(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
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
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.
aquiline
aquiline
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
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.
biunique
biunique
adj
(mathematics, of two sets) that have a one-to-one correspondence in each direction
boqueron
calanque
chequeen
chequeen
noun
(historical) A gold coin formerly used in Italy and Turkey; a sequin.
chequinn
conquers
conquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer
conquest
conquest
noun
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
(figuratively, by extension) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
coquelin
cotquean
cotquean
noun
Alternative form of cot-quean
duquesne
eloquent
eloquent
adj
Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
Fluently persuasive and articulate.
enqueued
enqueued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enqueue
enqueues
enqueues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enqueue
enquired
enquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enquire
enquirer
enquirer
noun
Alternative form of inquirer
enquires
enquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enquire
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
equinely
equinely
adv
In an equine manner.
equinity
equinity
noun
The quality of being equine.
equinunk
equitant
equitant
adj
(botany) Overlapping at the base.
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
frequent
frequent
adj
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
verb
(transitive) To visit often.
haqueton
henequen
henequen
noun
A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
The fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).
henequin
henequin
noun
Alternative form of jeniquen
heniquen
henrique
herquein
inaquate
inaquate
adj
(obsolete) Embodied in, or changed into, water.
inequity
inequity
noun
A lack of equity (justice).
An unjust act; a disservice.
inquests
inquests
noun
plural of inquest
inquiets
inquiets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inquiet
inquired
inquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inquire
inquirer
inquirer
noun
One who enquires.
inquires
inquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inquire
jaquelin
jaquelyn
jenequen
jerquing
jerquing
noun
(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
liquamen
liquamen
noun
(historical) A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.
loquence
loquency
manequin
manequin
noun
Dated form of mannequin.
miquelon
miquelon
Proper noun
The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
nepquite
nonequal
nonequal
adj
Not equal; unequal, different.
noun
One who is not an equal; a person of differing rank or status.
outqueen
palenque
palenque
noun
(historical) A community of runaway slaves.
piquance
piquance
noun
piquancy; having a piquant taste.
quadrine
quadrine
noun
Alternative form of quatrin
quainter
quainter
adj
comparative form of quaint: more quaint
quanties
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.
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
quartane
quartane
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) butane
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.
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
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.
quedness
queencup
queencup
noun
Alternative form of queen's cup (“the plant Clintonia uniflora”)
queendom
queendom
noun
A realm ruled by a queen.
The condition or character of a queen; queenly rule, power, or authority.
The subjects of such a realm.
queening
queening
noun
(chess) The promotion of a pawn to a queen.
(countable) Any of several kinds of apple.
The sexual practice of facesitting.
verb
present participle of queen
queenite
queenlet
queenlet
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A female kinglet; a petty queen; a queen ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
A princess.
A young or little queen.
queering
queering
noun
(LGBT, social sciences) The process by which something is queered.
verb
present participle of queer
quelling
quelling
adj
causing something to quell or be quelled
noun
The act by which something is quelled.
verb
present participle of quell
quellung
quellung
noun
The swelling of the capsule of a bacterium; once used to identify the bacteria
quenched
quenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quench
quencher
quencher
noun
Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)
quenches
quenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quench
quenelle
quenelle
noun
(cooking) A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
(cooking) An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons.
(offensive) A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand, in a manner similar to an inverted Nazi salute.
verb
(cooking) To form a quenelle.
quentise
quercine
quercine
adj
Having characteristics of an oak (of genus Quercus)
querendi
querendy
queriman
queriman
noun
The sandbar shark.
querying
querying
adj
Questioning, or prone to asking questions.
noun
The act of making a query.
verb
present participle of query
questing
questing
noun
The act of going in quest of something.
verb
present participle of quest
question
question
noun
(now archaic, historical, chiefly with definite article) Interrogation by torture.
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
(intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
(intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
(transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
(transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
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.
questmen
questmen
noun
plural of questman
queueing
queueing
Noun
The act of placing something in a queue.
quiberon
quiberon
Proper noun
A town and seaside resort in Brittany, France.
quickens
quickens
noun
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken
quietens
quietens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quieten
quieting
quieting
noun
The act of making something quiet.
verb
present participle of quiet
quilcene
quincies
quindene
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.
quinetum
quinetum
noun
(historical) A mixture of the sulphates of the cinchona alkaloids: a cheap substitute for quinine sulphate.
quinible
quinible
noun
(music, obsolete) An interval of a fifth, or a part sung with such intervals.
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.
quinines
quinines
noun
plural of quinine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quinine
quinogen
quinogen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
quinones
quinones
noun
plural of quinone
quinsied
quinsied
adj
Afflicted with quinsy.
quinsies
quinsies
noun
plural of quinsy
quintero
quintets
quintets
noun
plural of quintet
quintile
quintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)
(by extension) A subset thus obtained.
(statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
quintole
quintole
noun
(historical) A five-stringed viol common in France in the 18th century.
(music) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of three, four or six.
quitrent
quitrent
noun
A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.
quotient
quotient
noun
(arithmetic) The integer part of the result of such division.
(arithmetic) The number resulting from the division of one number by another.
(mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
(obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota.
ramequin
ramequin
noun
Alternative form of ramekin
requench
requench
noun
A second or subsequent quench.
verb
(transitive) To quench again.
sequence
sequence
noun
(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
(mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
(now rare) A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
(uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
verb
(transitive) to arrange in an order
(transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer
(transitive, biochemistry) to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
sequency
sequency
noun
(mathematics) Half the number of zero crossings in the time base of a Walsh function.
A pattern or order of sequential items in a series.
sequents
sequents
noun
plural of sequent
sequined
sequined
adj
Decorated with sequins.
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.
squedunk
squinted
squinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squint
squinter
squinter
noun
One who squints.
squireen
squireen
noun
(originally Ireland) A minor squire; a small landowner.
sunquake
sunquake
noun
A quake occurring on the Sun.
uncasque
uncasque
verb
(transitive) To remove a casque or helmet from.
unequals
unequals
noun
plural of unequal
unequine
uniquely
uniquely
adv
In a unique manner.
uniquest
uniquest
adj
superlative form of unique: most unique
unopaque
unpiqued
unpiqued
adj
(rare) Not piqued.
unquayed
unquayed
adj
Not quayed.
unquiets
unquiets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unquiet
unquoted
unquoted
adj
Not enclosed in quotation marks.
Not having been quoted; whose words have not been repeated by others.
Not quoted on the stock exchange.
unquotes
unquotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unquote
unsquare
unsquare
adj
Not square.
unsquire
unsquire
verb
(transitive) To strip of the dignity of squire.
ununique
ununique
adj
(rare) Not unique.
vasquine
vasquine
noun
(historical) A type of frock worn in Spain between the 17th and 19th centuries.