A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
colloquialisms
colloquialisms
noun
plural of colloquialism
colloquiquiums
colloquiums
colloquiums
noun
plural of colloquium
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
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.
esquiredom
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
gnomesque
humoresque
humoresque
noun
(music) A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
humoresquely
humoresques
humoresques
noun
plural of humoresque
jumboesque
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
misconsequence
misconsequence
noun
A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
misquote
misquote
noun
An incorrect recitation of a quote.
An incorrect recording of a quote.
verb
To incorrectly recite a quote.
To incorrectly record a quote.
misquoted
misquoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misquote
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
misquotes
misquotes
noun
plural of misquote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misquote
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
monegasque
montesquieu
moquettes
moquettes
noun
plural of moquette
moresque
moresque
Adjective
Moorish
moresques
mosque
mosque
noun
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
mosquelet
mosquero
mosquero
Proper noun
a village in New Mexico, USA, and the county seat of Also partly in
mosques
mosques
noun
plural of mosque
mosquish
mosquital
mosquital
adj
Of or relating to mosquitos.
mosquito
mosquito
noun
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
verb
To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
mosquitobill
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mosquitofish
mosquitofish
noun
Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
mosquitofishes
mosquitofishes
noun
plural of mosquitofish
mosquitoish
mosquitoish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mosquito.
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant to mosquitos.
mosquitos
mosquitos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mosquito
mosquittoey
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
multiloquious
multiloquious
adj
(formal) Synonym of multiloquent
multiloquous
multiloquous
adj
Very talkative.
multisiliquous
multisiliquous
adj
(botany) Having many pods or seed vessels.
musquashroot
musqueto
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
normanesque
obsequium
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.
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
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
prosequendum
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
queersome
queersome
adj
Characterised or marked by queerness; peculiar; odd
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.
questmonger
questmonger
noun
(archaic, derogatory) One who encourages petty lawsuits.
quietsome
quietsome
adj
(archaic) Characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil
quintocubitalism
quintocubitalism
noun
The property of being quintocubital.
quipsome
quipsome
adj
Full of quips.
quipsomeness
quirksome
quirksome
adj
Characterised or marked by quirkiness.
quixotism
quixotism
noun
A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.
quominus
quomodos
quomodos
noun
plural of quomodo
quondamship
quondamship
noun
(obsolete, rare) The property of being former, no longer current.
quorums
quorums
noun
plural of quorum
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
semicolloquial
semicolloquial
adj
Somewhat or partially colloquial.
semicolloquially
semiopaque
semiopaque
adj
Partially opaque.
semiquote
semiquote
noun
(informal) A partly paraphrased quotation.
sequestrectomy
sequestrectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of sequestrums (dead portions of bones).
sequestrotomy
sequestrotomy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Surgical removal of a sequestrum, or piece of dead bone that has become separated due to necrosis.
sermonesque
sermonesque
adj
Characteristic of a sermon.
siliquiform
siliquiform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a silique.
snoqualmie
snoquamish
soliloquium
somniloquacious
somniloquacious
adj
(rare, humorous) Talkative in one’s sleep.
somniloquence
somniloquence
noun
The act of talking in one's sleep.
somniloquent
somniloquent
adj
Synonym of somniloquous (“talking while asleep”)
somniloquies
somniloquies
noun
plural of somniloquy
somniloquism
somniloquism
noun
The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.
somniloquist
somniloquist
noun
A person who talks in his/her sleep.
somniloquize
somniloquize
verb
(intransitive) To sleeptalk.
somniloquous
somniloquous
adj
Talking while asleep.
somniloquy
somniloquy
noun
(countable) Words spoken while sleeping.
(uncountable) The act or habit of talking 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.