(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
andromaque
apoquinine
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
arboresque
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
blottesque
blottesque
adj
(art) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation.
noun
(art) An artwork characterized by blots or heavy touches.
bonnesbosq
borinqueno
bourrasque
brontesque
broquineer
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
caquetoire
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
chouquette
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
coadequate
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coequalize
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
colliquate
colliquate
verb
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
colloquies
colloquies
noun
plural of colloquy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colloquy
colloquize
colloquize
verb
To take part in a colloquy
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
conquinine
conquinine
noun
Synonym of quinidine
consequent
consequent
adj
(geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
noun
(geology) A consequent stream.
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
An event which follows another.
coquelicot
coquelicot
adj
Having a reddish-orange poppy colour.
noun
A reddish-orange colour; poppy
coquelicot:
coqueluche
coqueluche
noun
(obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
coquetries
coquetries
noun
plural of coquetry
coquetting
coquetting
noun
coquetry
verb
present participle of coquet
coquettish
coquettish
adj
Characteristic of a coquet.
Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.
coquillage
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
cowanesque
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
croquettes
croquettes
noun
plural of croquette
deaquation
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
discothque
disquixote
eliquation
eliquation
noun
(metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
eloquently
eloquently
adv
In an eloquent manner; stated well.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equational
equational
adj
Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
equatoreal
equatorial
equatorial
adj
(organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring
of, near, or relating to the equator
noun
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equiconvex
equiconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having surfaces with the same radius of curvature.
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equilibrio
equilibrio
noun
(archaic) equilibrium, balance
equilobate
equilobate
adj
(biology) Equally lobed; divided into similar lobes.
equipoised
equipoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equipoise
equipoises
equipoises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equipoise
equipotent
equipotent
adj
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a bijection with one another.
Having equal strength, ability or efficacy.
equisonant
equisonant
adj
(ancient music) Intra-octavally consonant.
equitation
equitation
noun
The art, practice or act of riding a horse; horsemanship.
equivocacy
equivocacy
noun
equivocalness
equivocate
equivocate
verb
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive.
(transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
equivorous
equivorous
adj
Feeding on horseflesh.
esquiredom
eumolpique
euroaquilo
forequoted
forequoted
adj
Cited before; quoted in an earlier part of the treatise or essay.
fouquieria
foursquare
foursquare
adj
(by extension) Solid, robust.
(cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
Having four equal sides; square.
Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
noun
(architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
(cryptography) A four-square cipher.
Alternative form of four square
giottesque
giottesque
Adjective
In the manner of Giotto di Bondone
gorkiesque
grotesques
grotesques
noun
plural of grotesque
humoresque
humoresque
noun
(music) A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
ineloquent
ineloquent
Adjective
Not eloquent
inequation
inequation
noun
(mathematics) A statement that two expressions are not the same.
inquirendo
inquirendo
noun
(law) An authority to inquire.
isoquinine
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
jonahesque
jumboesque
liquorless
liquorless
adj
Without liquor.
mocambique
monegasque
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mozambique
mozambique
noun
Any of various kinds of dress material.
negqtiator
nonaqueous
nonaqueous
adj
Not aqueous.
nonequable
nonequably
nonsequent
novantique
novelesque
novelesque
adj
Stylistically reminiscent of a novel.
obsequence
obsequence
noun
Willingness to serve.
obsequious
obsequious
adj
(archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
opaqueness
opaqueness
noun
The characteristic of being opaque.
outqueried
outquibble
outquibble
verb
(transitive) To surpass in quibbling.
outquibled
oversqueak
oxyquinone
pendeloque
pendeloque
noun
A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant.
pequannock
preconquer
preconquer
verb
(rare) To conquer beforehand.
prequoting
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
quadrupole
quadrupole
noun
(physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
(physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
quakeproof
quakeproof
adj
Capable of withstanding an earthquake.
verb
(transitive) To modify (a structure) to make it capable of withstanding an earthquake.
quakertown
quarrelous
quarrelous
adj
(now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
quasqueton
quaternion
quaternion
noun
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
queenstown
queenstown
Proper noun
A port town in southern Ireland, now named Cobh.
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
A town in Maryland.
A ski resort town in New Zealand, situated on Lake Wakatipu.
A neighbourhood in Singapore.
A town/city in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
A town in Tasmania, Australia.
quercitron
quercitron
noun
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
quernstone
quernstone
noun
Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
questhouse
questioned
questioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of question
questionee
questionee
noun
One who is questioned.
questioner
questioner
noun
A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
questionle
questorial
questorial
adj
Alternative form of quaestorial
quincewort
quincewort
Noun
squinancywort
quinoidine
quinoidine
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark.
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quintefoil
quinteroon
quixotries
quixotries
noun
plural of quixotry
quodlibetz
quotennial
quotieties
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
reciproque
reciproque
adj
(obsolete) reciprocal
reconquers
reconquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reconquer
reconquest
reconquest
noun
The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
requestion
requestion
verb
To question again.
requestors
requestors
noun
plural of requestor
requisitor
requisitor
noun
One who makes requisition; especially, one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.
robotesque
robotesque
adj
Characteristic of robots.
rodinesque
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
roquelaure
roquelaure
noun
(now archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
roquellorz
rosenquist
semiopaque
semiopaque
adj
Partially opaque.
sequacious
sequacious
adj
(Of musical notes or poetic feet) Following neatly or smoothly.
(Of objects, obsolete) Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.
(Of people) Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.
(Of thought) Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction.