A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
One who acquires.
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
alqueire
alqueire
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of land area, equal to 2–10 hectares in different locations.
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
aquarial
aquarial
adj
Of or relating to an aquarium.
aquarian
aquarian
noun
A person who keeps an aquarium.
aquariia
aquarist
aquarist
noun
A person who maintains an aquarium.
aquarium
aquarium
noun
A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
aquarius
aquarter
aquifers
aquifers
noun
plural of aquifer
aquiform
aquiform
adj
Resembling water; watery, liquid
araquaju
arequipa
arequipa
Proper noun
A city of Peru, in the south of the country
arquated
arquated
adj
Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.
arquebus
arquebus
noun
Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).
verb
(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.
barbeque
barbeque
noun
(sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of barbecue (“apparatus for grilling; cookout (event); meat cooked by barbecuing”)
verb
(sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of barbecue
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barquero
barquest
biquartz
borasque
brasqued
charqued
charqued
adj
Prepared as charqui or jerky.
charquid
charquis
charquis
noun
plural of charqui
claquers
claquers
noun
plural of claquer
claqueur
claqueur
noun
One of the claque employed to applaud at a theatre.
daiquiri
daiquiri
noun
A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.
detraque
embarque
equaller
equators
equators
noun
plural of equator
fabrique
farquhar
jacquard
jacquard
noun
(countable) A Jacquard loom.
Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
lacquers
lacquers
noun
plural of lacquer
lamarque
maroquin
maroquin
noun
(somewhat dated) leather made from goatskin
marquand
marquees
marquees
noun
plural of marquee
marquess
marquess
noun
(obsolete) A marchioness.
A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.
marquise
marquise
noun
(architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
(chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French.
(cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.
(historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century.
(jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends.
A marquee.
marquita
marquito
marquois
masquers
masquers
noun
plural of masquer
niquiran
paraquat
paraquat
noun
(chemistry) A poisonous yellow herbicide derived from bipyridine
paraquet
paroquet
parquets
parquets
noun
plural of parquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parquet
parroque
pauraque
pauraque
noun
A species of nightjar found from the far southern part of the US through Central and South America, Nyctidromus albicollis.
pratique
pratique
noun
(nautical) Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.
(obsolete) Practice; habits.
qadarite
qadarite
Noun
A member of the an early Islamic movement which held that man was endowed by God with free will.
qadiriya
qindarka
qindarka
noun
plural of qindarkë
quackery
quackery
noun
(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
(law, medicine, uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
quackier
quackier
adj
comparative form of quacky: more quacky
quadrans
quadrans
noun
A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as.
quadrant
quadrant
noun
(college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
(geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
(mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
(nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
(obsolete) A square or quadrangle.
One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
quadrate
quadrate
adj
(archaic) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
(archaic) Squared; suited; correspondent.
Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
noun
(anatomy) The quadrate bone.
(astrology) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
(geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
(archaic, transitive) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).
(archaic, transitive) To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To square.
quadrats
quadrats
noun
plural of quadrat
quadriad
quadriad
noun
(US) A government committee of four economic experts.
(rare) A grouping of four things.
quadrics
quadrics
noun
plural of quadric
quadriga
quadriga
noun
(historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
(historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.
quadrine
quadrine
noun
Alternative form of quatrin
quadriti
quadroon
quadroon
adj
(dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons.
noun
(dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
quadrual
quadrual
adj
(grammar) Alternative form of quadral
quadrula
quaestor
quaestor
noun
(historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer who announced indulgences.
(historical) The Quaestor sacri palatii of the late Roman Empire and Byzantium; first generally a legislator, then judicial official, and eventually an honorary title by the 14th century.
quaffers
quaffers
noun
plural of quaffer
quaggier
quaggier
adj
comparative form of quaggy: more quaggy
quagmire
quagmire
noun
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
verb
(transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
quagmiry
quagmiry
adj
Like a quagmire.
quailery
quailery
noun
A structure in which one houses quail that are kept as a food animal.
quainter
quainter
adj
comparative form of quaint: more quaint
quakeric
quakerly
quakerly
Adjective
Pertaining to Quakers.
