(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.
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
alfaquin
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.
antiqued
antiqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antique
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antiques
antiques
noun
plural of antique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antique
antiquum
aqualung
aqualung
noun
(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
verb
To scuba dive.
aquanaut
aquanaut
noun
An underwater explorer.
aquarian
aquarian
noun
A person who keeps an aquarium.
aquatint
aquatint
noun
A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
An etching or print made using this method.
verb
To make such etchings.
aquation
aquation
noun
(chemistry) The replacement of a ligand by water in a complex
aquatone
aquatone
noun
A print produced by this method.
An offset printing method utilizing a gelatin-coated zinc plate hardened and sensitized to print type, line illustrations, and fine-screen halftones.
aquilian
aquiline
aquiline
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
aquilino
aquinist
banquete
banquets
banquets
noun
plural of banquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banquet
basquine
basquine
noun
A sort of basque petticoat.
calanque
calquing
calquing
noun
loan translation
verb
present participle of calque
casaquin
casaquin
noun
(historical) A kind of short gown associated with French working-class or peasant women.
cinquain
cinquain
noun
(education) A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feeling words, and the initial noun again.
A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
conquian
conquian
noun
(card games) A card game, an ancestor of rummy.
coquinas
coquinas
noun
plural of coquina
cotquean
cotquean
noun
Alternative form of cot-quean
equaling
equaling
verb
(American spelling) present participle of equal
equating
equating
noun
The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent.
verb
present participle of equate
equation
equation
noun
(astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.
(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
equinate
equitant
equitant
adj
(botany) Overlapping at the base.
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
haqueton
inaquate
inaquate
adj
(obsolete) Embodied in, or changed into, water.
jaquelin
jaquelyn
liquamen
liquamen
noun
(historical) A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.
manequin
manequin
noun
Dated form of mannequin.
maroquin
maroquin
noun
(somewhat dated) leather made from goatskin
marquand
minocqua
namaquan
nastaliq
nastaliq
Proper noun
A form of Arabic calligraphy mostly used for Persian and languages it has influenced, including Urdu and Ottoman Turkish.
niquiran
nonequal
nonequal
adj
Not equal; unequal, different.
noun
One who is not an equal; a person of differing rank or status.
nonquota
nonquota
adj
Not included in a quota
occoquan
opaquing
opaquing
verb
present participle of opaque
otuquian
palenque
palenque
noun
(historical) A community of runaway slaves.
pamaquin
pasquino
piquance
piquance
noun
piquancy; having a piquant taste.
piquancy
piquancy
noun
The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.
puquinan
qadianis
qindarka
qindarka
noun
plural of qindarkë
quacking
quacking
adj
Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so.
noun
The sound made by a group of ducks; quacks.
verb
present participle of quack
quadding
quadding
verb
present participle of quad
quadrans
quadrans
noun
A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.
quadrant
quadrant
noun
(college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
(geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
(mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
(nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
(obsolete) A square or quadrangle.
One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
quadrine
quadrine
noun
Alternative form of quatrin
quadroon
quadroon
adj
(dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons.
noun
(dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
quaffing
quaffing
noun
The act by which something is quaffed; a drinking.
verb
present participle of quaff
quailing
quailing
noun
The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.
verb
present participle of quail
quainter
quainter
adj
comparative form of quaint: more quaint
quaintly
quaintly
adv
In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely.
quandang
quandary
quandary
noun
A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
quandong
quandong
noun
(Australia slang, now rare) A confidence trickster.
A small southern Australian shrub (Santalum acuminatum) or its edible red fruit.
Arnhem Land quandong, bony quandong (Elaeocarpus arnhemicus)
Ash quandong (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus bancroftii)
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus johnsonii)
Northern quandong, hard quandong, Northern hard quandong (Elaeocarpus sericopetalus)
The bitter quandong (Santalum murrayanum) or its fruit.
The desert quandong (Santalum lanceolatum) or its fruit.
blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) or its fruit.
brown quandong (Elaeocarpus coorangooloo)
brown quandong, grey quandong (Elaeocarpus ruminatus)
brown-hearted quandong (Elaeocarpus kirtonii)
brush quandong, blue quandong, white quandong, quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis)
white quandong, Northern quandong (Elaeocarpus foveolatus)
quantico
quantics
quantics
noun
plural of quantic
quanties
quantify
quantify
verb
(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).
To assign a quantity to.
