(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
algonquian
algonquian
Adjective
Relating to a group of North American languages.
Noun
An Algonquin.
algonquins
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
apoquinine
blanquillo
blanquillo
noun
tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
borinqueno
broquineer
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conquinine
conquinine
noun
Synonym of quinidine
coquetting
coquetting
noun
coquetry
verb
present participle of coquet
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
deaquation
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
eliquation
eliquation
noun
(metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equational
equational
adj
Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
equiconvex
equiconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having surfaces with the same radius of curvature.
equipotent
equipotent
adj
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a bijection with one another.
Having equal strength, ability or efficacy.
equisonant
equisonant
adj
(ancient music) Intra-octavally consonant.
equitation
equitation
noun
The art, practice or act of riding a horse; horsemanship.
ineloquent
ineloquent
Adjective
Not eloquent
inequation
inequation
noun
(mathematics) A statement that two expressions are not the same.
iniquitous
iniquitous
adj
Morally objectionable.
Wicked or sinful.
inquirendo
inquirendo
noun
(law) An authority to inquire.
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
iroquoians
isoquinine
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
magniloquy
magniloquy
noun
Synonym of magniloquence
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
negqtiator
nonaquatic
nonaquatic
adj
Not aquatic.
nonquality
nonquality
noun
Lack of quality; inferiority.
novantique
outquoting
outquoting
verb
present participle of outquote
oxyquinone
plasmoquin
prequoting
proinquiry
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricorn
quadricorn
noun
Any quadricornous (four-horned) animal
quartation
quartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
quassation
quassation
noun
(archaic) A shaking or agitation.
quaternion
quaternion
noun
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
quatorzain
quatorzain
noun
A poem or stanza consisting of fourteen lines.
quercitron
quercitron
noun
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
questioned
questioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of question
questionee
questionee
noun
One who is questioned.
questioner
questioner
noun
A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
questionle
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
quinatoxin
quinazolin
quinazolyl
quincewort
quincewort
Noun
squinancywort
quinnimont
quinoidine
quinoidine
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark.
quinolinic
quinolinic
adj
Of or pertaining to quinolinic acid or its derivatives
quinolinyl
quinolinyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical derived from quinoline
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinonimin
quinopyrin
quinoxalin
quinoxalyl
quinsywort
quinsywort
noun
squinancywort
quintefoil
quinteroon
quotations
quotations
noun
plural of quotation
quotennial
requestion
requestion
verb
To question again.
rodinesque
rosenquist
sesquinona
snoqualmie
snoquamish
somniloquy
somniloquy
noun
(countable) Words spoken while sleeping.
(uncountable) The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.
squamation
squamation
noun
(pathology, dermatology, countable) A scaly growth on the skin.
(zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.
(zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.
squatinoid
squooshing
squooshing
verb
present participle of squoosh
tourniquet
tourniquet
noun
(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
(obsolete) A turnstile.
Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.