(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
aquacultural
aquacultural
adj
(agriculture) Of or pertaining to aquaculture.
aquacultures
aquacultures
noun
plural of aquaculture
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
aqueoglacial
aqueoglacial
adj
(geology) Deposited by and in water at a time contemporary with the presence of glacial ice in the region.
aquicultural
aquicultural
adj
Alternative form of aquacultural
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
aquincubital
aquincubital
adj
(ornithology) Lacking a fifth cubital remex.
aquocarbonic
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
cacqueteuses
cacqueteuses
noun
plural of cacqueteuse
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
chiquinquira
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
chuquicamata
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
circumquaque
coequalities
coequalities
noun
plural of coequality
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
colliquation
colliquation
noun
(medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.
The act of becoming liquid; melting.
colliquative
colliquative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
colloquially
colloquially
adv
In a colloquial manner.
colloquiquia
coloquintida
coloquintida
noun
(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
conquinamine
conquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) quinidamine
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
contramarque
coyolxauhqui
equibalanced
equibalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equibalance
equicellular
equicellular
adj
(biology) Made up of similar cells.
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equilocation
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
equisetaceae
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
equivalences
equivalences
noun
plural of equivalence
equivocacies
equivocacies
noun
plural of equivocacy
equivocality
equivocality
noun
The quality of being equivocal.
equivocating
equivocating
verb
present participle of equivocate
equivocation
equivocation
noun
(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
esquirearchy
etiquettical
etiquettical
adj
Relating to, or prescribed by, etiquette.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
hyperquadric
hyperquadric
noun
(mathematics) A particular generalization of a superquadric
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
inquaintance
lacquerwares
lacquerwares
noun
plural of lacquerware
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
liquefacient
liquefacient
adj
That liquefies.
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Any agent, such as mercury, iodine, etc., that promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
That which serves to liquefy.
liquefaction
liquefaction
noun
Process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas)
The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.
liquefactive
liquefactive
adj
That causes, or is associated with liquefaction
loquaciously
loquaciously
adv
In a loquacious manner.
nonacquittal
nonacquittal
noun
Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.
nonequivocal
nonsequacity
pauciloquent
pauciloquent
adj
Using few words when speaking.
preacquiring
preacquiring
verb
present participle of preacquire
preacquittal
preacquittal
adj
Before acquittal.
preacquitted
proacquittal
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadricepses
quadricepses
noun
plural of quadriceps
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadricuspid
quadricuspid
adj
Having four cusps.
quadricycler
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quadriplegic
quadriplegic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
noun
One who suffers from quadriplegia.
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
qualificator
qualificator
noun
An officer who examines and prepares causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
quarterbacks
quarterbacks
noun
plural of quarterback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quarterspace
quasicrystal
quasicrystal
noun
(physics, chemistry) any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quattrocento
quattrocento
noun
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
quebrachitol
quebrachitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polyhydroxy cyclic alcohol, 2-0-methyl-chiro-inositol, obtained from the latex of the rubber tree as a starting point in the synthesis of several pharmaceuticals
querciflorae
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
quetzalcoatl
quickhearted
quindecangle
quindecangle
noun
(obsolete, geometry) quindecagon
quindecaplet
quitclaiming
quitclaiming
verb
present participle of quitclaim
quixotically
quixotically
adv
In a quixotic manner.
quizzicality
quizzicality
noun
The state or condition of being quizzical.
racquetballs
racquetballs
noun
plural of racquetball
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
relacquering
relacquering
verb
present participle of relacquer
sequaciously
sequaciously
adv
by a logically developed argument.
with blind acceptance.
sesquioctava
siliquaceous
siliquaceous
adj
(botany) Having siliques.
squattocracy
squattocracy
noun
(Australia, historical) Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class.
squirarchies
squirarchies
noun
plural of squirarchy
squirearchal
squirearchal
adj
Of or pertaining to squirearchy.
squireocracy
transaquatic
unacquainted
unacquainted
adj
(obsolete) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Not acquainted, unfamiliar (with someone or something).