A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antiques
antiques
noun
plural of antique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antique
aquarter
aquatile
aquatile
adj
(obsolete) Inhabiting the water.
aquatone
aquatone
noun
A print produced by this method.
An offset printing method utilizing a gelatin-coated zinc plate hardened and sensitized to print type, line illustrations, and fine-screen halftones.
aqueduct
aqueduct
noun
(anatomy) A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.
A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.
An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
aquotize
arquated
arquated
adj
Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.
banquete
banquets
banquets
noun
plural of banquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banquet
barquest
bedquilt
bedquilt
noun
A quilt used for spreading over a bed, as the topmost layer of bedclothes.
bequeath
bequeath
verb
(law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
To give; to offer; to commit.
To hand down; to transmit.
bequests
bequests
noun
plural of bequest
besquirt
bosquets
bosquets
noun
plural of bosquet
bouquets
bouquets
noun
plural of bouquet
boutique
boutique
noun
(film) A film production company making only a few movies per year.
(often attributive) Any company specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services for clientele in a niche market.
A small shop located within a larger one.
A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
briquets
briquets
noun
plural of briquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of briquet
caquetio
chaqueta
chiquest
coequate
coequate
verb
(transitive) To make equal to each other.
conquest
conquest
noun
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
(figuratively, by extension) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
coquetry
coquetry
noun
(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
coquette
coquette
noun
A woman who flirts or plays with men's affections.
Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis
verb
Alternative form of coquet
cotquean
cotquean
noun
Alternative form of cot-quean
critique
critique
noun
(obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
A point made to criticize something.
An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
The art of criticism.
verb
To review something; to criticize.
croquets
croquets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croquet
detraque
disquiet
disquiet
adj
(chiefly obsolete) Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
noun
Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
duquette
eliquate
eliquate
verb
To liquate; to smelt.
To part by liquation.
eloquent
eloquent
adj
Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
Fluently persuasive and articulate.
equalist
equalist
noun
egalitarian
equalitarian
equality
equality
noun
(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
The fact of being equal.
equating
equating
noun
The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent.
verb
present participle of equate
equation
equation
noun
(astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.
(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
equative
equative
adj
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.
noun
(grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.
(grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.
(grammar) A word in the equative form.
equators
equators
noun
plural of equator
equidist
equinate
equinity
equinity
noun
The quality of being equine.
equiseta
equiseta
noun
plural of equisetum
equitant
equitant
adj
(botany) Overlapping at the base.
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
equities
equities
noun
plural of equity
equitist
equivote
equivote
noun
(obsolete, rare) A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.
foucquet
frequent
frequent
adj
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
verb
(transitive) To visit often.
haquebut
haquebut
noun
Obsolete spelling of hagbut
haqueton
inaquate
inaquate
adj
(obsolete) Embodied in, or changed into, water.
inequity
inequity
noun
A lack of equity (justice).
An unjust act; a disservice.
inquests
inquests
noun
plural of inquest
inquiets
inquiets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inquiet
jaquette
limequat
limequat
noun
A citrus tree, a cross between a lime and a kumquat, Citrus × floridana
liquated
liquated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liquate
liquates
liquates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquate
maquette
maquette
noun
A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
verb
(art, transitive, intransitive, rare) To prepare a maquette (of).
melquist
mesquita
mesquite
mesquite
noun
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in North America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
Country or land dominated by mesquite trees.
The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.
mesquits
mesquits
noun
plural of mesquit
mezquite
mezquite
noun
Dated form of mesquite.
mezquits
mezquits
noun
plural of mezquit
miquelet
miquelet
noun
(military) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
misquote
misquote
noun
An incorrect recitation of a quote.
An incorrect recording of a quote.
verb
To incorrectly recite a quote.
To incorrectly record a quote.
moquette
moquette
noun
A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.
