In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
counterequivalent
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demisemiquaver
demisemiquaver
noun
(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
earthquave
equicurve
equilibrative
equilibrative
adj
That equilibrates
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivaluer
equivalvular
equivalvular
adj
(zoology) equivalve
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
equivorous
equivorous
adj
Feeding on horseflesh.
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.
guadalquivir
hemidemisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver
noun
(music) A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
inequivalvular
inequivalvular
adj
(zoology) Having unequal valves; inequivalve.
irvingesque
ovatoquadrangular
overconquer
overequal
overequip
overequip
verb
(transitive) To furnish with too much equipment.
overequipped
overequipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overequip
overexquisite
overexquisite
adj
Excessively exquisite; too exact or careful.
overexquisitely
overexquisitely
adv
In an overexquisite manner.
overfrequency
overfrequency
noun
(electrical) The condition where the frequency of an electrical supply rises above normal parameters.
overfrequent
overfrequent
adj
Excessively frequent.
overfrequently
overfrequently
adv
Too often.
overobsequious
overobsequious
adj
Excessively obsequious.
overobsequiously
overobsequiousness
overobsequiousness
noun
Excessive obsequiousness.
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
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
overquarter
overquell
overquell
verb
(transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain power over.
overquick
overquick
adj
Too quick; overly quick.
overquickly
overquickly
adv
In an overquick manner; too quickly.
overquiet
overquiet
adj
Excessively quiet.
overquietly
overquietness
overquietness
noun
Excessive quietness.
oversqueak
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
preacquisitive
preacquisitively
preacquisitiveness
provoquant
quacksalver
quacksalver
noun
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadricovariant
quadricovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of degree 4
quadriderivative
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrivalently
quadrivalently
adv
In a quadrivalent manner.
quadrivalve
quadrivalve
adj
(botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
noun
(architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.
quadrivalvular
quadrivalvular
adj
Having or pertaining to four valves.
quadrivia
quadrivia
noun
plural of quadrivium
quadrivial
quadrivial
adj
Having four ways meeting in a point.
noun
Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadrivium
quadrivium
noun
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrumvir
quadrumvir
noun
Synonym of quattuorvir.
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirate
noun
Synonym of quattuorvirate.
quadrumvirs
quaquaversal
quaquaversal
adj
(astronomy) Dipping towards a center in all directions.
Going off in all directions from the center.
quaquaversally
quaquaversally
adv
In a quaquaversal way.
quarryville
quarterstaves
quatuorvirate
quatuorvirate
noun
Misspelling of quattuorvirate.
quaver
quaver
noun
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
A trembling shake.
verb
(intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
(transitive) To utter quaveringly.
To shake in a trembling manner.
quavered
quavered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quaver
quaverer
quaverer
noun
One who quavers.
quaverers
quaverers
noun
plural of quaverer
quavering
quavering
adj
Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
noun
The act of something that quavers.
verb
present participle of quaver
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
quaverous
quaverous
adj
quavery
quavers
quavers
noun
plural of quaver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quaver
quavery
quavery
adj
Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling.
quaverymavery
quaviver
quercivorous
quercivorous
adj
Feeding on oak leaves.
quicksilver
quicksilver
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
noun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
The metal mercury.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
quicksilverish
quicksilverish
Adjective
Like quicksilver.
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
quicksilvery
quicksilvery
adj
Like quicksilver.
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinquenerval
quinquenerved
quinquenerved
adj
(botany, rare) Having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
quinquevalvular
quinquevalvular
adj
Alternative form of quinquevalve
quinqueverbal
quinqueverbial
quinquevir
quinquevir
noun
One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
quinquevirate
quinquevirate
noun
An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.
quinquevirs
quinquevirs
noun
plural of quinquevir
quintuplinerved
quintuplinerved
adj
(botany) Having five nerves.
quiver
quiver
adj
(archaic) Nimble, active.
noun
(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
(mathematics) A multidigraph.
(obsolete) A vulva.
(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
verb
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
quivered
quivered
adj
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
Sheathed, as in a quiver.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiver
quiverer
quiverer
noun
One who quivers.
quiverers
quiverers
noun
plural of quiverer
quiverful
quiverful
noun
The amount held by a quiver
quivering
quivering
adj
shaking, shivering
noun
A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
verb
present participle of quiver
quiveringly
quiveringly
adv
While quivering, or as if quivering
quiverish
quiverish
adj
quivery
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
quivers
quivers
noun
plural of quiver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiver
quivery
quivery
adj
quivering; aquiver
quivira
requitative
semiquaver
semiquaver
noun
(music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
semiquavers
semiquavers
noun
plural of semiquaver
superequivalent
superinquisitive
superinquisitive
adj
Very inquisitive.
superinquisitively
superinquisitiveness
supraquantivalence
supraquantivalent
toquerville
unfrequentative
unquavering
unquavering
adj
Not quavering.
unquicksilvered
unquicksilvered
adj
Not quicksilvered.
unquivered
unquivered
adj
(poetic) Not made to quiver or shake.
unquivering
unquivering
adj
Not quivering.
upquiver
upquiver
verb
(poetic) To quiver upward.
vanquisher
vanquisher
noun
Someone who vanquishes; a conqueror.
vanquishers
vanquishers
noun
plural of vanquisher
vaquero
vaquero
noun
(Southwestern US) A cowboy; a herdsman.
vaqueros
vaqueros
noun
plural of vaquero
ventriloqual
ventriloqual
adj
Relating to ventriloquism.
ventriloqually
ventriloque
ventriloque
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquist
ventriloquial
ventriloquial
adj
Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is.
Of or relating to ventriloquy.
Spoken to oneself.
ventriloquially
ventriloquially
adv
By means of ventriloquism.
ventriloquise
ventriloquise
verb
Alternative form of ventriloquize
ventriloquised
ventriloquised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ventriloquise
ventriloquising
ventriloquising
verb
present participle of ventriloquise
ventriloquism
ventriloquism
noun
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
ventriloquisms
ventriloquisms
noun
plural of ventriloquism
ventriloquist
ventriloquist
noun
A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
ventriloquistic
ventriloquistic
adj
Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist, ventriloquists or ventriloquism.
ventriloquists
ventriloquists
noun
plural of ventriloquist
ventriloquize
ventriloquize
verb
(intransitive) To practice ventriloquism.
(transitive) To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism.