A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
equimolecular
equimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds)
equinumerally
equisegmented
equivoluminal
equivoluminal
adj
Having an equal volume or capacity
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
hemiquinonoid
inequilibrium
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
magniloquence
magniloquence
noun
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
mastosquamose
meriquinoidal
meriquinonoid
misqualifying
misqualifying
verb
present participle of misqualify
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant to mosquitos.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
multiloquence
multiloquence
noun
The state or condition of being multiloquent; talkativeness.
multiloquious
multiloquious
adj
(formal) Synonym of multiloquent
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
passamaquoddy
passamaquoddy
Noun
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Proper noun
The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadrilaminar
quadrimembral
quadrimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, four members.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirate
noun
Synonym of quattuorvirate.
quarrelsomely
quarrelsomely
adv
In a quarrelsome manner.
quartermaster
quartermaster
noun
(military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
verb
To act as a quartermaster
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quaverymavery
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
quindecemviri
quinquagesima
quinquenniums
semiliquidity
semiliquidity
noun
the state of being a semiliquid.
sequesterment
sequesterment
noun
sequestration
sequestrotomy
sequestrotomy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Surgical removal of a sequestrum, or piece of dead bone that has become separated due to necrosis.
somniloquence
somniloquence
noun
The act of talking in one's sleep.
squamariaceae
squamelliform
squamipennate
squamipinnate
squamomastoid
squandermania
squandermania
noun
Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project.
squeamishness
squeamishness
noun
The quality of being squeamish
unquarrelsome
unquarrelsome
adj
Not quarrelsome.
unrequitement
unrequitement
noun
The quality of being unrequited.
unsqueamishly
unsqueamishly
adv
In an unsqueamish manner.
ventriloquism
ventriloquism
noun
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.