquaphobia
aquaphobia
noun
A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
belshazzaresque
bequeath
bequeath
verb
(law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
To give; to offer; to commit.
To hand down; to transmit.
bequeathable
bequeathable
adj
Capable of being bequeathed.
bequeathal
bequeathal
noun
The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.
bequeathals
bequeathals
noun
plural of bequeathal
bequeathed
bequeathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bequeath
bequeather
bequeather
noun
One who bequeaths.
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
bequeaths
bequeaths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bequeath
bibliotheque
bibliotheque
noun
(obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
bibliothque
bronchiloquy
buqsha
buqsha
noun
(historical) A former currency unit of Yemen.
buqshas
buqshas
noun
plural of buqsha
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
chibouque
chibouque
noun
Alternative form of chibouk
equichangeable
haquebut
haquebut
noun
Obsolete spelling of hagbut
harquebus
harquebus
noun
A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.
An obsolete matchlock firearm.
harquebusade
harquebusade
noun
Alternative form of arquebusade (“the shot of an arquebus”)
harquebuse
harquebuse
noun
Alternative form of harquebus
harquebuses
harquebuses
noun
plural of harquebus
harquebusier
harquebusier
noun
Alternative form of arquebusier
harquebuss
hennebique
orthobenzoquinone
orthobenzoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the two isomers of quinone, 1,2-benzoquinone.
qabbalah
quackenbush
quadrihybrid
quadrihybrid
noun
(biology) A hybrid whose parents differ by four pairs of contrasting Mendelian characters.
quathlamba
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
quebrachine
quebrachine
noun
An alkaloid, probably identical to yohimbine, from the quebracho tree
quebrachite
quebrachitol
quebrachitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polyhydroxy cyclic alcohol, 2-0-methyl-chiro-inositol, obtained from the latex of the rubber tree as a starting point in the synthesis of several pharmaceuticals
quebracho
quebracho
noun
Any of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis.
The bark of these trees, formerly used in treating fever.
quebrith
quebrith
noun
(alchemy) sulfur
quenchable
quenchable
adj
Able to be quenched.
quenchableness
quenchableness
noun
The quality of being quenchable.
rhomboquadratic
shabeque
shabracque
squabash
squabash
verb
(Scotland, slang, dated, transitive) To crush; to quash; to squash.
squabasher
squabbish
squabbish
adj
thick; fat; heavy
squashberry
squashberry
noun
Viburnum edule, the pembina or lowbush cranberry.
squawbush
squawbush
noun
The deciduous shrub Cornus amomum.
The shrub Rhus trilobata.
squawbushes
squawbushes
noun
plural of squawbush
squibbish
subheadquarters
subheadquarters
noun
A lesser or subsidiary headquarters.
unbequeathable
unbequeathable
adj
Not bequeathable.
unbequeathed
unbequeathed
adj
Not bequeathed.
unquenchable
unquenchable
adj
That cannot be quenched.
unquenchableness
unquenchableness
noun
The quality of being unquenchable.
unquenchably
unquenchably
adv
In a manner that cannot be quenched.
unrelinquishable
unrelinquishable
adj
That cannot be relinquished.
unrelinquishably
unrelinquishably
adv
In an unrelinquishable manner.
unsquashable
unvanquishable
unvanquishable
adj
That cannot be vanquished; undefeatable, inconquerable.
