(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
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
aquafortis
aquafortis
noun
Alternative form of aqua fortis
blottesque
blottesque
adj
(art) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation.
noun
(art) An artwork characterized by blots or heavy touches.
brontesque
caquetoire
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
chouquette
coadequate
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
colliquate
colliquate
verb
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
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:
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.
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
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.
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
equilobate
equilobate
adj
(biology) Equally lobed; divided into similar lobes.
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.
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.
forequoted
forequoted
adj
Cited before; quoted in an earlier part of the treatise or essay.
giottesque
giottesque
Adjective
In the manner of Giotto di Bondone
grotesques
grotesques
noun
plural of grotesque
ineloquent
ineloquent
Adjective
Not eloquent
inequation
inequation
noun
(mathematics) A statement that two expressions are not the same.
iniquitous
iniquitous
adj
Morally objectionable.
Wicked or sinful.
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
liquidator
liquidator
noun
Any of the workers involved in cleaning up the Chernobyl disaster
One supporting the political policy of liquidationism; a liquidationist.
One who liquidates.
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
multiloquy
multiloquy
noun
An excess of words or talk.
nonaquatic
nonaquatic
adj
Not aquatic.
nonquality
nonquality
noun
Lack of quality; inferiority.
nonsequent
novantique
outqueried
outquibble
outquibble
verb
(transitive) To surpass in quibbling.
outquibled
outquoting
outquoting
verb
present participle of outquote
prequoting
proaquatic
provoquant
quakertown
quartation
quartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
quasqueton
quassation
quassation
noun
(archaic) A shaking or agitation.
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.
quatorzain
quatorzain
noun
A poem or stanza consisting of fourteen lines.
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
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
quinatoxin
quincewort
quincewort
Noun
squinancywort
quinnimont
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinsywort
quinsywort
noun
squinancywort
quintefoil
quinteroon
quixotical
quixotical
adj
quixotic
quixotries
quixotries
noun
plural of quixotry
quodlibetz
quotations
quotations
noun
plural of quotation
quotennial
quotieties
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.
rosenquist
sobriquets
sobriquets
noun
plural of sobriquet
soubriquet
soubriquet
noun
Alternative spelling of sobriquet
squalodont
squalodont
noun
(zoology) Any of the extinct genus Squalodon of whales.
squamation
squamation
noun
(pathology, dermatology, countable) A scaly growth on the skin.
(zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.
(zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.
squamosity
squamosity
noun
The quality of being squamose.
squaretoed
squatarola
squatarole
squaterole
squatinoid
stultioquy
superquote
tardiloquy
tauroesque
torquemada
tourniquet
tourniquet
noun
(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
(obsolete) A turnstile.
Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
tranquillo
triquinoyl
tudoresque
turquoises
turquoises
noun
plural of turquoise
ubiquitous
ubiquitous
adj
Appearing to be everywhere at once; being or seeming to be in more than one location at the same time.
Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
Widespread; very prevalent.
unconquest
underquote
underquote
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a quotation that is too low, or is lower than that offered by others