Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
noun
An ornate, detailed style.
baroquely
baroquely
adv
In a baroque style.
baroqueness
baroqueness
noun
The state or condition of being baroque.
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barquero
barquisimeto
beliquor
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
beliquoring
beliquors
benzofuroquinoxaline
berloque
boqueron
borasque
borasqueborate
borinqueno
boudoiresque
bouquetiere
bourasque
bourasque
noun
(archaic) A tempest.
bourbonesque
bourque
bourrasque
breloque
breloque
noun
A seal or charm for a watchchain.
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brodequin
brodequin
noun
(obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
bronchiloquy
brontesque
broomsquire
broquery
broquineer
browningesque
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
conquerable
conquerable
adj
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
equidistribution
equidistribution
noun
An equal distribution.
equilibration
equilibration
noun
The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium
equilibrations
equilibrations
noun
plural of equilibration
equilibrator
equilibrator
noun
(rare) A device that maintains equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
equilibratory
equilibratory
adj
Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
equilibrio
equilibrio
noun
(archaic) equilibrium, balance
equilibrious
equilibrious
adj
in equilibrium; balanced
equiprobabilism
equiprobabilist
equiprobability
equiprobability
noun
The state or condition of being equiprobable
equiprobable
equiprobable
adj
(mathematics, logic) Having equal probability, such as any number from 1 to 6 being the equiprobable outcome of the fair toss of fair dice.
equiprobably
equiprobably
adv
With equal probability.
inconquerable
inconquerable
adj
That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
lombardesque
nonequilibrium
nonequilibrium
noun
The condition of not being in equilibrium
nonrequirable
nonubiquitary
obliquangular
obliquangular
adj
(archaic, geometry) Formed of oblique angles.
orthobenzoquinone
orthobenzoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the two isomers of quinone, 1,2-benzoquinone.
overobsequious
overobsequious
adj
Excessively obsequious.
overobsequiously
overobsequiousness
overobsequiousness
noun
Excessive obsequiousness.
parabenzoquinone
parabenzoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the two isomers of quinone, 1,4-benzoquinone.
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadrilobed
quadrilobed
Adjective
Having four lobes.
quadrisyllabous
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
quebracho
quebracho
noun
Any of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis.
The bark of these trees, formerly used in treating fever.
quibbleproof
quiberon
quiberon
Proper noun
A town and seaside resort in Brittany, France.
quickborn
quickborn
adj
(archaic) born alive; not stillborn
quinocarbonium
quinocarbonium
noun
(chemistry, attributive) Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quitterbone
quodlibetarian
quodlibetarian
noun
One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
quodlibetary
quodlibetary
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet.
rhomboquadratic
robotesque
robotesque
adj
Characteristic of robots.
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.
sobriquet
sobriquet
noun
A familiar name for a person; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others), that is descriptive.
sobriquetical
sobriquetical
adj
Of or relating to sobriquets.
sobriquets
sobriquets
noun
plural of sobriquet
soubriquet
soubriquet
noun
Alternative spelling of sobriquet
soubriquets
soubriquets
noun
plural of soubriquet
squamatotuberculate
squamosoimbricated
subequatorial
subequatorial
adj
(geography) Belonging to a region adjacent to an equatorial area.