A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
colloquialisms
colloquialisms
noun
plural of colloquialism
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equanimously
equanimously
adv
In an equanimous manner.
equanimousness
equationism
equidimensional
equidimensional
adj
Having (approximately) the same dimensions.
equiprobabilism
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
esquamulose
esquamulose
adj
(botany, mycology) Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin or outer covering.
formalesque
formalesque
adj
(art) modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
jusquaboutisme
lombardesque
maquiladoras
maquiladoras
noun
plural of maquiladora
marlowesque
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
marquisotte
marquisotte
verb
(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
marquois
mastoideosquamous
mastosquamose
metasequoia
metasequoia
noun
Metasequoia, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China.
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
milquetoast
milquetoast
adj
(originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
noun
(originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
monegasque
mosquital
mosquital
adj
Of or relating to mosquitos.
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal 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
musquashroot
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
normanesque
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
papulosquamous
papulosquamous
adj
Both papular and squamous
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
passamaquoddy
passamaquoddy
Noun
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Proper noun
The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.
petrosquamosal
petrosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) petrous and squamosal
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
plasmoquin
plasmoquine
plasmoquine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of chloroquine
pseudosquamate
quadratosquamosal
quadratosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Both quadrate and squamosal
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrumanous
quadrumanous
adj
Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates.
quarrelsome
quarrelsome
adj
Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
quarrelsomely
quarrelsomely
adv
In a quarrelsome manner.
quarrelsomeness
quarrelsomeness
noun
The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature.
quarsome
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quasimodo
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
queasom
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quondamship
quondamship
noun
(obsolete, rare) The property of being former, no longer current.
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
semicolloquial
semicolloquial
adj
Somewhat or partially colloquial.
semicolloquially
semiopaque
semiopaque
adj
Partially opaque.
snoqualmie
snoquamish
somniloquacious
somniloquacious
adj
(rare, humorous) Talkative in one’s sleep.
soumarque
sphenosquamosal
squaliform
squaliform
adj
Shaped like a shark
noun
Any shark of the order Squaliformes
squamaceous
squamaceous
adj
squamose
squamation
squamation
noun
(pathology, dermatology, countable) A scaly growth on the skin.
(zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.
(zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.
squamations
squamations
noun
plural of squamation
squamatogranulous
squamatotuberculate
squamelliferous
squamelliform
squameous
squamiferous
squamiferous
adj
Scaly; covered in scales.
squamiform
squamiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a scale.
squamigerous
squamigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing scales.
squamocellular
squamocellular
adj
Relating to, or composed of squamous cells
squamoepithelial
squamoid
squamoid
adj
Covered with scales; scaly.
Resembling a scale.
squamomastoid
squamoparietal
squamopetrosal
squamosa
squamosal
squamosal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone
noun
The platelike part of the temporal bone
squamose
squamose
adj
Alternative form of squamous
squamosely
squamosely
adv
In a squamose manner.
squamoseness
squamosis
squamosity
squamosity
noun
The quality of being squamose.
squamosodentated
squamosoimbricated
squamosomaxillary
squamosoparietal
squamosoradiate
squamosotemporal
squamosozygomatic
squamosphenoid
squamosphenoidal
squamotemporal
squamous
squamous
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.
squamously
squamously
adv
In a squamous way.
squamousness
squamousness
noun
The quality of being squamous.
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.
squamscot
squamulation
squamulation
noun
(zoology) The condition of being squamulate; the presence of small scales.
squamuliform
squamuliform
adj
Resembling a squamula or little scale.
squamulose
squamulose
adj
(botany, mycology, zoology) Having small scales.
squaremouth
squatmore
squatterdom
squatterdom
noun
The realm or sphere of squatters.
squawdom
squawdom
noun
The world or sphere of squaws.
squeamous
squeamous
adj
(obsolete) squeamish
supersquamosal
suprasquamosal
tympanosquamosal
tympanosquamosal
adj
tympanic and squamosal (typically, of the temporal bone)