(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
esquireship
esquireship
noun
The position or office of an esquire.
japanesquery
paraquets
paraquets
noun
plural of paraquet
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
paroquets
paroquets
noun
plural of paroquet
parquetries
parquetries
noun
plural of parquetry
parquets
parquets
noun
plural of parquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parquet
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
pasquiler
pasquiller
pasquinader
pasquinader
noun
One who pasquinades; a lampooner.
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
pectoriloquous
pectoriloquous
adj
pectoriloquial
periques
periques
noun
plural of perique
perquest
perquisite
perquisite
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
A gratuity.
A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.
perquisites
perquisites
noun
plural of perquisite
perquisition
perquisition
noun
A thorough inquiry or search.
perquisitor
perquisitor
noun
The first purchaser of an estate.
perruquiers
perruquiers
noun
plural of perruquier
peruginesque
petrarchesque
petrosquamosal
petrosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) petrous and squamosal
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
picaresque
picaresque
adj
(literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
noun
(literature) A picaresque novel.
picaresques
picaresques
noun
plural of picaresque
picturesque
picturesque
adj
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.
picturesquely
picturesquely
adv
In a picturesque manner.
picturesqueness
picturesqueness
noun
The condition of being picturesque
picturesquenesses
picturesquenesses
noun
plural of picturesqueness
picturesquish
picturesquish
adj
Somewhat picturesque.
pinteresque
pinteresque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the playwright or his works.
piroques
piroques
noun
plural of piroque
plastiqueur
plastiqueurs
plateresque
plateresque
adj
Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.
plusquamperfect
plusquamperfect
noun
(grammar, rare) pluperfect
pratiques
pratiques
noun
plural of pratique
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preacquisitive
preacquisitively
preacquisitiveness
preadequateness
preburlesque
preburlesque
adj
Before the introduction of burlesque performances.
preconquest
preconquest
adj
Prior to conquest.
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
preinquisition
prequalifies
prequalifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prequalify
prequestion
prerequest
prerequires
prerequires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prerequire
prerequisite
prerequisite
adj
Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
noun
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.
Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.
prerequisites
prerequisites
noun
plural of prerequisite
prerequisition
proconquest
propinquities
propinquities
noun
plural of propinquity
proquaestor
prosequendum
prosequi
prosequitur
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
psychoquackeries
quadricapsulate
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadricepses
quadricepses
noun
plural of quadriceps
quadricuspidate
quadriphosphate
quadriphosphate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester containing four phosphate groups.
quadriseptate
quadriseptate
adj
Having four septa.
quadrisulphide
quadrupedism
quadrupedous
quadrupeds
quadrupeds
noun
plural of quadruped
quadrupleness
quadrupleness
noun
The state of being quadruple or quadrupled.
quadruples
quadruples
noun
plural of quadruple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple
quadruplets
quadruplets
noun
plural of quadruplet
quadruplicates
quadruplicates
noun
plural of quadruplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
quadrupoles
quadrupoles
noun
plural of quadrupole
quaestorship
quaestorship
noun
The office or status of quaestor.
quakership
quartermastership
quartermastership
noun
The position or employment of a quartermaster.
quarterspace
quasiparticle
quasiparticle
noun
(physics) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles
quasiperiodic
quasiperiodic
adj
(mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
(physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.
Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
quersprung
quersprung
noun
(skiing) A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.
questorship
questorship
noun
Alternative form of quaestorship
quinquecapsular
quipster
quipster
noun
a person who makes quips; a joker
quipsters
quipsters
noun
plural of quipster
raphaelesque
raphaelesque
Adjective
In the style of the Italian painter
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
reequips
reequips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reequip
sculpturesque
sculpturesque
adj
Like or suggesting sculpture: shapely, statuelike, etc.
sculpturesquely
sculpturesquely
adv
In a sculpturesque manner.
sculpturesqueness
sculpturesqueness
noun
The quality of being sculpturesque.
sesquisulphuret
sesquiterpene
sesquiterpene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any terpene formed from three isoprene units, and having fifteen carbon atoms; includes several plant pigments such as the flavones.