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.
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aquavits
aquavits
noun
plural of aquavit
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
colliquativeness
demisemiquaver
demisemiquaver
noun
(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
disquisitive
disquisitive
adj
Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive.
disquisitively
disquisitively
adv
In a disquisitive manner.
equicohesive
equidivision
equidivision
noun
division into equal parts
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivalences
equivalences
noun
plural of equivalence
equivalencies
equivalencies
noun
plural of equivalency
equivalents
equivalents
noun
plural of equivalent
equivocacies
equivocacies
noun
plural of equivocacy
equivocalities
equivocalities
noun
plural of equivocality
equivocalness
equivocalness
noun
The state of being equivocal; ambiguity
equivocates
equivocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate
equivocations
equivocations
noun
plural of equivocation
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivokes
equivokes
noun
plural of equivoke
equivorous
equivorous
adj
Feeding on horseflesh.
exquisitive
exquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
exquisitively
exquisitively
adv
In an exquisitive manner.
exquisitiveness
exquisitiveness
noun
The state or quality of being exquisitive.
hemidemisemiquaver
hemidemisemiquaver
noun
(music) A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
inquisitive
inquisitive
adj
Eager to acquire knowledge.
Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
inquisitively
inquisitively
adv
In an inquisitive manner; curiously.
inquisitiveness
inquisitiveness
noun
The quality of being inquisitive; curiosity.
inquisitivenesses
irvingesque
levesque
nonacquisitive
nonacquisitive
adj
Not acquisitive.
nonacquisitively
nonacquisitiveness
nonacquisitiveness
Noun
The quality of not being acquisitive.
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
nonequivalents
nonquantitativeness
novelesque
novelesque
adj
Stylistically reminiscent of a novel.
overexquisite
overexquisite
adj
Excessively exquisite; too exact or careful.
overexquisitely
overexquisitely
adv
In an overexquisite manner.
overobsequious
overobsequious
adj
Excessively obsequious.
overobsequiously
overobsequiousness
overobsequiousness
noun
Excessive obsequiousness.
overquietness
overquietness
noun
Excessive quietness.
oversqueak
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
preacquisitive
preacquisitively
preacquisitiveness
qiviuts
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
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadrumvirs
quantitativeness
quantitativeness
noun
The state or quality of being quantitative.
quantitiveness
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.
quarterstaves
quassative
quassative
adj
shaking; trembling
quaverers
quaverers
noun
plural of quaverer
quaverous
quaverous
adj
quavery
quavers
quavers
noun
plural of quaver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quaver
quercivorous
quercivorous
adj
Feeding on oak leaves.
quesitive
quesitive
adj
(mathematics, obsolete) Of or relating to an unknown quantity.
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.
quinovose
quinovose
noun
(biochemistry) A deoxy sugar, 6-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, that is widespread in plants, often as a sulfate
quinquevalvous
quinquevirs
quinquevirs
noun
plural of quinquevir
quiverers
quiverers
noun
plural of quiverer
quiverish
quiverish
adj
quivery
quivers
quivers
noun
plural of quiver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiver