(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
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
andromaque
apoquinine
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
arboresque
bourrasque
caquetoire
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.
coquillage
cowanesque
deaquation
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
equatoreal
equatorial
equatorial
adj
(organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring
of, near, or relating to the equator
noun
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equilobate
equilobate
adj
(biology) Equally lobed; divided into similar lobes.
equisonant
equisonant
adj
(ancient music) Intra-octavally consonant.
equitation
equitation
noun
The art, practice or act of riding a horse; horsemanship.
equivocacy
equivocacy
noun
equivocalness
equivocate
equivocate
verb
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive.
(transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
euroaquilo
fouquieria
foursquare
foursquare
adj
(by extension) Solid, robust.
(cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
Having four equal sides; square.
Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
noun
(architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
(cryptography) A four-square cipher.
Alternative form of four square
inequation
inequation
noun
(mathematics) A statement that two expressions are not the same.
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
jonahesque
mocambique
monegasque
mozambique
mozambique
noun
Any of various kinds of dress material.
negqtiator
nonaqueous
nonaqueous
adj
Not aqueous.
nonequable
nonequably
novantique
opaqueness
opaqueness
noun
The characteristic of being opaque.
oversqueak
pequannock
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadrupole
quadrupole
noun
(physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
(physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
quakeproof
quakeproof
adj
Capable of withstanding an earthquake.
verb
(transitive) To modify (a structure) to make it capable of withstanding an earthquake.
quakertown
quarrelous
quarrelous
adj
(now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
quasqueton
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.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
questorial
questorial
adj
Alternative form of quaestorial
quotennial
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
roquelaure
roquelaure
noun
(now archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
semiopaque
semiopaque
adj
Partially opaque.
sequacious
sequacious
adj
(Of musical notes or poetic feet) Following neatly or smoothly.
(Of objects, obsolete) Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.
(Of people) Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.
(Of thought) Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction.