(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antiquarism
antiquarism
noun
Synonym of antiquarianism
antiquarium
antiquarium
noun
A place for keeping antiques.
aquaemanale
aquaemanale
noun
(historical) A ceremonial ewer used in Ancient Roman rainmaking rituals.
aquafarming
aquafarming
noun
(agriculture) aquaculture
aquamanalia
aquamaniles
aquamaniles
noun
plural of aquamanile
aquamanilia
aquamarines
aquamarines
noun
plural of aquamarine
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
conquerment
conquerment
noun
The state of being conquered.
equationism
germanesque
inquilinism
inquilinism
noun
The situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
jacqueminot
jacqueminot
noun
A variety of deep crimson rose.
lambrequins
lambrequins
noun
plural of lambrequin
menaquinone
menaquinone
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A pale yellow crystalline naphthoquinone C₄₁H₅₆O₂ that is obtained especially from putrefied fish meal and produced by bacteria in the large intestine and essential for the blood-clotting process. It is much more unsaturated than vitamin K₁ and slightly less active biologically, and is an isoprenoid derivative of menadione.
meriquinoid
meriquinone
monchiquite
monchiquite
noun
(mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
montesquieu
moquelumnan
namaqualand
namaqualand
Proper noun
An arid region of Namibia and South Africa, divided by the lower course of the into two portions: Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the north.
normanesque
omniloquent
plasmoquine
plasmoquine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of chloroquine
quadrennium
quadrennium
noun
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
quadrumanal
quadrumanal
adj
quadrumane
quantimeter
quantimeter
noun
A device for determining the quantity of X-rays generated by a Crookes tube or Coolidge tube.
quantometer
quantometer
noun
A device for performing spectrographic analysis.
querimonies
querimonies
noun
plural of querimony
questmonger
questmonger
noun
(archaic, derogatory) One who encourages petty lawsuits.
quickenbeam
quinamicine
quinamidine
quinolinium
quinolinium
noun
(organic chemistry) The cation formed by protonation of a quinoline
quinonimine
quinonimine
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of imines formally derived from a quinone by replacing one or both oxygens with =NR.
quinquereme
quinquereme
noun
(history) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
quislingism
quislingism
noun
Alternative form of Quislingism
quondamship
quondamship
noun
(obsolete, rare) The property of being former, no longer current.
reequipment
reequipment
noun
The act, or the result of reequipping
requirement
requirement
noun
(engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
