(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An irrigation ditch.
acequiador
acequias
acequias
noun
plural of acequia
achaque
acquah
acquaint
acquaint
adj
(obsolete) Acquainted.
verb
(transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.
(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
(transitive, obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquaintances
acquaintances
noun
plural of acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquaintant
acquaintant
noun
(rare) An acquaintance.
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquainting
acquainting
verb
present participle of acquaint
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acquaviva
acquent
acquereur
acquest
acquest
noun
(law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
(rare) Acquisition; the thing gained.
acquests
acquests
noun
plural of acquest
acquiesce
acquiesce
verb
(intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
(intransitive, with in (or sometimes with, to)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
acquiesced
acquiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquiesce
acquiescement
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescences
acquiescences
noun
plural of acquiescence
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescer
acquiescer
noun
One who acquiesces.
acquiesces
acquiesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquiesce
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquiesence
acquiet
acquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acquirable
acquirable
adj
Capable of being acquired.
acquire
acquire
verb
(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
(medicine) To contract.
(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
(transitive) To get.
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquire
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquirer
acquirer
noun
A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
One who acquires.
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acquisita
acquisite
acquisite
adj
(obsolete) acquired
acquisited
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(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
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acquisitor
acquisitor
noun
one who acquires
acquisitors
acquisitors
noun
plural of acquisitor
acquisitum
acquist
acquist
noun
(obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
acquit
acquit
verb
(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
(reflexive) To clear oneself.
(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
(transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
(transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
acquital
acquital
noun
Obsolete spelling of acquittal.
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acquits
acquits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquit
acquittal
acquittal
noun
(historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
(law) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
(now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acquittance
acquittance
noun
(now historical) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
(now historical) The release from a debt, or from some obligation or duty; exemption.
(now rare) Payment of debt; settlement.
(now rare) The acquittal of one's duties; the carrying out of fulfilment of a job or role.
(obsolete) The dismissal of a legal charge against someone; acquittal.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To acquit.
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acquitted
acquitted
adj
Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquit
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
acquophonia
adequacies
adequacies
noun
plural of adequacy
adequacy
adequacy
noun
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
aequiculi
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
antiaquatic
antiaquatic
adj
(rare) Having a dislike of water.
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
aquacade
aquacade
noun
An entertainment consisting of swimmers and divers performing to music
aquacades
aquacades
noun
plural of aquacade
aquacultural
aquacultural
adj
(agriculture) Of or pertaining to aquaculture.
aquaculture
aquaculture
noun
The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
aquacultures
aquacultures
noun
plural of aquaculture
aquaduct
aquaduct
noun
Misspelling of aqueduct.
aquaducts
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
aquasco
aquascope
aquascope
noun
A device used to view beneath the surface of water
aquascutum
aquashicola
aquatic
aquatic
adj
Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
noun
Any aquatic plant.
aquatical
aquatical
adj
Archaic form of aquatic.
aquatically
aquatically
adv
In an aquatic style or manner.
aquatics
aquatics
noun
Sports involving water.
plural of aquatic
aqueduct
aqueduct
noun
(anatomy) A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.
A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.
An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
aquench
aqueoglacial
aqueoglacial
adj
(geology) Deposited by and in water at a time contemporary with the presence of glacial ice in the region.
aqueomercurial
aquiclude
aquiclude
noun
(geology) A solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer.
aquicolous
aquicolous
adj
(biology) Living in water.
aquicultural
aquicultural
adj
Alternative form of aquacultural
aquiculture
aquiculture
noun
Alternative form of aquaculture
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
aquiculturist
aquiculturist
noun
Alternative spelling of aquaculturist
aquifoliaceae
aquifoliaceous
aquifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aquifoliaceae.
aquincubital
aquincubital
adj
(ornithology) Lacking a fifth cubital remex.
aquincubitalism
aquincubitalism
noun
The quality of being aquincubital.
aquintocubital
aquintocubital
adj
Alternative form of aquincubital
aquintocubitalism
aquocapsulitis
aquocarbonic
aquocellolitis
aquopentamminecobaltic
archantiquary
architecturesque
architecturesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of architecture.
armouchiquois
bacquet
becquer
becquerel
becquerel
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq
becquerelite
becquerelite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
biquadratic
biquadratic
adj
(mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a variable, as x⁴ + 3x² + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x⁴ − 4x³ + 3x² − x + 1.
noun
(mathematics) A biquadratic equation.
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
bronchiloquy
cacique
cacique
noun
(historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
(ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
caciques
caciques
noun
plural of cacique
caciqueship
caciqueship
noun
The role or status of cacique.
caciquism
caciquism
noun
The political influence of caciques in Latin America.
cacqueteuse
cacqueteuse
noun
(obsolete) An antique French armchair with a narrow back and splayed arms.
cacqueteuses
cacqueteuses
noun
plural of cacqueteuse
caique
caique
noun
(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
caiquejee
caiquejee
noun
Alternative form of caïquejee
caiques
caiques
noun
plural of caique
calanque
calchaqui
calchaquian
calque
calque
noun
(linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
verb
(linguistics, translation studies) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
calqued
calqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calque
calques
calques
noun
plural of calque
calquing
calquing
noun
loan translation
verb
present participle of calque
cannequin
cannequin
noun
(obsolete) A kind of cotton cloth made in the East Indies.