(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.
aquifuge
aquifuge
noun
(geology) An aquiclude.
aquilege
belgique
calquing
calquing
noun
loan translation
verb
present participle of calque
cliquing
cliquing
verb
present participle of clique
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
equipaga
equipage
equipage
noun
(obsolete) Military dress; uniform, armour etc.
(uncountable) Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
A type of horse-drawn carriage.
The carriage together with attendants; a retinue.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To furnish with an equipage.
guayaqui
jerquing
jerquing
noun
(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
ogunquit
opaquing
opaquing
verb
present participle of opaque
ouaquaga
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
quadriga
quadriga
noun
(historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
(historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.
quaffing
quaffing
noun
The act by which something is quaffed; a drinking.
verb
present participle of quaff
quaggier
quaggier
adj
comparative form of quaggy: more quaggy
quagmire
quagmire
noun
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
verb
(transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
quagmiry
quagmiry
adj
Like a quagmire.
quahaugs
quahaugs
noun
plural of quahaug
quailing
quailing
noun
The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.
verb
present participle of quail
qualtagh
qualtagh
noun
(Isle of Man) The first person one encounters, either after leaving one's home or (sometimes) outside one's home, especially on New Year's Day; a first-foot.
quandang
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)
quanting
quanting
verb
present participle of quant
quantong
quashing
quashing
noun
The action of quashing something.
verb
present participle of quash
quayages
quayages
noun
plural of quayage
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
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
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
queueing
queueing
Noun
The act of placing something in a queue.
quiangan
quicking
quicking
verb
present participle of quick
quietage
quietage
noun
(obsolete) Quietness; stillness, peace.
quieting
quieting
noun
The act of making something quiet.
verb
present participle of quiet
quiffing
quiffing
verb
present participle of quiff
quilling
quilling
noun
(US and Canada, especially Appalachia and the Prairies) The practice of blowing pepper or snuff through a quill into the nose of a woman who is giving birth, to induce sneezing and diaphragmatic contractions which will induce or hasten labor.
(obsolete) A band of fluted muslin resembling a row of quills.
A form of art that involves the creation of decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
Quillwork.
verb
present participle of quill
quilting
quilting
noun
(nautical, archaic) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
A layer or layers of quilted padding.
The practice of creating quilts
verb
present participle of quilt
quinogen
quinogen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
quipping
quipping
verb
present participle of quip
quirking
quirking
verb
present participle of quirk
quirting
quirting
verb
present participle of quirt
quisling
quisling
noun
(derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
verb
present participle of quisle
quitting
quitting
noun
The ceasing of a habit, especially smoking cigarettes or other addictive behaviors.
The deliberate ending of something.
The termination of employment, initiated by the employee.
verb
present participle of quit
quizzing
quizzing
noun
(now rare, archaic) The act by which somebody is quizzed, or teased; banter, raillery.
The asking of questions; interrogation.
verb
present participle of quiz
quodding
quodding
verb
present participle of quod
quodling
quoining
quoining
noun
(architecture) The architectural elements, such as stone or brick, that form a quoin
verb
present participle of quoin
quoiting
quoiting
verb
present participle of quoit
quonking
quonking
verb
present participle of quonk
squaring
squaring
noun
The act or process by which something is squared (in various senses).
verb
present participle of square
squeegee
squeegee
noun
(historical) A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller made of squeegee blades pulled by a horse.
(nautical) A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings.
(photography) A tool used to remove excess moisture from a print.
(printing) A tool used to force the ink through the stencil in silk-screen printing.
(slang) A person who uses a squeegee, especially one who "cleans" the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then demands payment.
A short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows.
Similar long-handled tools used for drying or leveling surfaces such as paths and roadways.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To use a squeegee.
squegged
squegged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squeg
squiggle
squiggle
noun
(informal) Synonym of tilde.
A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
An illegible scrawl.
verb
To make a squiggle.
To wriggle or squirm.
To write illegibly.
squiggly
squiggly
adj
(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.
noun
(computing, informal) A wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or source code.
squilgee
squilgee
noun
(nautical, historical) A small swab used for drying a vessel's deck.