An article covered in such material.
musqueto
mystique
mystique
noun
An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
nepquite
opaquest
opaquest
adj
superlative form of opaque: most opaque
outqueen
outquery
outquote
outquote
verb
(transitive) To surpass in quotation.
paraquet
paroquet
parquets
parquets
noun
plural of parquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parquet
perquest
picquets
picquets
noun
plural of picquet
piquette
piquette
noun
A drink of marc and water.
postique
postique
noun
(US, dated) A retail store selling items relating to postal mail, such as stamps and stationery.
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.
prequote
qadarite
qadarite
Noun
A member of the an early Islamic movement which held that man was endowed by God with free will.
qoheleth
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.
quaesita
quaesita
noun
plural of quaesitum
quaestio
quaestio
noun
(law, historical) In ancient Rome, a commission to inquire into a criminal matter given to a citizen (the quaesitor) who then reported to whoever appointed him.
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.
quainter
quainter
adj
comparative form of quaint: more quaint
quakiest
quakiest
adj
superlative form of quaky: most quaky
quanties
quantile
quantile
noun
(statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
quantize
quantize
verb
(transitive, mathematics) To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics).
(transitive, music) To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale
(transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics
(transitive, telecommunications) To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values
quartane
quartane
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) butane
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
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
quatenus
quatenus
adj
(Lutheranism) Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative insofar as it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible; admitting the possibility that the Book of Concord might contradict the Bible.
adv
In a quatenus manner.
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.
quebrith
quebrith
noun
(alchemy) sulfur
queenite
queenlet
queenlet
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A female kinglet; a petty queen; a queen ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
A princess.
A young or little queen.
queerest
queerest
adj
superlative form of queer: most queer
queerity
queerity
noun
(dated) Queerness; something odd or strange.
(social sciences) Queerness, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
quelpart
quentise
quercite
quercite
noun
(organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance found in acorns.
querists
querists
noun
plural of querist
quertaro
queryist
queryist
noun
One who asks a question.
quesited
quesited
noun
(astrology, divination) The object or goal that is sought in divination.
questers
questers
noun
plural of quester
questeur
questful
questful
adj
questing; in search of something
questing
questing
noun
The act of going in quest of something.
verb
present participle of quest
question
question
noun
(now archaic, historical, chiefly with definite article) Interrogation by torture.
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
(intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
(intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
(transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
(transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
questman
questman
noun
(obsolete) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.
(obsolete) A collector of parish rents.
(obsolete) One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures.
questmen
questmen
noun
plural of questman
questors
questors
noun
plural of questor
quetzals
quetzals
noun
plural of quetzal
quickest
quickest
adj
superlative form of quick: most quick
quickset
quickset
adj
(of a hedge etc) Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground
noun
The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method
quietage
quietage
noun
(obsolete) Quietness; stillness, peace.
quietens
quietens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quieten
quieters
quieters
noun
plural of quieter
quietest
quietest
adj
superlative form of quiet: most quiet
quieting
quieting
noun
The act of making something quiet.
verb
present participle of quiet
quietism
quietism
noun
A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
A state of passive quietness.
quietist
quietist
noun
A mystic who follows quietism.
Someone who is not socially or politically active.
quietive
quietive
adj
Tending to quieten or make passive.
noun
Something that quietens; a sedative.
quietude
quietude
noun
tranquility
quileute
quileute
Noun
A Native American people in western Washington state.
quillets
quillets
noun
plural of quillet
quilters
quilters
noun
plural of quilter
quinetum
quinetum
noun
(historical) A mixture of the sulphates of the cinchona alkaloids: a cheap substitute for quinine sulphate.
quintero
quintets
quintets
noun
plural of quintet
quintile
quintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)
(by extension) A subset thus obtained.
(statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
quintole
quintole
noun
(historical) A five-stringed viol common in France in the 18th century.
(music) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of three, four or six.
quipster
quipster
noun
a person who makes quips; a joker
quirites
quitaque
quitches
quitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitch