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.
aminoanthraquinone
aminoanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
chimique
chymaqueous
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
demihaque
diphenylquinomethane
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.
harlequinism
hemidemisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver
noun
(music) A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
hemiquinonoid
humoresque
humoresque
noun
(music) A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
humoresquely
humoresques
humoresques
noun
plural of humoresque
machinotechnique
methaqualone
methaqualone
noun
(pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
michelangelesque
microtechnique
microtechnique
noun
Any small-scale technique.
The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
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.
mosquitofishes
mosquitofishes
noun
plural of mosquitofish
musquashes
musquashes
noun
plural of musquash
musquashweed
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
qeshm
qualmishness
qualmishness
noun
The quality of being qualmish.
quamashes
quamashes
noun
plural of quamash
quantummechanical
quartermastership
quartermastership
noun
The position or employment of a quartermaster.
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
relinquishment
relinquishment
noun
The act of relinquishing something.
relinquishments
relinquishments
noun
plural of relinquishment
sphenosquamosal
squamoepithelial
squamosphenoid
squamosphenoidal
squaremouth
squeamish
squeamish
adj
Averse or reluctant.
Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.
squeamishly
squeamishly
adv
In a squeamish manner.
squeamishness
squeamishness
noun
The quality of being squeamish
sympathique
thymoquinone
thymoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid quinone, found in caraway, coriander and nutmeg, that has antioxidant activity
