(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.
(intransitive, slang) to abscond.
acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
(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
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
anthraquinol
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
antimosquito
antimosquito
adj
Countering mosquitos.
antiquarians
antiquarians
noun
plural of antiquarian
antiquations
antiquations
noun
plural of antiquation
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.
aquarellists
aquarellists
noun
plural of aquarellist
aquatintists
aquatintists
noun
plural of aquatintist
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aquicultural
aquicultural
adj
Alternative form of aquacultural
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
aquilinities
aquilinities
noun
plural of aquilinity
aquincubital
aquincubital
adj
(ornithology) Lacking a fifth cubital remex.
aquotization
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
barquisimeto
barranquitas
bequeathable
bequeathable
adj
Capable of being bequeathed.
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
biquadrantal
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
bramantesque
cacqueteuses
cacqueteuses
noun
plural of cacqueteuse
chuquicamata
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
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
coloquintida
coloquintida
noun
(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
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
dequantitate
dequantitate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To diminish the quantity of.
desquamating
desquamating
verb
present participle of desquamate
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
diplomatique
disquiparant
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
equabilities
equabilities
noun
plural of equability
equalisation
equalisation
noun
Alternative spelling of equalization
equalitarian
equalitarian
adj
(dated) Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
noun
(dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism.
equalization
equalization
noun
(finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
equanimities
equanimities
noun
plural of equanimity
equatability
equatability
noun
The quality of being equatable.
equationally
equationally
adv
In terms of equations.
equatorially
equatorially
adv
In an equatorial direction
equatorwards
equatorwards
adv
Towards the equator.
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equidominant
equidominant
adj
equally dominant
equilibrants
equilibrants
noun
plural of equilibrant
equilibrated
equilibrated
adj
Subject to equilibration
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate
equilibrates
equilibrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equilibrate
equilibrator
equilibrator
noun
(rare) A device that maintains equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
equilibriate
equilocation
equimomental
equimomental
adj
Having equal moments of inertia.
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
equiparation
equiparation
noun
(chiefly historical, law, philosophy) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
(more generally, rare) Comparison.
equipartisan
equisetaceae
equitability
equitability
noun
(ecology) The extent of the representation by equal numbers of individuals of the different species of a given community.
The quality of being equitable; equitableness.
equitemporal
equitemporal
adj
Of equal time.
equivalently
equivalently
adv
In an equivalent manner; equally.
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.
etiquettical
etiquettical
adj
Relating to, or prescribed by, etiquette.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
forequarters
forequarters
noun
plural of forequarter
frequentable
frequentable
adj
accessible
headquarters
headquarters
noun
A place of concentrated activity or influence.
The center of an organization's operations or administration.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
hindquarters
hindquarters
noun
plural of hindquarter
illaqueation
illaqueation
noun
(obsolete) Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it.
inadequately
inadequately
adv
In an inadequate manner.
inadequation
inadequation
noun
(obsolete) Lack of exact correspondence.
inadequative
inequalities
inequalities
noun
plural of inequality
inequilobate
inequilobate
adj
(biology) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.
inequivalent
inequivalent
adj
Not equivalent
inquaintance
inquartation
inquartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) quartation
inquietation
inquietation
Noun
disturbance
interquarrel
interquarter
interquarter
adj
Between quarters.
italianesque
italianesque
Adjective
In an Italian style.
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
liquidations
liquidations
noun
plural of liquidation
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
marquessates
marquessates
noun
plural of marquessate
marqueteries
marqueteries
noun
plural of marqueterie
plural of marquetery
marquisettes
marquisettes
noun
plural of marquisette
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
methaqualone
methaqualone
noun
(pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
musquashroot
naturalesque
naturalesque
adj
(art) In a style resembling nature.
nonacquittal
nonacquittal
noun
Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.
nonequitable
nonequitably
nonqualities
nonqualities
noun
plural of nonquality
nonsequacity
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
paraquadrate
paraquadrate
adj
Synonym of squamosal
pauciloquent
pauciloquent
adj
Using few words when speaking.
plastiqueurs
preacquittal
preacquittal
adj
Before acquittal.
preacquitted
preantiquity
preantiquity
noun
The time before antiquity.
preliquidate
prequotation
proacquittal
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadrateness
quadrateness
noun
Quality of being quadrate.
quadratifera
quadrigamist
quadrigamist
noun
(rare) Someone who has four spouses at the same time.
quadrijugate
quadrijugate
adj
(botany) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets.
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
quadrisetose
quadrisetose
adj
(biology) Having four bristles.
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrupedant
quadrupedant
noun
quadruped
quadrupedate
quadruplator
quadruplator
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a public informer who received a fourth part.
quaestorship
quaestorship
noun
The office or status of quaestor.
quaintnesses
quaintnesses
noun
plural of quaintness
quakerstreet
qualificator
qualificator
noun
An officer who examines and prepares causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
quantifiable
quantifiable
adj
Capable of being quantified.
noun
Something that can be quantified; a measurable.
quantifiably
quantifiably
adv
In a quantifiable manner.
quantitating
quantitating
verb
present participle of quantitate
quantitation
quantitation
noun
The process of quantitating.
The result of a process of quantitating.
quantitative
quantitative
adj
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
quantitively
quantitively
adv
quantitatively
quantivalent
quantivalent
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to quantivalence, or valence.
quantization
quantization
noun
(countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory; to represent by quanta
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values
quarantining
quarantining
verb
present participle of quarantine
quarterbacks
quarterbacks
noun
plural of quarterback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback