(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.
anthraquinone
anthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene.
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this parent compound, mostly natural pigments or synthetic dyes.
antiquarianly
antiquarianly
adv
In an antiquarian manner.
antiquitarian
antiquitarian
adj
Alternative form of antiquarian
antisquatting
antisquatting
adj
Opposing or preventing squatting (occupation without permission).
appropinquate
appropinquate
verb
(rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near.
appropinquity
appropinquity
noun
(obsolete) nearness; propinquity
aquiculturist
aquiculturist
noun
Alternative spelling of aquaculturist
aquifoliaceae
archantiquary
armouchiquois
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
blandiloquous
blandiloquous
adj
(obsolete) blandiloquent
byzantinesque
byzantinesque
Adjective
Characteristic of Byzantine art or culture.
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
colloquialism
colloquialism
noun
A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
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.
colloquialize
colloquialize
verb
(transitive) To render colloquial.
conquistadors
consequential
consequential
adj
(of a person) Self-important.
Following as a result.
Having significant consequences; of importance.
Important or significant.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
disequilibria
disequilibria
noun
plural of disequilibrium
disqualifying
disqualifying
verb
present participle of disqualify
disquiparancy
electroplaque
electroplaque
noun
Synonym of electrocyte
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equestrianize
equestrianize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To ride on horseback.
equianchorate
equibiradiate
equidistantly
equidistantly
adv
In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree
equilaterally
equilaterally
adv
In an equilateral manner.
equilibrating
equilibrating
verb
present participle of equilibrate
equilibration
equilibration
noun
The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium
equilibrative
equilibrative
adj
That equilibrates
equilibratory
equilibratory
adj
Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
equilibristat
equimolecular
equimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds)
equinecessary
equinecessary
adj
Necessary or needful in the same degree.
equinoctially
equinoctially
adv
In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
equinumerally
equipartition
equipartition
noun
(mathematics, of a graph) The partition of its vertex set into sets whose sizes differ from each other by no more than 1.
(statistical mechanics) Short for w:Equipartition theorem.
The division of something into equal parts.
verb
(transitive) To divide into equal parts.
equiponderant
equiponderant
adj
(obsolete) Having equal weight.
equiponderate
equiponderate
verb
To counterbalance.
equipotential
equipotential
adj
Having equal potential.
noun
A region whose every point has the same potential.
equisetaceous
equisetaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Equisetaceae, or horsetails.
equitableness
equitableness
noun
The state or quality of being equitable; equitability.
equivalencies
equivalencies
noun
plural of equivalency
equivalencing
equivalencing
verb
present participle of equivalence
equivocalness
equivocalness
noun
The state of being equivocal; ambiguity
equivocations
equivocations
noun
plural of equivocation
equivoluminal
equivoluminal
adj
Having an equal volume or capacity
frequentation
frequentation
noun
The act of frequenting a particular place
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.
gastriloquial
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
gastriloquist
gastriloquist
noun
(archaic) A ventriloquist.
gastriloquous
glacioaqueous
glacioaqueous
adj
Relating to, or formed by, both ice and water.
grandiloquent
grandiloquent
adj
(of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
grandiloquous
grandiloquous
adj
grandiloquent
hawthornesque
headquartered
headquartered
adj
if an organization is headquartered somewhere, it has its headquarters in that place
verb
simple past tense and past participle of headquarter
holoquinoidal
inacquiescent
inacquiescent
adj
Not acquiescent.
inconquerable
inconquerable
adj
That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
inequicostate
inequidistant
inequidistant
adj
Not equidistant.
inequilateral
inequilateral
adj
Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical or lopsided
inquisitional
inquisitional
adj
Of or pertaining to an inquisition.
inquisitorial
inquisitorial
adj
(law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.
In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
interquartile
interquartile
adj
(statistics) Between quartiles.
(statistics) Specifically between the first and third quartiles.
noun
(statistics) The range or content of an interquartile.
jusquaboutist
liquefactions
liquefactions
noun
plural of liquefaction
liquidization
liquidization
noun
The action, or the result of liquidizing
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
magniloquence
magniloquence
noun
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
mastosquamose
meriquinoidal
misqualifying
misqualifying
verb
present participle of misqualify
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
nonequability
nonequalizing
nonequatorial
nonequatorial
adj
Not equatorial.
nonequestrian
nonequestrian
adj
Not equestrian.
noun
One who is not an equestrian.
nonequivalent
nonequivalent
adj
Not equivalent; different.
nonqualifying
nonqualifying
adj
That does not qualify.
nonrequirable
nonsequacious
nonsequacious
adj
Not sequacious.
nonsequential
nonsequential
adj
Not sequential; not in any regular sequence
nonubiquitary
obliquangular
obliquangular
adj
(archaic, geometry) Formed of oblique angles.
outequivocate
overqualified
overqualified
adj
Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
passamaquoddy
passamaquoddy
Noun
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Proper noun
The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.
petrarchesque
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
photoaquatint
preacquitting
preadequately
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preearthquake
preliquidated
prequalifying
prequalifying
verb
present participle of prequalify
prequarantine
prequarantine
adj
Before a quarantine.
pseudoantique
pseudoantique
adj
Apparently, but not actually, antique.
pseudoaquatic
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadrangulate
quadrangulate
verb
(transitive) To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation)
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadratically
quadratically
adv
In a quadratic way.
quadratojugal
quadratojugal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.
noun
(anatomy) A small jaw bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds.
quadrennially
quadrennially
adv
Every four years.
quadriciliate
quadriciliate
adj
Having four cilia.
quadricipital
quadricipital
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
quadricornous
quadricornous
adj
having four horns
quadricostate
quadricostate
adj
Having four ribs.
quadricyclist
quadricyclist
noun
One who rides a quadricycle.
quadridentate
quadridentate
adj
Having four teeth.
quadrifarious
quadrifarious
adj
(botany) Arranged in four rows or ranks.
quadrifoliate
quadrifoliate
adj
(botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
quadrifolious
quadrifrontal
quadrifrontal
adj
(architecture) In the form of a quadrifrons.
quadrifurcate
quadrifurcate
adj
Branching fourfold; having four branches.
verb
Furcate (fork or divide) into four branches or channels.
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadrilaminar
quadrilateral
quadrilateral
adj
Having four sides.
noun
A polygon with four sides.
An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.
quadrilingual
quadrilingual
adj
Involving four languages.
Of a person, able to speak four languages.
Of a text, written in four languages.
noun
A person who understands four languages.
quadriliteral
quadriliteral
adj
Used to describe word roots in Afroasiatic languages which consist of four letters
noun
A word root in an Afroasiatic language which consists of four letters
quadrillionth
quadrillionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one quadrillion.
noun
One of a quadrillion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the quadrillionth position.
quadrilocular
quadrilocular
adj
Having four cells or compartments.
quadrimembral
quadrimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, four members.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
quadrioxalate
quadripartite
quadripartite
adj
Divided into four parts.
Involving four parties or participants; four-party.
noun
A treatise divided into four parts.
quadripennate
quadripennate
adj
(rare) Having four wings.
quadripinnate
quadripinnate
adj
(botany) Having four pinnae
quadriplicate
quadriplicate
noun
Alternative form of quadruplicate
quadriportico
quadriportico
noun
(architecture) A four-sided portico.
quadriquadric
quadriquadric
noun
(geometry, obsolete) A curve that is the complete intersection of two quadric surfaces.