(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
aliquots
aliquots
noun
plural of aliquot
alquifou
alquifou
noun
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used to give a green glaze to pottery.
aquashow
aquashow
noun
A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
aquation
aquation
noun
(chemistry) The replacement of a ligand by water in a complex
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.
aquiform
aquiform
adj
Resembling water; watery, liquid
aquilino
aquosity
aquosity
noun
(rare) The condition of being watery; wateriness
aquotize
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barquero
beliquor
berloque
boqueron
borasque
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.
breloque
breloque
noun
A seal or charm for a watchchain.
broquery
caquetio
chiquero
chiquito
coequals
coequals
noun
plural of coequal
coequate
coequate
verb
(transitive) To make equal to each other.
colloque
colloque
noun
Obsolete form of colloquy.
verb
(intransitive) To hold colloquy; to converse.
colloquy
colloquy
noun
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
(law) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
(obsolete) A formal conference.
A conversation or dialogue.
A written discourse.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To converse.
colquitt
colquitt
Proper noun
a small city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
comoquer
conquers
conquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer
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.
conquian
conquian
noun
(card games) A card game, an ancestor of rummy.
coquelin
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
coquilla
coquilla
noun
The nut of the Brazilian palm Attalea funifera.
coquille
coquille
noun
A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
A scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
coquimbo
coquinas
coquinas
noun
plural of coquina
coquitos
coquitos
noun
plural of coquito
corseque
corseque
noun
A pole weapon with a spike and two lateral blades on a shaft.
cotquean
cotquean
noun
Alternative form of cot-quean
cowquake
cowquake
noun
quaking grass; Briza media
croquets
croquets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croquet
eloquent
eloquent
adj
Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
Fluently persuasive and articulate.
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).
equators
equators
noun
plural of equator
equiform
equiform
adj
Having the same form; uniform, equiformal
equivoke
equivoke
noun
Alternative form of equivoque
equivote
equivote
noun
(obsolete, rare) A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.
filioque
filioque
noun
(theology) The use of the Latin word filioque (“and the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
foucquet
haqueton
iniquous
iniquous
adj
Obsolete form of iniquitous.
iroquois
jonquils
jonquils
noun
plural of jonquil
liquored
liquored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liquor
liquorer
liquorer
noun
A person employed to test samples of coffee beans and select the desired blend.
loquence
loquency
loquitur
luquillo
maroquin
maroquin
noun
(somewhat dated) leather made from goatskin
marquito
marquois
minocqua
miquelon
miquelon
Proper noun
The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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.
moresque
moresque
Adjective
Moorish
mosquero
mosquero
Proper noun
a village in New Mexico, USA, and the county seat of Also partly in
mosquish
mosquito
mosquito
noun
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
verb
To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
moweaqua
musqueto
nonequal
nonequal
adj
Not equal; unequal, different.
noun
One who is not an equal; a person of differing rank or status.
nonquota
nonquota
adj
Not included in a quota
oblicque
obliqued
obliqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oblique
obliques
obliques
noun
Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
plural of oblique
obliquus
obliquus
noun
(anatomy) An obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely.
occoquan
ogunquit
oldsquaw
oldsquaw
noun
(no longer official, deprecated, now possibly offensive) Clangula hyemalis, the long-tailed duck, a medium-sized seaduck.
opaquely
opaquely
adv
In an opaque manner.
opaquest
opaquest
adj
superlative form of opaque: most opaque
opaquing
opaquing
verb
present participle of opaque
oquassas
oquassas
noun
plural of oquassa
oquossoc
otuquian
ouaquaga
outquaff
outqueen
outquery
outquote
outquote
verb
(transitive) To surpass in quotation.
paroquet
parroque
pasquino
perioque
piroques
piroques
noun
plural of piroque
pishquow
poquoson
postique
postique
noun
(US, dated) A retail store selling items relating to postal mail, such as stamps and stationery.
pourquoi
prequote
prosequi
qoheleth
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.
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.
quandong
quandong
noun
(Australia slang, now rare) A confidence trickster.
A small southern Australian shrub (Santalum acuminatum) or its edible red fruit.
Arnhem Land quandong, bony quandong (Elaeocarpus arnhemicus)
Ash quandong (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus bancroftii)
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus johnsonii)
Northern quandong, hard quandong, Northern hard quandong (Elaeocarpus sericopetalus)
The bitter quandong (Santalum murrayanum) or its fruit.
The desert quandong (Santalum lanceolatum) or its fruit.
blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) or its fruit.
brown quandong (Elaeocarpus coorangooloo)
brown quandong, grey quandong (Elaeocarpus ruminatus)
brown-hearted quandong (Elaeocarpus kirtonii)
brush quandong, blue quandong, white quandong, quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis)
white quandong, Northern quandong (Elaeocarpus foveolatus)
quantico
quantong
quarrion
quarrion
noun
A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
quarrome
quarsome
quartano
quartole
quartole
noun
(music) A quadruplet.
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.
quatrino
quatrino
noun
Alternative form of quattrino (“old Italian coin”)
quatsino
qubecois
queendom
queendom
noun
A realm ruled by a queen.
The condition or character of a queen; queenly rule, power, or authority.
The subjects of such a realm.
querecho
queridos
quertaro
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.
questors
questors
noun
plural of questor
quiberon
quiberon
Proper noun
A town and seaside resort in Brittany, France.
quinitol
quinogen
quinogen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
quinoids
quinoids
noun
plural of quinoid
quinolas
quinolin
quinolyl
quinolyl
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) A univalent radical derived from quinoline
quinones
quinones
noun
plural of quinone
quinonic
quinonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to, or characteristic of a quinone
quinonyl
quinovic
quinovic
adj
Of or pertaining to quinovic acid
quinovin
quinovin
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks.
quintato
quintero
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.
quintons
quintons
noun
plural of quinton
quinwood
quipsome
quipsome
adj
Full of quips.
quistron
quittors
quittors
noun
plural of quittor
quixotes
quixotic
quixotic
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.
noun
(rare) A quixotic person or sentiment.
quixotry
quixotry
noun
A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
quoddies
quoddies
noun
plural of quoddy
quodding
quodding
verb
present participle of quod
quoddity
quoddity
noun
(philosophy) The individual identity of something.