(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
marquito
marquois
meriquinoidal
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
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
musquashroot
negqtiator
nonequatorial
nonequatorial
adj
Not equatorial.
nonequatorially
nonequestrian
nonequestrian
adj
Not equestrian.
noun
One who is not an equestrian.
nonequilateral
nonequilateral
adj
Not equilateral.
nonequilaterally
nonrequirable
nonrequital
nonsequestration
nonsequestration
noun
Absence of sequestration.
nonubiquitary
normanesque
obliquangular
obliquangular
adj
(archaic, geometry) Formed of oblique angles.
opaquer
opaquer
adj
comparative form of opaque: more opaque
ortanique
ortanique
noun
A cross between an orange and a tangerine.
outquarters
outquarters
noun
Quarters situated away from headquarters.
ovatoquadrangular
overequal
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
overqualified
overqualified
adj
Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
overqualifying
overqualifying
verb
present participle of overqualify
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
overquarter
oversqueak
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
oxyanthraquinone
palatoquadrate
palatoquadrate
noun
(biology) The dorsal part of the mandibular arch in some fish
parabenzoquinone
parabenzoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the two isomers of quinone, 1,4-benzoquinone.
paraquinone
paraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,4-benzoquinone
parciloquy
parietoquadrate
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
paroquet
paroquets
paroquets
noun
plural of paroquet
parroque
parroquet
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
pectoriloquial
pectoriloquial
adj
(rare) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy.
petrosquamosal
petrosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) petrous and squamosal
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
phenanthraquinone
phenanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any quinone derived from phenanthrene, but especially 9,10-phenanthraquinone (9,10-phenanthrenedione)
phenanthrenequinone
phenanthrenequinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric quinones derived from phenanthrene, but especially 9,10-phenanthrenequinone obtained by oxidation with chromic acid
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
preequalization
preliquidation
preliquidation
adj
Before liquidation.
prequalification
prequalification
adj
Prior to a qualification being awarded.
noun
qualification in advance
prequotation
proacquisition
proacquittal
proaquatic
proequality
propinquant
propinquitatis
proquaestor
provoquant
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
psychoquackeries
pterygoquadrate
pterygoquadrate
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.
quadragenarious
quadragenarious
adj
(rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadratiferous
quadratojugal
quadratojugal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.
noun
(anatomy) A small jaw bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds.
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadrator
quadratosquamosal
quadratosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Both quadrate and squamosal
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.
quadrifarious
quadrifarious
adj
(botany) Arranged in four rows or ranks.
quadrifariously
quadrifariously
adv
In a quadrifarious manner.
quadrifocal
quadrifocal
adj
(optics) Of or pertaining to lenses that have four different powers per eye.
quadrifoil
quadrifoil
adj
Alternative form of quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
adj
(botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
quadrifoliolate
quadrifoliolate
adj
(botany) Having four leaflets.
quadrifolious
quadrifolium
quadriform
quadriform
adj
Having four forms, parts or aspects
quadrifrons
quadrifrons
noun
(architecture) Synonym of tetrapylon
quadrifrontal
quadrifrontal
adj
(architecture) In the form of a quadrifrons.
quadrifurcation
quadrifurcation
noun
A division into four branches
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigenarious
quadrigenarious
adj
(rare) Having or consisting of four hundred.
quadrijugous
quadrijugous
adj
quadrijugate
quadrillion
quadrillion
noun
(figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
num
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
quadrillions
quadrillions
noun
plural of quadrillion
quadrillionth
quadrillionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one quadrillion.
noun
One of a quadrillion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the quadrillionth position.
quadrillionths
quadrillionths
noun
plural of quadrillionth
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadrilobed
quadrilobed
Adjective
Having four lobes.
quadrilocular
quadrilocular
adj
Having four cells or compartments.
quadriloculate
quadriloculate
adj
Having four loculi
quadrilogue
quadrilogue
noun
Alternative spelling of quadralogue
quadrilogy
quadrilogy
noun
(nonstandard) A tetralogy.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrinodal
quadrinodal
adj
(mathematics) Having four nodes.
quadrinomial
quadrinomial
adj
Consisting of four names or parts or terms.
noun
(algebra) An expression consisting of four terms.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
quadrioxalate
quadriparous
quadriparous
adj
(ornithology) Laying four eggs.
Having given birth to four offspring.
quadripartition
quadripartition
verb
(transitive) To partition into four.
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quadriphosphate
quadriphosphate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester containing four phosphate groups.
quadriphyllous
quadriphyllous
adj
(botany) Having four leaves
quadripolar
quadripolar
adj
Having four poles
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadriportico
quadriportico
noun
(architecture) A four-sided portico.
quadriporticus
quadriporticus
noun
A nearly square courtyard surrounded by colonnaded porticoes.
quadripulmonary
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrisetose
quadrisetose
adj
(biology) Having four bristles.
quadrisyllabous
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadroon
quadroon
adj
(dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons.
noun
(dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
quadroons
quadroons
noun
plural of quadroon
quadrophonics
quadrumanous
quadrumanous
adj
Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates.
quadrupedation
quadrupedous
quadruplator
quadruplator
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a public informer who received a fourth part.
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quadrupole
quadrupole
noun
(physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
(physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
quadrupoles
quadrupoles
noun
plural of quadrupole
quaestor
quaestor
noun
(historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
(historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
quaestorial
quaestorial
adj
Of or relating to a quaestor.
quaestorian
quaestorian
adj
Relating to a quaestor.
quaestors
quaestors
noun
plural of quaestor
quaestorship
quaestorship
noun
The office or status of quaestor.
quakeproof
quakeproof
adj
Capable of withstanding an earthquake.
verb
(transitive) To modify (a structure) to make it capable of withstanding an earthquake.
quakerdom
quakerization
quakerization
Noun
conversion to the Quaker religion
quakertown
qualificator
qualificator
noun
An officer who examines and prepares causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.