Befitting a Quaker.
qualmier
qualmier
adj
comparative form of qualmy: more qualmy
quandary
quandary
noun
A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
quaranty
quaranty
noun
(historical, uncommon) Synonym of Council of Forty, former courts with 40 members in Florence and Venice.
quardeel
quaresma
quarrels
quarrels
noun
plural of quarrel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarrel
quarrian
quarrian
noun
Alternative form of quarrion
quarried
quarried
adj
(archaic) Provided with quarry or prey.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarry
quarrier
quarrier
noun
Somebody who works in a quarry.
quarries
quarries
noun
plural of quarry
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarry
quarrion
quarrion
noun
A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
quarrome
quarsome
quartana
quartane
quartane
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) butane
quartano
quartans
quartans
noun
plural of quartan
quartaut
quartern
quartern
noun
(archaic) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds.
(archaic) A quarter part; one fourth.
quarters
quarters
noun
(by extension) The place where someone or something lives
(plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
Quarterfinals.
plural of quarter.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarter
quartets
quartets
noun
plural of quartet
quartful
quartful
noun
The amount that fills a quart vessel
quartics
quartics
noun
plural of quartic
quartile
quartile
noun
(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
(statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.
quartine
quartine
noun
(botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
quartole
quartole
noun
(music) A quadruplet.
quartzes
quartzes
noun
plural of quartz
quartzic
quartzic
adj
Of or relating to quartz.
quashers
quashers
noun
plural of quasher
quateron
quatorze
quatorze
noun
(card games) The four aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, in the game of piquet, any of these counting as fourteen points.
quatrain
quatrain
noun
A poem in four lines.
A stanza of four lines.
quatrino
quatrino
noun
Alternative form of quattrino (“old Italian coin”)
quavered
quavered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quaver
quaverer
quaverer
noun
One who quavers.
quaviver
queasier
queasier
adj
comparative form of queasy: more queasy
queazier
quebrada
quebrada
noun
A ravine or valley in Latin America.
quelpart
querelae
queridas
queridas
noun
plural of querida
queriman
queriman
noun
The sandbar shark.
quertaro
quinarii
quinarii
noun
plural of quinarius
quintars
quintars
noun
plural of quintar
quintary
quintary
adj
quinary
quirinal
quirinal
Adjective
Of or relating to the one of the
quirinca
quirinca
noun
The pods of the tree Vachellia caven, sometimes used to feed cattle.
quiteria
racquets
racquets
noun
a game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a small hard fast-moving ball
plural of racquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of racquet
ramequin
ramequin
noun
Alternative form of ramekin
raquette
remarque
remarque
noun
(engraving) A print or proof distinguished by such a mark.
(engraving) A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.
(engraving) Any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.
requital
requital
noun
Compensation for loss or damage; amends.
Repayment, reward, recompense, return in kind.
Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
resquare
resqueak
rorquals
rorquals
noun
plural of rorqual
squabber
squadder
squadrol
squadrol
noun
A squad car that also serves as an ambulance.
squadron
squadron
noun
(US, military, U.S. Space Force) A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
(military) A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
(military, air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
(military, navy) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
(obsolete) A body of troops drawn up in a square.
verb
(transitive) To divide up into squadrons.
squailer
squailer
noun
A weighted stick used to throw, usually at small animals.
squaller
squaller
noun
One who squalls; a crier, complainer, or bad singer.
squalors
squalors
noun
plural of squalor
squander
squander
verb
(obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
(obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
squarely
squarely
adv
(also figurative) Firmly and solidly.
(figurative) In a direct, straightforward and honest manner.
(geometry) In the shape of a square; at right angles.
squarers
squarers
noun
plural of squarer
squarest
squarest
adj
superlative form of square: most square
squarier
squaring
squaring
noun
The act or process by which something is squared (in various senses).