(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
aqueomercurial
aquopentamminecobaltic
chimique
chymaqueous
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
cinquecentism
circumquaque
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
comique
comique
noun
(dated) A comic actor or singer.
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
comoquer
conquerment
conquerment
noun
The state of being conquered.
conquinamine
conquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) quinidamine
contramarque
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
eequinoctium
equianharmonic
equianharmonic
adj
(mathematics) equally anharmonic; specifically, whose anharmonic ratio is a cube root of unity
noun
(geometry) A set of four points whose cross ratio (or anharmonic ratio) is a cube root of 1.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equimolecular
equimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds)
jacquemart
jacqueminot
jacqueminot
noun
A variety of deep crimson rose.
macabresque
macaque
macaque
noun
Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.
macaques
macaques
noun
plural of macaque
machinotechnique
macquereau
magniloquence
magniloquence
noun
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
mcquade
mcqueen
mcqueeney
meriquinonic
michelangelesque
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
microtechnique
microtechnique
noun
Any small-scale technique.
The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
misconsequence
misconsequence
noun
A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
mocambique
monchiquite
monchiquite
noun
(mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
monocoque
monocoque
noun
A structure design in which the frame and body are built as a single integrated structure.
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
multiloquence
multiloquence
noun
The state or condition of being multiloquent; talkativeness.
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
plusquamperfect
plusquamperfect
noun
(grammar, rare) pluperfect
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quantummechanical
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
quercetum
quercetum
noun
(dated, rare) A wood or plantation of oak trees.
quercimeritrin
quercimeritrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
quickbeam
quickbeam
noun
The European rowan tree.
quickenbeam
quicklime
quicklime
noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
verb
(transitive) To treat with quicklime.
quinamicine
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecim
quindecim
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth.
quindecima
quindecima
noun
(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quitclaimed
quitclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim
quitemoca
semiacquaintance
semiacquaintance
noun
A vague acquaintance; a person whom one barely knows.
semiaquatic
semiaquatic
adj
(of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
(of plants) Having the roots partially or entirely underwater.
semicirque
semicirque
noun
A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
semicolloquial
semicolloquial
adj
Somewhat or partially colloquial.
semicolloquially
sequestrectomy
sequestrectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of sequestrums (dead portions of bones).
somniloquence
somniloquence
noun
The act of talking in one's sleep.
squamaceous
squamaceous
adj
squamose
squamariaceae
squamatotuberculate
squamocellular
squamocellular
adj
Relating to, or composed of squamous cells
squamosoimbricated
squandermaniac
squandermaniac
noun
A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project.