(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
disequilibrium
disequilibrium
noun
The loss of equilibrium or stability, especially due to an imbalance of forces.
disequilibriums
equalitarianism
equalitarianism
noun
Egalitarianism.
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equilibriums
equiprobabilism
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
esquiredom
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
harlequinism
hemidemisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver
noun
(music) A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
lambrequins
lambrequins
noun
plural of lambrequin
liquidambars
liquidambars
noun
plural of liquidambar
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
maquiladoras
maquiladoras
noun
plural of maquiladora
maquisard
maquisard
noun
(historical) A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
marqueteries
marqueteries
noun
plural of marqueterie
plural of marquetery
marquetries
marquetries
noun
plural of marquetry
marquis
marquis
noun
A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
marquisal
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marquisates
marquisates
noun
plural of marquisate
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
marquise
marquise
noun
(architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
(chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French.
(cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.
(historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century.
(jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends.
A marquee.
marquises
marquises
noun
plural of marquis
plural of marquise
marquisess
marquisess
Noun
A marchioness.
marquisette
marquisette
noun
A sheer cotton fabric used for mosquito nets and curtains
marquisettes
marquisettes
noun
plural of marquisette
marquisina
marquisotte
marquisotte
verb
(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
marquisship
marquisship
noun
A marquisate.
marquois
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant to mosquitos.
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
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
quadrenniums
quadrigamist
quadrigamist
noun
(rare) Someone who has four spouses at the same time.
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrumvirs
quadrupedism
quagmires
quagmires
noun
plural of quagmire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quagmire
quagmiriest
quakerism
quakerism
Noun
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers.
quartermasterlike
quartermastership
quartermastership
noun
The position or employment of a quartermaster.
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
querimans
querimonies
querimonies
noun
plural of querimony
querimonious
querimonious
adj
Complaining; querulous.
querimoniously
querimoniously
adv
In a querimonious manner.
querimoniousness
querimoniousness
noun
(archaic) The quality of being querimonious, of tending to complain.
quirksome
quirksome
adj
Characterised or marked by quirkiness.
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
quizmasters
quizmasters
noun
plural of quizmaster
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
relinquishment
relinquishment
noun
The act of relinquishing something.
relinquishments
relinquishments
noun
plural of relinquishment
reliquism
requiems
requiems
noun
plural of requiem
requirements
requirements
noun
plural of requirement
semicirque
semicirque
noun
A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
semiquadrangle
semiquadrantly
semiquadrate
semiquadrate
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other by half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
semiquartile
semiquartile
noun
(astrology) A semiquadrate.
semiquaver
semiquaver
noun
(music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
semiquavers
semiquavers
noun
plural of semiquaver
semisirque
semisquare
semisquare
noun
(astrology) An aspect made by two planets when they are 45 degrees apart from each other.
(geometry) A right isocoles triangle, or such figure of which two form a square.
siliquiform
siliquiform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a silique.
sinarquism
squadrism
squadrism
noun
(historical) A policy of violence by squads of Fascists in Italy after the First World War.
squaliform
squaliform
adj
Shaped like a shark
noun
Any shark of the order Squaliformes
squamariaceae
squamelliferous
squamelliform
squamiferous
squamiferous
adj
Scaly; covered in scales.
squamiform
squamiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a scale.
squamigerous
squamigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing scales.
squamoparietal
squamosoimbricated
squamosomaxillary
squamosoparietal
squamosoradiate
squamuliform
squamuliform
adj
Resembling a squamula or little scale.
squandermania
squandermania
noun
Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project.
squandermaniac
squandermaniac
noun
A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project.
squatterism
squiredom
squiredom
noun
The rank of squire, or the period of being a squire.
squirism
squirm
squirm
noun
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
verb
To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
squirmed
squirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squirm
squirmer
squirmer
noun
One who, or that which, squirms.
squirmers
squirmers
noun
plural of squirmer
squirmier
squirmier
adj
comparative form of squirmy: more squirmy
squirmiest
squirmiest
adj
superlative form of squirmy: most squirmy
squirminess
squirminess
noun
The state or quality of being squirmy.
squirming
squirming
noun
The motion of something that squirms.
verb
present participle of squirm
squirmingly
squirmingly
adv
With squirming motions.
squirms
squirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squirm
squirmy
squirmy
adj
That squirms, writhes or wriggles.
superrequirement
synarquism
ubiquitarianism
ubiquitarianism
noun
The beliefs of the ubiquitarians.
unsquirming
utraquism
utraquism
noun
(countable, rare) A term, phrase, or concept with multiple meanings.
(psychoanalysis, specifically) A method that uses analogy to draw on insights from both objective natural science on the one hand, and subjective psychology and social science on the other.
(rare) Alternative letter-case form of Utraquism.
The combination of two methods or fields of study.
ventriloquism
ventriloquism
noun
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.