One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquiparous
aquiparous
adj
(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
arboresque
armouchiquois
baroqueness
baroqueness
noun
The state or condition of being baroque.
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barquisimeto
beliquors
borasque
borasqueborate
boudoiresque
bourasque
bourasque
noun
(archaic) A tempest.
bourbonesque
bourrasque
brontesque
broomsquire
browningesque
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
caquetoires
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
conquers
conquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
conquistadors
coquetries
coquetries
noun
plural of coquetry
corequisite
corequisite
noun
(education) A course that must be or can be taken concurrently with a given course.
corequisites
corequisites
noun
plural of corequisite
corinthianesque
corseque
corseque
noun
A pole weapon with a spike and two lateral blades on a shaft.
corsesque
counterconquest
counterconquest
noun
A conquest made in opposition to another, as by a previously conquered entity.
counterquestion
counterquestion
noun
A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
counterquestions
counterquestions
noun
plural of counterquestion
croquets
croquets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croquet
croquettes
croquettes
noun
plural of croquette
croquignoles
croquis
croquis
noun
(art) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.
derequisition
derequisition
verb
(transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned).
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disquiparation
disquisitionary
disquisitionary
adj
Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.
disquisitor
disquisitor
noun
A person who makes a disquisition; an inquirer or investigator.
disquisitorial
disquisitorial
adj
Of or pertaining to a disquisitor.
disquisitory
disquisitory
adj
Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive.
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
equators
equators
noun
plural of equator
equatorwards
equatorwards
adv
Towards the equator.
equidistribution
equidistribution
noun
An equal distribution.
equilibrations
equilibrations
noun
plural of equilibration
equilibrious
equilibrious
adj
in equilibrium; balanced
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equiponderous
equiponderous
adj
Having equal weight.
equiprobabilism
equiprobabilist
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivorous
equivorous
adj
Feeding on horseflesh.
esquiredom
forequarters
forequarters
noun
plural of forequarter
forerequest
formalesque
formalesque
adj
(art) modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960
fouquieriaceous
fouquieriaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the plant family Fouquieriaceae.
foursquare
foursquare
adj
(by extension) Solid, robust.
(cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
Having four equal sides; square.
Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
noun
(architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
(cryptography) A four-square cipher.
Alternative form of four square
foursquarely
foursquareness
frasquito
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
gastriloquial
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
gastriloquist
gastriloquist
noun
(archaic) A ventriloquist.
gastriloquous
gastriloquy
gastriloquy
noun
(rare) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
gongoresque
gorgonesque
gorkiesque
grandiloquous
grandiloquous
adj
grandiloquent
grolieresque
grotesque
grotesque
adj
(typography) Sans serif.
Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting.
Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.
noun
(typography) A sans serif typeface.
A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
Anything grotesque.
grotesquely
grotesquely
adv
In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
grotesqueness
grotesqueness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grotesque.
grotesquerie
grotesquerie
noun
(literature) A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.
The quality of being grotesque or macabre.
grotesqueries
grotesqueries
noun
plural of grotesquery
grotesquery
grotesquery
noun
Alternative form of grotesquerie
grotesques
grotesques
noun
plural of grotesque
gyrofrequencies
gyrofrequencies
noun
plural of gyrofrequency
hawthornesque
humoresque
humoresque
noun
(music) A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
humoresquely
humoresques
humoresques
noun
plural of humoresque
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
inquisitorial
inquisitorial
adj
(law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.
In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
inquisitorially
inquisitorially
adv
In an inquisitorial manner.
inquisitorialness
inquisitorialness
noun
The quality of being inquisitorial.
inquisitorious
inquisitorious
adj
(obsolete) Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial.
inquisitors
inquisitors
noun
plural of inquisitor
inquisitorship
inquisitorship
noun
The role or status of inquisitor.
inquisitory
inquisitory
adj
In the manner of an inquisition or inquiry.
iroquoians
iroquois
isoquercitrin
isoquercitrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid glycoside, isolated from mangoes or from the giant rhubarb, that has anti-inflammatory activity
jargonesque
jargonesque
adj
Characteristic of jargon.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
leonardesque
liquidators
liquidators
noun
plural of liquidator
liquidatorship
liquidatorship
noun
The role or business of a liquidator.
liquorish
liquorish
adj
(obsolete) Lecherous.
liquorishly
liquorishness
liquorist
liquorist
noun
A manufacturer of liquors.
liquorless
liquorless
adj
Without liquor.
liquors
liquors
noun
plural of liquor
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
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
moresque
moresque
Adjective
Moorish
moresques
mosquero
mosquero
Proper noun
a village in New Mexico, USA, and the county seat of Also partly in
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant 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.