(transitive, obsolete) To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
acequiador
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquiesced
acquiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquiesce
acquiescer
acquiescer
noun
One who acquiesces.
acquiesces
acquiesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquiesce
acquirable
acquirable
adj
Capable of being acquired.
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acquisited
acquisitor
acquisitor
noun
one who acquires
acquisitum
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
adequacies
adequacies
noun
plural of adequacy
adequately
adequately
adv
Barely satisfactory or sufficient.
In an adequate manner.
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
adequation
adequation
noun
(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
adequative
adequative
adj
(rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
algonquian
algonquian
Adjective
Relating to a group of North American languages.
Noun
An Algonquin.
algonquins
alpinesque
alpinesque
adj
Having an alpine style.
analytique
andromaque
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antiquated
antiquated
adj
old-fashioned, out of date
antiquates
antiquates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antiquate
antisquama
apoquinine
aprilesque
aquafortis
aquafortis
noun
Alternative form of aqua fortis
aqualunger
aqualunger
noun
A diver who uses an aqualung.
aquamanale
aquamanile
aquamanile
noun
(historical) A ewer or jug-like vessel, shaped like an animal or human figure, used for washing the hands.
aquamarine
aquamarine
adj
Of a bluish-green colour.
noun
A bluish-green variety of beryl.
The bluish-green colour of the sea.
aquaphobia
aquaphobia
noun
A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
aquaplaned
aquaplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aquaplane
aquaplaner
aquaplaner
noun
One who aquaplanes.
aquaplanes
aquaplanes
noun
plural of aquaplane
aquarelles
aquarelles
noun
plural of aquarelle
aquariiums
aquascutum
aquatinted
aquatinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aquatint
aquatinter
aquatinter
Noun
An artist who makes aquatints.
aquavalent
aquicolous
aquicolous
adj
(biology) Living in water.
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquilawood
aquilinity
aquilinity
noun
The quality of being aquiline (resembling an eagle).
aquiparous
aquiparous
adj
(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
aquitanian
aquitanian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
of or pertaining to the Aquitanian Age, in the Miocene epoch.
arabesques
arabesques
noun
plural of arabesque
arboresque
arquebuses
arquebuses
noun
plural of arquebuse
bananaquit
bananaquit
noun
A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.
banqueteer
banqueteer
noun
One who attends a banquet.
verb
To attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).
banqueters
banqueters
noun
plural of banqueter
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
banquettes
banquettes
noun
plural of banquette
bararesque
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
bequeathal
bequeathal
noun
The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.
bequeathed
bequeathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bequeath
bequeather
bequeather
noun
One who bequeaths.
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
biquintile
biquintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of two planets that are distant from each other by two fifths of a great circle (72 degrees)
biuniquely
blanquette
blanquette
noun
A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.
blanquillo
blanquillo
noun
tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
blottesque
blottesque
adj
(art) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation.
noun
(art) An artwork characterized by blots or heavy touches.
bonnesbosq
borinqueno
bourrasque
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
briquetted
briquetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of briquet
simple past tense and past participle of briquette
briquettes
briquettes
noun
plural of briquette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of briquette
brontesque
broquineer
brusquerie
brusquerie
noun
Brusqueness; abruptness, bluntness.
burlesqued
burlesqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burlesque
burlesquer
burlesquer
noun
A burlesque performer.
burlesques
burlesques
noun
plural of burlesque
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
capodacqua
caqueterie
caqueteuse
caquetoire
catafalque
catafalque
noun
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
catasauqua
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
chautauqua
chautauqua
noun
Alternative form of Chautauqua
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
chequering
chequering
noun
A chequered pattern.
verb
present participle of chequer
chinquapin
chinquapin
noun
A chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
A water chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.
Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).
chouquette
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
cinquanter
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
cinquepace
cliqueiest
cliqueless
cliqueless
adj
Without a clique.
cliquishly
cliquishly
adv
In a cliquish manner.
coadequate
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coequalize
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
colliquate
colliquate
verb
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
colloquial
colloquial
adj
(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
noun
A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism
colloquies
colloquies
noun
plural of colloquy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colloquy
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
colloquium
colloquium
noun
(law) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
colloquize
colloquize
verb
To take part in a colloquy
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
conquinine
conquinine
noun
Synonym of quinidine
consequent
consequent
adj
(geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
noun
(geology) A consequent stream.
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
An event which follows another.
coquelicot
coquelicot
adj
Having a reddish-orange poppy colour.
noun
A reddish-orange colour; poppy
coquelicot:
coqueluche
coqueluche
noun
(obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
coquetries
coquetries
noun
plural of coquetry
coquetting
coquetting
noun
coquetry
verb
present participle of coquet
coquettish
coquettish
adj
Characteristic of a coquet.
Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.
coquillage
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
cowanesque
crannequin
craquelure
craquelure
noun
(art) The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting
critiquing
critiquing
verb
present participle of critique
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
croquettes
croquettes
noun
plural of croquette
deaquation
delinquent
delinquent
adj
Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
noun
(historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
A person who has not paid their debts.
One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
deliquesce
deliquesce
verb
(intransitive) To melt and disappear.
(intransitive, chemistry) To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it.
deliquiate
deliquiate
verb
(intransitive) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
(transitive) To cause to melt.
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
desquamate
desquamate
verb
(intransitive) To shed or peel.
discothque
disqualify
disqualify
verb
(transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.
(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
disquarter
disquieted
disquieted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disquiet
disquieten
disquieten
verb
(transitive) To disquiet; to make uneasy.
disquieter
disquieter
noun
One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
disquietly
disquietly
adv
In a disquiet manner.
disquisite
disquixote
dulciloquy
dulciloquy
noun
A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.
dureresque
earthquake
earthquake
noun
(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.