(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
byzantinesque
byzantinesque
Adjective
Characteristic of Byzantine art or culture.
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
cinematheques
cinematheques
noun
plural of cinematheque
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
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equestrianize
equestrianize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To ride on horseback.
equianchorate
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.
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.
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.
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
hawthornesque
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
interquartile
interquartile
adj
(statistics) Between quartiles.
(statistics) Specifically between the first and third quartiles.
noun
(statistics) The range or content of an interquartile.
liquefactions
liquefactions
noun
plural of liquefaction
magniloquence
magniloquence
noun
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
meriquinoidal
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.
nonrequirable
nonsequacious
nonsequacious
adj
Not sequacious.
nonsequential
nonsequential
adj
Not sequential; not in any regular sequence
preacquitting
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
prequalifying
prequalifying
verb
present participle of prequalify
prequarantine
prequarantine
adj
Before a quarantine.
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.
quercetagetin
quercetagetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol found in grasses of the genus Eriocaulon.
questionaries
questionaries
noun
plural of questionary
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.
quindecennial
quindecennial
adj
Happening once in fifteen years.
Lasting fifteen years.
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
quinquelobate
quinquelobate
adj
Having five lobes.
quinquenerval
quinquennalia
quinquennalia
noun
(historical) Public games celebrated every five years in Ancient Rome.
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.
quinquivalent
quinquivalent
Adjective
Having an atomic valence of 5.
Having a vaccine valence of 5.
quintuplicate
quintuplicate
adj
Being the fifth in a set of five.
Multiplied by five.
noun
A set of five similar or identical things.
One element of such a set.
verb
(transitive) To make five copies of.
(transitive) To multiply by five.
quizzicalness
quizzicalness
Noun
The state or condition of being quizzical.
quotidianness
quotidianness
noun
The quality of being quotidian.
reacquainting
reacquainting
verb
present participle of reacquaint
reacquisition
reacquisition
noun
A second or subsequent acquisition.
reliquidating
reliquidating
verb
present participle of reliquidate
reliquidation
reliquidation
noun
A second or subsequent liquidation.
retranquilize
retranquilize
verb
(transitive) To tranquilize again.
sanctiloquent
sanctiloquent
adj
Prone to speaking in a sanctimonious manner; preachy.
Speaking of holy or sacred things.
sequentiality
sequentiality
noun
The condition of being sequential.
sequentialize
sequestrating
sequestrating
verb
present participle of sequestrate
sequestration
sequestration
noun
The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
sesquialteran
sesquiquintal
sesquitertian
sesquitertian
adj
(mathematics) Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4:3).
squamipennate
squamipinnate
squanderingly
squanderingly
adv
So as to squander; wastefully.
squandermania
squandermania
noun
Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project.
squeamishness
squeamishness
noun
The quality of being squeamish
squillageeing
suaviloquence
suaviloquence
noun
The quality of pleasantness or sweetness in speech or writing.
subopaqueness
subsequential
subsequential
adj
(mathematics) Relating to a subsequence
subsequent
thundersquall
thundersquall
noun
A squall accompanied by thunder.
tranquilities
tranquilities
noun
plural of tranquility, alternative spelling of tranquillity
tranquilizers
tranquilizers
noun
plural of tranquilizer
tranquilliser
tranquilliser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of tranquilizer.
tranquillized
tranquillized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tranquillize
tranquillizer
tranquillizer
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of tranquilizer
tranquillizes
tranquillizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tranquillize
unacquiescent
unacquisitive
unacquisitive
Adjective
Not acquisitive.
unacquittable
unacquittable
adj
That cannot be acquitted.
unconquerable
unconquerable
adj
Not conquerable; indomitable.
unconquerably
unconquerably
adv
In an unconquerable manner.
unequableness
unequiangular
unequiangular
adj
Not equiangular.
unequilateral
unequivocably
unequivocably
adv
(proscribed) Nonstandard form of unequivocally.
unequivocally
unequivocally
adv
In a way that leaves no doubt; in an unequivocal or unambiguous manner, unquestionably.
uniequivalent
unliquefiable
unliquefiable
adj
Not liquefiable.
unqualifiable
unqualifiable
adj
Not qualifiable.
unqualifiedly
unqualifiedly
adv
In an unqualified manner.
unquarantined
unquarantined
adj
Not quarantined.
unquarrelling
unquarrelling
adj
Not engaging in quarrels or arguments.
unquarrelsome
unquarrelsome
adj
Not quarrelsome.
unquestionate
unquestionate
adj
(Scotland, obsolete) Unquestioned.
unrequalified
unrequalified
adj
Not requalified.
unsqueamishly
unsqueamishly
adv
In an unsqueamish manner.
untranquilize
untranquilize
verb
(transitive) To make untranquil; to disturb the calmness of.