(organic chemistry) A tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene.
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this parent compound, mostly natural pigments or synthetic dyes.
appropinquate
appropinquate
verb
(rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near.
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
browningesque
byzantinesque
byzantinesque
Adjective
Characteristic of Byzantine art or culture.
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
cinquecentism
cinquecentist
cinquecentist
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cinquecentist.
codelinquency
consequential
consequential
adj
(of a person) Self-important.
Following as a result.
Having significant consequences; of importance.
Important or significant.
delinquencies
delinquencies
noun
plural of delinquency
deliquescence
deliquescence
noun
The action or process of deliquescing.
The condition of being deliquescent.
derelinquendi
derequisition
derequisition
verb
(transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned).
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
disquietingly
disquietingly
adv
In a disquieting manner.
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equestrianize
equestrianize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To ride on horseback.
equestriennes
equestriennes
noun
plural of equestrienne
equianchorate
equidifferent
equidifferent
adj
Having equal differences.
equidistantly
equidistantly
adv
In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree
equilibrating
equilibrating
verb
present participle of equilibrate
equilibration
equilibration
noun
The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium
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.
equipollently
equipollently
adv
With equal power.
equiponderant
equiponderant
adj
(obsolete) Having equal weight.
equiponderate
equiponderate
verb
To counterbalance.
equiponderous
equiponderous
adj
Having equal weight.
equipotential
equipotential
adj
Having equal potential.
noun
A region whose every point has the same potential.
equiproducing
equisegmented
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
exquisiteness
exquisiteness
noun
The degree or property of being exquisite.
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.
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
grotesqueness
grotesqueness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grotesque.
gyrofrequency
gyrofrequency
noun
(physics) The frequency of the circular motion of a charged particle in the presence of a uniform magnetic field.
hawthornesque
hemiquinonoid
inacquiescent
inacquiescent
adj
Not acquiescent.
inconquerable
inconquerable
adj
That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
inconsequence
inconsequence
noun
The state or quality of being inconsequent.
inequicostate
inequidistant
inequidistant
adj
Not equidistant.
inequilateral
inequilateral
adj
Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical or lopsided
inequilibrium
inquisitively
inquisitively
adv
In an inquisitive manner; curiously.
interquartile
interquartile
adj
(statistics) Between quartiles.
(statistics) Specifically between the first and third quartiles.
noun
(statistics) The range or content of an interquartile.
intersqueezed
isoquercitrin
isoquercitrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid glycoside, isolated from mangoes or from the giant rhubarb, that has anti-inflammatory activity
liquefactions
liquefactions
noun
plural of liquefaction
liquidogenous
liquidogenous
adj
That forms a liquid when in bulk
liquorishness
longiloquence
longiloquence
noun
long-windedness
magniloquence
magniloquence
noun
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
meriquinoidal
meriquinonoid
multiloquence
multiloquence
noun
The state or condition of being multiloquent; talkativeness.
nonconsequent
nonconsequent
adj
Not consequent.
nondelinquent
nondelinquent
noun
One who is not a delinquent.
noneloquently
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.
nonfrequently
nonliquefying
nonliquefying
adj
Not liquefying.
nonrequirable
nonsequacious
nonsequacious
adj
Not sequacious.
nonsequential
nonsequential
adj
Not sequential; not in any regular sequence
nonuniqueness
nonuniqueness
noun
The state or condition of being nonunique.
obliquenesses
obliquenesses
noun
plural of obliqueness
overfrequency
overfrequency
noun
(electrical) The condition where the frequency of an electrical supply rises above normal parameters.
overquietness
overquietness
noun
Excessive quietness.
phylloquinone
phylloquinone
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) Synonym of phytomenadione.
pleniloquence
preacquitting
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
predelinquent
predelinquent
adj
At risk of falling into delinquency.
noun
A young person who is at risk of falling into delinquency.
prequalifying
prequalifying
verb
present participle of prequalify
prequarantine
prequarantine
adj
Before a quarantine.
propinquities
propinquities
noun
plural of propinquity
pseudoantique
pseudoantique
adj
Apparently, but not actually, antique.
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)
quadrennially
quadrennially
adv
Every four years.
quadridentate
quadridentate
adj
Having four teeth.
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadripennate
quadripennate
adj
(rare) Having four wings.
quadripinnate
quadripinnate
adj
(botany) Having four pinnae
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadriternate
quadriternate
adj
(botany) Four times ternate.
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrupleness
quadrupleness
noun
The state of being quadruple or quadrupled.
quakerishness
quakerization
quakerization
Noun
conversion to the Quaker religion
qualifiedness
qualifiedness
noun
The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
quantivalence
quantivalence
noun
(chemistry) Valence; the atomic or combining power of an element or radical expressed in terms of the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite.
quantivalency
quantivalency
noun
Alternative form of quantivalence
quarantinable
quarantinable
adj
Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
quarrellingly
quartersawing
quartersawing
verb
present participle of quartersaw
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quaternionist
quaternionist
noun
One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quatrocentist
quatrocentist
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentist
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
queensberries
quercetagetin
quercetagetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol found in grasses of the genus Eriocaulon.
querulousness
querulousness
noun
A querulous utterance.
The quality of being querulous.
questionaries
questionaries
noun
plural of questionary
questioningly
questioningly
adv
In a questioning manner.
questionnaire
questionnaire
noun
A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey
verb
to survey using questionnaires
questionniare
quezaltenango
quincentenary
quincentenary
adj
Synonym of quincentennial: Of or related to a 500th anniversary.
noun
Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary.
quindecemviri
quindecennial
quindecennial
adj
Happening once in fifteen years.
Lasting fifteen years.
quindecillion
quindecillion
num
(rare, US, modern Britain and Australia short scale) 10⁴⁸.
(rare, dated, Britain and Australia, long scale) 10⁹⁰.
quingentenary
quinquagenary
quinquagenary
adj
Of or related to 50-year anniversaries.
Synonym of quinquagenarian: Of or related to fiftysomethings.
noun
A 50-year anniversary.
quinquagesima
quinquejugous
quinquelobate
quinquelobate
adj
Having five lobes.
quinquenerval
quinquenerved
quinquenerved
adj
(botany, rare) Having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
quinquennalia
quinquennalia
noun
(historical) Public games celebrated every five years in Ancient Rome.
quinquenniums
quinqueradial
quinqueserial
quinqueserial
adj
Arranged in five series.
quinquevalent
quinquevalent
adj
Alternative spelling of quinquivalent
quinqueverbal
quinquevirate
quinquevirate
noun
An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.