An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquifers
aquifers
noun
plural of aquifer
benzofuroquinoxaline
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equisurface
fabrique
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
forequarter
forequarter
noun
The foreleg, shoulder and surrounding area of the body of a quadruped.
The front half of a side of meat.
forequarters
forequarters
noun
plural of forequarter
formalesque
formalesque
adj
(art) modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960
fouquieria
fouquieriaceae
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
frequentable
frequentable
adj
accessible
frequentage
frequentage
noun
The habit or practice of frequenting.
frequentation
frequentation
noun
The act of frequenting a particular place
frequentative
frequentative
adj
(grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
noun
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
giraffesque
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
overqualified
overqualified
adj
Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
overqualifying
overqualifying
verb
present participle of overqualify
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
plusquamperfect
plusquamperfect
noun
(grammar, rare) pluperfect
prequalification
prequalification
adj
Prior to a qualification being awarded.
noun
qualification in advance
prequalified
prequalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prequalify
prequalifies
prequalifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prequalify
prequalify
prequalify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To qualify or be qualified in advance.
prequalifying
prequalifying
verb
present participle of prequalify
quadratifera
quadratiferous
quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
adj
(botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
quadrifoliolate
quadrifoliolate
adj
(botany) Having four leaflets.
quadrifurcate
quadrifurcate
adj
Branching fourfold; having four branches.
verb
Furcate (fork or divide) into four branches or channels.
quadrifurcated
quadrifurcated
adj
Having four forks or branches; quadrifurcate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrifurcate
quaffer
quaffer
noun
(informal) A quaffable wine.
One who quaffs.
quaffers
quaffers
noun
plural of quaffer
quakeproof
quakeproof
adj
Capable of withstanding an earthquake.
verb
(transitive) To modify (a structure) to make it capable of withstanding an earthquake.
qualifier
qualifier
noun
(computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
(grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
A preliminary stage of a competition.
One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
qualifiers
qualifiers
noun
plural of qualifier
quantifier
quantifier
noun
(computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.
(grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
quantifiers
quantifiers
noun
plural of quantifier
quarrelproof
quarterfinal
quarterfinal
noun
(general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
quarterfinalist
quarterfinalist
noun
a person or team that takes part in a quarterfinal
quarterfoil
quarterfoil
noun
Archaic form of quatrefoil.
quarterstaff
quarterstaff
noun
A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
quartziferous
quartziferous
adj
Yielding or containing quartz.
quatrefeuille
quatrefeuille
noun
(archaic) A quatrefoil.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
quatrefoiled
quatrefoiled
adj
(architecture) decorated with quatrefoils
quatrefoils
quatrefoils
noun
plural of quatrefoil
quatrefoliated
queencraft
queencraft
noun
Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen; kingcraft as practised by a female sovereign.
querciflorae
quinquefarious
quinquefarious
adj
(botany, rare) Arranged in five vertical rows.
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
radiofrequency
radiofrequency
adj
Alternative spelling of radio-frequency
noun
Alternative form of radio frequency
raffaelesque
requalification
requalification
noun
The act of qualifying again
requalified
requalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of requalify
requalifies
requalifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of requalify
requalify
requalify
verb
To qualify again; to renew a qualification.
requalifying
requalifying
verb
present participle of requalify
squamelliferous
squamelliform
squamiferous
squamiferous
adj
Scaly; covered in scales.
squareface
squareflipper
squareflipper
noun
The bearded seal.
squatterproof
squawflower
squeakproof
squeakproof
adj
Resistant to making squeaking sounds.
superqualified
superqualify
superqualifying
underqualified
underqualified
adj
Lacking the suitable qualifications for a particular job.