(transitive, obsolete) To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
absquatulate
absquatulate
verb
(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.
(intransitive, slang) to abscond.
absquatulation
absquatulation
noun
The act of absquatulating; hasty departure.
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acquital
acquital
noun
Obsolete spelling of acquittal.
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
adequately
adequately
adv
Barely satisfactory or sufficient.
In an adequate manner.
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
aliquant
aliquant
adj
(mathematics, dated) Less than another specified integer, but not dividing it into integral parts.
noun
(chemistry) An aliquot.
(mathematics, dated) An integer that is less than another, but that does not divide the other integer into integral parts.
aliquot
aliquot
adj
Contained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor.
noun
(chemistry, biotechnology) A portion of a total amount of a solution or suspension.
verb
(chemistry, biotechnology, transitive, informal) To separate a volume of solution or suspension into aliquots.
aliquots
aliquots
noun
plural of aliquot
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altiloquent
altiloquent
adj
Pompous, or pretentious in speech
analytique
antequalm
anthraquinol
anthraquinonyl
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
antiloquy
antiquarianly
antiquarianly
adv
In an antiquarian manner.
antiquely
antiquely
adv
In an antique manner.
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
aquarellist
aquarellist
noun
(art) An artist who paints aquarelles
aquarellists
aquarellists
noun
plural of aquarellist
aquatical
aquatical
adj
Archaic form of aquatic.
aquatically
aquatically
adv
In an aquatic style or manner.
aquatile
aquatile
adj
(obsolete) Inhabiting the water.
aquavalent
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
aquilinities
aquilinities
noun
plural of aquilinity
aquilinity
aquilinity
noun
The quality of being aquiline (resembling an eagle).
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
aquocellolitis
aquopentamminecobaltic
becquerelite
becquerelite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
bedquilt
bedquilt
noun
A quilt used for spreading over a bed, as the topmost layer of bedclothes.
bedquilts
bedquilts
noun
plural of bedquilt
bequeathable
bequeathable
adj
Capable of being bequeathed.
bequeathal
bequeathal
noun
The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.
bequeathals
bequeathals
noun
plural of bequeathal
bequirtle
bibliotheque
bibliotheque
noun
(obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
bibliothque
bilboquet
bilboquet
noun
A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.
biloquist
biloquist
noun
(rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
biquadrantal
biquarterly
biquarterly
adj
Twice every quarter, i.e. eight times per year.
biquintile
biquintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of two planets that are distant from each other by two fifths of a great circle (72 degrees)
blanquette
blanquette
noun
A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.
blanquettes
blanquettes
noun
plural of blanquette
blomquist
blottesque
blottesque
adj
(art) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation.
noun
(art) An artwork characterized by blots or heavy touches.
blottesquely
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
casquetel
casquetel
noun
A simple casque (helmet) that had no visor
catafalque
catafalque
noun
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
catafalques
catafalques
noun
plural of catafalque
cathedralesque
cathedralesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cathedral.
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
clayoquot
clinquant
clinquant
adj
Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
noun
Dutch metal.
Tinsel; glitter.
cliqueiest
cliquiest
cliquiest
adj
superlative form of cliquey: most cliquey
superlative form of cliquy: most cliquy
cloquet
codelinquent
coequalities
coequalities
noun
plural of coequality
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
colliquate
colliquate
verb
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
colliquation
colliquation
noun
(medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.
The act of becoming liquid; melting.
colliquative
colliquative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
colliquativeness
colliquefaction
colliquefaction
noun
(obsolete) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
colloquialist
colloquialist
noun
A good conversationalist.
A person who uses colloquial words or phrases.
colloquiality
colloquiality
noun
(countable) A colloquial term, utterance, etc.; a colloquialism.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being colloquial; colloquialness.
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
colloquists
colloquists
noun
plural of colloquist
coloquintid
coloquintid
noun
(obsolete) colocynth
coloquintida
coloquintida
noun
(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
colquitt
colquitt
Proper noun
a small city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
consequential
consequential
adj
(of a person) Self-important.
Following as a result.
Having significant consequences; of importance.
Important or significant.
consequentialities
consequentialities
noun
plural of consequentiality
consequentiality
consequentiality
noun
The property of being consequential.
consequentially
consequentially
adv
In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
consequentialness
consequentialness
noun
the quality or state of being consequential
consequently
consequently
adv
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
coquelicot
coquelicot
adj
Having a reddish-orange poppy colour.
noun
A reddish-orange colour; poppy
coquelicot:
coquettishly
coquettishly
adv
In a coquettish manner, flirtatiously.
coquilhatville
coquitlam
coquitlam
Proper noun
A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
counterequivalent
counterquarterly
delinquent
delinquent
adj
Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
noun
(historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
A person who has not paid their debts.
One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
delinquently
delinquently
adv
In a delinquent manner.
delinquents
delinquents
noun
plural of delinquent
deliquate
deliquate
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume.
deliquescent
deliquescent
adj
(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Seeming to melt away.
deliquiate
deliquiate
verb
(intransitive) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
(transitive) To cause to melt.
dentiloquist
dentiloquist
noun
(rare) Someone who speaks through clenched teeth.
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
diphenylquinomethane
diplomatique
disequality
disequality
noun
(mathematics) inequality, inequation
disequalization
disequalization
noun
The process of becoming unequal; the act of disequalizing.
disequilibrate
disequilibrate
verb
(transitive) To bring out of a state of equilibrium; to unbalance.
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disqualification
disqualification
noun
(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
disqualifications
disqualifications
noun
plural of disqualification
disquietedly
disquietingly
disquietingly
adv
In a disquieting manner.
disquietly
disquietly
adv
In a disquiet manner.
disquisitional
disquisitional
adj
Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.
disquisitively
disquisitively
adv
In a disquisitive manner.
disquisitorial
disquisitorial
adj
Of or pertaining to a disquisitor.
dulciloquent
dulciloquent
adj
(literary, rare) Speaking sweetly.
electroplaque
electroplaque
noun
Synonym of electrocyte
eliquate
eliquate
verb
To liquate; to smelt.
To part by liquation.
eliquated
eliquated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eliquate
eliquating
eliquating
verb
present participle of eliquate
eliquation
eliquation
noun
(metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
eliquidate
eloquent
eloquent
adj
Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
Fluently persuasive and articulate.
eloquential
eloquential
adj
(archaic) eloquent
eloquently
eloquently
adv
In an eloquent manner; stated well.
eloquentness
eloquentness
noun
The quality of being eloquent.
elroquite
equabilities
equabilities
noun
plural of equability
equability
equability
noun
The condition of being equable.
equalisation
equalisation
noun
Alternative spelling of equalization
equalist
equalist
noun
egalitarian
equalitarian
equalitarian
equalitarian
adj
(dated) Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
noun
(dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism.
equalitarianism
equalitarianism
noun
Egalitarianism.
equalities
equalities
noun
plural of equality
equality
equality
noun
(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
The fact of being equal.
equalization
equalization
noun
(finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
equatability
equatability
noun
The quality of being equatable.
equatable
equatable
adj
Capable of being equated; comparable
equational
equational
adj
Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
equationally
equationally
adv
In terms of equations.
equatoreal
equatorial
equatorial
adj
(organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring
of, near, or relating to the equator
noun
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.