To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
quantile
quantile
noun
(statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
quanting
quanting
verb
present participle of quant
quantity
quantity
noun
(mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
(metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
(phonology) Length of sounds.
A considerable measure or amount.
A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
A specific measured amount.
An indefinite amount of something.
quantize
quantize
verb
(transitive, mathematics) To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics).
(transitive, music) To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale
(transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
(transitive, telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
quantong
quaranty
quaranty
noun
(historical, uncommon) Synonym of Council of Forty, former courts with 40 members in Florence and Venice.
quarrian
quarrian
noun
Alternative form of quarrion
quarrion
quarrion
noun
A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
quartana
quartane
quartane
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) butane
quartano
quartans
quartans
noun
plural of quartan
quartern
quartern
noun
(archaic) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds.
(archaic) A quarter part; one fourth.
quartine
quartine
noun
(botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
quashing
quashing
noun
The action of quashing something.
verb
present participle of quash
quassiin
quassins
quassins
noun
plural of quassin
quatenus
quatenus
adj
(Lutheranism) Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative insofar as it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible; admitting the possibility that the Book of Concord might contradict the Bible.
adv
In a quatenus manner.
quateron
quatrain
quatrain
noun
A poem in four lines.
A stanza of four lines.
quatrino
quatrino
noun
Alternative form of quattrino (“old Italian coin”)
quatsino
queanish
queanish
adj
(obsolete) Like a quean, an impudent or disreputable woman.
quechuan
quechuan
Adjective
Of, or pertaining, to the Quechua people or language.
Noun
A member of the Quechua people.
Proper noun
Quechua, the language spoken by the Quechua people.
queriman
queriman
noun
The sandbar shark.
questman
questman
noun
(obsolete) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
(obsolete) A collector of parish rents.
(obsolete) One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.
quiangan
quickman
quiddany
quiddany
noun
(archaic) A confection of quinces, in consistency between a syrup and marmalade.
quinamin
quinarii
quinarii
noun
plural of quinarius
quinault
quinault
Noun
A group of Native American peoples from western Washington in the United States.
quinelas
quinelas
noun
plural of quinela
quinella
quinella
noun
(gambling, horse racing) A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand) To have two team members, horses, etc., finish first and second in the same event.
quinidia
quinidia
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) quinidine
quiniela
quiniela
noun
(gambling) A kind of bet in which the first- and second-place finishers must be predicted, but (unlike a perfecta) not necessarily in the correct order.
quininas
quinnats
quinnats
noun
plural of quinnat
quinolas
quintain
quintain
noun
(now historical) An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.
quintals
quintals
noun
plural of quintal
quintana
quintans
quintans
noun
plural of quintan
quintant
quintars
quintars
noun
plural of quintar
quintary
quintary
adj
quinary
quintato
quintina
quirinal
quirinal
Adjective
Of or relating to the one of the
quirinca
quirinca
noun
The pods of the tree Vachellia caven, sometimes used to feed cattle.
ramequin
ramequin
noun
Alternative form of ramekin
sasanqua
sasanqua
noun
A camellia, Camellia sasanqua, native to China and Japan.
squadron
squadron
noun
(US, military, U.S. Space Force) A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
(military) A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
(military, air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
(military, navy) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
(obsolete) A body of troops drawn up in a square.
verb
(transitive) To divide up into squadrons.
squalene
squalene
noun
(organic chemistry) A linear triterpene hydrocarbon found in shark liver oil and in human sebum; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of steroids.
squander
squander
verb
(obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
(obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
squantum
squantum
noun
(US, Nantucket dialect, possibly dated) A picnic on the beach, a clambake.
squaring
squaring
noun
The act or process by which something is squared (in various senses).
verb
present participle of square
squarson
squarson
noun
A squire who is also the local rector.
squatina
squinacy
squinant
sunquake
sunquake
noun
A quake occurring on the Sun.
tanaquil
timuquan
totaquin
totaquin
noun
Alternative form of totaquina
tranquil
tranquil
adj
Calm; without motion or sound.
Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
unacquit
uncasque
uncasque
verb
(transitive) To remove a casque or helmet from.
unequals
unequals
noun
plural of unequal
unopaque
unquayed
unquayed
adj
Not quayed.
unsquare
unsquare
adj
Not square.
vanquish
vanquish
verb
To defeat, to overcome.
vasquine
vasquine
noun
(historical) A type of frock worn in Spain between the 17th and 19th centuries.