(very rare, obsolete, derogatory) A teetotaler; one who does not consume alcohol.
bacquet
banquer
banquet
banquet
noun
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
baroque
baroque
adj
(figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated.
Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
noun
An ornate, detailed style.
barques
barques
noun
plural of barque
basqued
basqued
adj
Having a basque.
basques
basques
noun
plural of basque
batuque
becquer
bequalm
bequest
bequest
noun
A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
That which has been handed down or transmitted.
That which is left by will; a legacy.
The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
verb
(transitive) To give as a bequest; bequeath.
bequote
bequote
verb
(transitive) To quote frequently or much.
beqwete
besquib
bezique
bezique
noun
A trick-taking card game for two players.
The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.
bisques
bisques
noun
plural of bisque
blanque
bonaqua
bosques
bosques
noun
plural of bosque (rare, 19th-century spelling of bosk)
plural of bosque (riverside woodland)
bosquet
bosquet
noun
Alternative spelling of bosket
bouquet
bouquet
noun
(card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
(cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.
(mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
A bunch of cut flowers.
A compliment or expression of praise.
A decoratively arranged bunch of something.
The heart note of a perfume.
The scent of a particular wine.
bourque
brasque
brasque
noun
A mixture of charcoal, clay, etc. used in smelting.
briquet
briquet
noun
(dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
verb
Alternative form of briquette
brisque
brisque
noun
In the card game bezique, an ace or ten won in a trick.
brusque
brusque
adj
(obsolete) Sour, tart.
Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.
buqshas
buqshas
noun
plural of buqsha
debeque
dubuque
embusqu
equable
equable
adj
(of emotions etc) Not easily disturbed; tranquil.
(of temperature) Free from extremes of heat or cold.
Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
equably
equably
adv
In an equable manner
inqilab
inqilab
Noun
A revolution in India or Pakistan.
oblique
oblique
adj
(botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
(botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
(grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
(music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
noun
(geometry) An oblique line.
(grammar) The oblique case.
(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
verb
(intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
(transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
obloquy
obloquy
noun
(archaic) A false accusation; malevolent rumors.
Abusive language.
Disgrace.
obsequy
obsequy
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A funeral rite or service.
The last office for the dead.
qabbala
quabird
quebeck
quibble
quibble
noun
(now rare) A pun.
An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
(informal, rare, transitive) To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.
quiblet
quiblet
noun
(obsolete) A quibble; an objection.
squabby
squabby
adj
Short and thick; squabbish.
subaqua
subaqua
Adjective
underwater
ubiquit
ubiquit
noun
(biology) An organism found everywhere, or everywhere in a certain range.