A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equisegmented
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
mastosquamose
misqualifying
misqualifying
verb
present participle of misqualify
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant to mosquitos.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
multiloquious
multiloquious
adj
(formal) Synonym of multiloquent
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
passamaquoddy
passamaquoddy
Noun
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Proper noun
The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quarrelsomely
quarrelsomely
adv
In a quarrelsome manner.
quartermaster
quartermaster
noun
(military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
verb
To act as a quartermaster
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quinquagesima
quinquenniums
semiliquidity
semiliquidity
noun
the state of being a semiliquid.
sequesterment
sequesterment
noun
sequestration
sequestrotomy
sequestrotomy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Surgical removal of a sequestrum, or piece of dead bone that has become separated due to necrosis.
somniloquence
somniloquence
noun
The act of talking in one's sleep.
squamariaceae
squamelliform
squamipennate
squamipinnate
squamomastoid
squandermania
squandermania
noun
Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project.
squeamishness
squeamishness
noun
The quality of being squeamish
unquarrelsome
unquarrelsome
adj
Not quarrelsome.
unsqueamishly
unsqueamishly
adv
In an unsqueamish manner.
ventriloquism
ventriloquism
noun
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.