(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
antimosquito
antimosquito
adj
Countering mosquitos.
antiquations
antiquations
noun
plural of antiquation
aquatones
aquatones
noun
plural of aquatone
aquintocubitalism
bosanquet
bouquiniste
brontesque
cinquecentos
colliquativeness
conquassate
conquassate
verb
(obsolete, transitive, rare) To shake; to agitate.
conquest
conquest
noun
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
(figuratively, by extension) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
conquests
conquests
noun
plural of conquest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquest
conquisition
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
consequent
consequent
adj
(geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
noun
(geology) A consequent stream.
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
An event which follows another.
consequential
consequential
adj
(of a person) Self-important.
Following as a result.
Having significant consequences; of importance.
Important or significant.
consequentialities
consequentialities
noun
plural of consequentiality
consequentiality
consequentiality
noun
The property of being consequential.
consequentially
consequentially
adv
In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
consequentialness
consequentialness
noun
the quality or state of being consequential
consequently
consequently
adv
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
consequents
consequents
noun
plural of consequent
coquettishness
coquettishness
noun
The state or quality of being coquettish.
corinthianesque
cotqueans
cotqueans
noun
plural of cotquean
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
dantonesque
dentiloquist
dentiloquist
noun
(rare) Someone who speaks through clenched teeth.
derequisition
derequisition
verb
(transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned).
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
disequalization
disequalization
noun
The process of becoming unequal; the act of disequalizing.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disqualification
disqualification
noun
(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
disqualifications
disqualifications
noun
plural of disqualification
disquiparation
disquisition
disquisition
noun
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.
A methodical inquiry or investigation.
disquisitional
disquisitional
adj
Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.
disquisitionary
disquisitionary
adj
Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.
disquisitions
disquisitions
noun
plural of disquisition
eloquentness
eloquentness
noun
The quality of being eloquent.
equalisation
equalisation
noun
Alternative spelling of equalization
equationism
equationist
equations
equations
noun
plural of equation
equicontinuous
equicontinuous
adj
(mathematics, of a family of functions) Such that all members are continuous, with equal variation in a given neighborhood.
equidistribution
equidistribution
noun
An equal distribution.
equilibrations
equilibrations
noun
plural of equilibration
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
equipollentness
equipollents
equipollents
noun
plural of equipollent
equisonant
equisonant
adj
(ancient music) Intra-octavally consonant.
equitations
equitations
noun
plural of equitation
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
equivocations
equivocations
noun
plural of equivocation
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
grotesqueness
grotesqueness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grotesque.
hawthornesque
inconsequent
inconsequent
adj
(archaic) Alternative form of inconsequential
illogical; not following from the premises
inconsequentia
inconsequentia
noun
Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
inconsequential
inconsequential
adj
Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.
Not logically following from the premises.
noun
Something unimportant; something that does not matter.
inconsequentiality
inconsequentiality
noun
(countable) anything that is inconsequential
(uncountable) the property of being inconsequential
inconsequentially
inconsequentially
adv
In an inconsequential manner.
inconsequently
inconsequently
adv
In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence
inconsequentness
inconsequentness
noun
inconsequence
inequicostate
iniquitous
iniquitous
adj
Morally objectionable.
Wicked or sinful.
iniquitously
iniquitously
adv
In an iniquitous manner.
iniquitousness
iniquitousness
noun
Quality of being iniquitous.
inquisition
inquisition
noun
A questioning.
An inquest.
An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
verb
(obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
inquisitional
inquisitional
adj
Of or pertaining to an inquisition.
inquisitionist
inquisitionist
noun
A member of an inquisition; an official questioner or interrogator.
inquisitions
inquisitions
noun
plural of inquisition
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.
isoquercitrin
isoquercitrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid glycoside, isolated from mangoes or from the giant rhubarb, that has anti-inflammatory activity
liquefactions
liquefactions
noun
plural of liquefaction
liquidations
liquidations
noun
plural of liquidation
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
montesquieu
nesquehonite
nesquehonite
noun
(mineralogy) Magnesium carbonate trihydrate.
nonacquaintanceship
nonacquiescent
nonacquiescently
nonacquisitive
nonacquisitive
adj
Not acquisitive.
nonacquisitively
nonacquisitiveness
nonacquisitiveness
Noun
The quality of not being acquisitive.
nonconsequent
nonconsequent
adj
Not consequent.
nonconsequential
nonconsequential
adj
Not consequential.
nonconsequentiality
nonconsequentially
nonconsequentialness
nondeliquescent
nondeliquescent
adj
Not deliquescent.
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
nonequestrian
nonequestrian
adj
Not equestrian.
noun
One who is not an equestrian.
nonequivalents
nonqualities
nonqualities
noun
plural of nonquality
nonquantitativeness
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
nonrequisite
nonrequisitely
nonrequisiteness
nonrequisition
nonrequisition
noun
Absence of requisition.
nonsequacity
nonsequent
nonsequential
nonsequential
adj
Not sequential; not in any regular sequence
nonsequentially
nonsequentially
adv
In a nonsequential manner.
nonsequestered
nonsequestered
adj
Not sequestered.
nonsequestration
nonsequestration
noun
Absence of sequestration.
nonubiquitous
nonubiquitous
adj
not ubiquitous
nonubiquitously
nonubiquitousness
nullibiquitous
nullibiquitous
adj
(humorous) Not in existence anywhere.
obsequent
obsequent
adj
(geology) Facing the opposite way of what would be expected, for example, a stream flowing towards higher elevation.
(obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
noun
(geology) An obsequent geological feature.
outquestion
outquestion
verb
(transitive) To surpass in questioning.
overquietness
overquietness
noun
Excessive quietness.
oxyquinaseptol
oxyquinaseptol
noun
Synonym of diaphtherin
perquisition
perquisition
noun
A thorough inquiry or search.
platonesque
platonesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the ancient philosopher Plato.
postconquest
postconquest
adj
After a conquest.
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preconquest
preconquest
adj
Prior to conquest.
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
preinquisition
prequestion
prerequisition
proacquisition
proconquest
propinquitatis
propinquities
propinquities
noun
plural of propinquity
pseudoacquaintance
pseudoantique
pseudoantique
adj
Apparently, but not actually, antique.
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
quadricotyledonous
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.