(uncommon) Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.
pectoriloquial
pectoriloquial
adj
(rare) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy.
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
prequalification
prequalification
adj
Prior to a qualification being awarded.
noun
qualification in advance
proacquisition
proacquittal
proaquatic
pseudoacquaintance
pseudoaquatic
psychoquackeries
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadrichord
quadrichord
noun
(obsolete, music) tetrachord
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricorn
quadricorn
noun
Any quadricornous (four-horned) animal
quadricornous
quadricornous
adj
having four horns
quadricostate
quadricostate
adj
Having four ribs.
quadricotyledonous
quadricovariant
quadricovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of degree 4
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadrifocal
quadrifocal
adj
(optics) Of or pertaining to lenses that have four different powers per eye.
quadrifurcation
quadrifurcation
noun
A division into four branches
quadrilocular
quadrilocular
adj
Having four cells or compartments.
quadriloculate
quadriloculate
adj
Having four loculi
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrinomical
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quadriportico
quadriportico
noun
(architecture) A four-sided portico.
quadriporticus
quadriporticus
noun
A nearly square courtyard surrounded by colonnaded porticoes.
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrophonics
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
qualification
qualification
noun
(UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
(obsolete) A quality or attribute.
A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
qualifications
qualifications
noun
plural of qualification
qualificator
qualificator
noun
An officer who examines and prepares causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
qualificatory
qualificatory
adj
That serves as qualification
quamoclit
quamoclit
noun
(botany) Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
quantico
quantification
quantification
noun
(economics) The expression of an economic activity in monetary units.
(logic) A limitation that is imposed on the variables of a proposition.
The act of quantifying.
quantifications
quantifications
noun
plural of quantification
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.
quasicontinuous
quasicontinuous
adj
(mathematics, physics) Having some characteristics of a continuous function, system etc
quasiperiodic
quasiperiodic
adj
(mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
(physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.
Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quatrocentist
quatrocentist
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentist
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.
quattuordecillionth
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
querciflorae
quiinaceous
quindecagon
quindecagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles.
quinocarbonium
quinocarbonium
noun
(chemistry, attributive) Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quinotannic
quinovatannic
quinquecostate
quinquecostate
adj
(botany) Having five ribs.
quinquelocular
quinquelocular
adj
Having five cells or compartments.
quintocubital
quintocubital
adj
Alternative form of quincubital
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quintuplication
quintuplication
noun
multiplication by five
quitemoca
quixotical
quixotical
adj
quixotic
quixotically
quixotically
adv
In a quixotic manner.
quizzacious
quizzacious
adj
(rare) Mocking or satirical.
quizzification
quizzification
noun
(dated) quizzing; teasing; mockery
quodlibetical
quodlibetical
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet; of a question, posed extemporaneously.
quodlibetically
quodlibetically
adv
In a quodlibetic manner.
radiofrequency
radiofrequency
adj
Alternative spelling of radio-frequency
noun
Alternative form of radio frequency
reacquisition
reacquisition
noun
A second or subsequent acquisition.
reacquisitions
reacquisitions
noun
plural of reacquisition
requalification
requalification
noun
The act of qualifying again
rhomboquadratic
sanctiloquent
sanctiloquent
adj
Prone to speaking in a sanctimonious manner; preachy.
Speaking of holy or sacred things.
semicolloquial
semicolloquial
adj
Somewhat or partially colloquial.
semicolloquially
sequacious
sequacious
adj
(Of musical notes or poetic feet) Following neatly or smoothly.
(Of objects, obsolete) Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.
(Of people) Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.
(Of thought) Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction.
sequaciously
sequaciously
adv
by a logically developed argument.
with blind acceptance.
sequaciousness
sequaciousness
noun
The state or condition of being sequacious.
sesquicarbonate
sesquicarbonate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing one carbonate and one bicarbonate ion in each formula [CO₃HCO₃].
(inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing three carbonate ions for every two metal ions.
sesquioctava
sesquioctaval
siliquaceous
siliquaceous
adj
(botany) Having siliques.
sobriquetical
sobriquetical
adj
Of or relating to sobriquets.
soliloquacious
soliloquacious
adj
Of or relating to a soliloquy.
somniloquacious
somniloquacious
adj
(rare, humorous) Talkative in one’s sleep.
spheroquartic
squamosoimbricated
squamosozygomatic
squamozygomatic
squamozygomatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; applied to a bone, or a centre of ossification, in some foetal skulls.
squattocratic
squattocratic
adj
Of or relating to squattocracy.
squireocracy
suaviloquence
suaviloquence
noun
The quality of pleasantness or sweetness in speech or writing.
superacquisition
uncolloquial
uncolloquial
adj
Not colloquial.
uncolloquially
uncolloquially
adv
In an uncolloquial manner.
unconsequential
unconsequential
adj
inconsequential
unconsequentially
unconsequentially
adv
Alternative form of inconsequentially
unconsequentialness
unequivocably
unequivocably
adv
(proscribed) Nonstandard form of unequivocally.
unequivocal
unequivocal
adj
(possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.
Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
unequivocally
unequivocally
adv
In a way that leaves no doubt; in an unequivocal or unambiguous manner, unquestionably.
unequivocalness
unequivocalness
noun
The quality of being unequivocal.
unequivocating
unloquacious
unloquacious
adj
Not loquacious, having little to say.
unloquaciously
unloquaciousness
unqualification
unqualification
noun
Absence of qualification; the condition of not being qualified.
unquixotical
unquixotically
violaquercitrin
violaquercitrin
noun
(chemistry) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor) and decomposable into glucose and quercitrin.