(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
algonquian
algonquian
Adjective
Relating to a group of North American languages.
Noun
An Algonquin.
algonquins
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
apoquinine
aquafortis
aquafortis
noun
Alternative form of aqua fortis
aquaphobia
aquaphobia
noun
A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
aquicolous
aquicolous
adj
(biology) Living in water.
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquilawood
aquiparous
aquiparous
adj
(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
blanquillo
blanquillo
noun
tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
borinqueno
broquineer
caquetoire
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
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.
colloquial
colloquial
adj
(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
noun
A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism
colloquies
colloquies
noun
plural of colloquy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colloquy
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
colloquium
colloquium
noun
(law) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
colloquize
colloquize
verb
To take part in a colloquy
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conquinine
conquinine
noun
Synonym of quinidine
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.
coquillage
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
deaquation
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
discothque
disquixote
dulciloquy
dulciloquy
noun
A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.
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.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equational
equational
adj
Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
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
fouquieria
giottesque
giottesque
Adjective
In the manner of Giotto di Bondone
gorkiesque
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.
inquirendo
inquirendo
noun
(law) An authority to inquire.
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
iroquoians
isoquinine
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.
liquorless
liquorless
adj
Without liquor.
loquacious
loquacious
adj
Talkative; chatty.
magniloquy
magniloquy
noun
Synonym of magniloquence
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
mocambique
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mozambique
mozambique
noun
Any of various kinds of dress material.
multiloquy
multiloquy
noun
An excess of words or talk.
nonaquatic
nonaquatic
adj
Not aquatic.
nonquality
nonquality
noun
Lack of quality; inferiority.
novantique
obloquious
obloquious
adj
Containing obloquy; reproachful.
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.
outqueried
outquibble
outquibble
verb
(transitive) To surpass in quibbling.
outquibled
outquoting
outquoting
verb
present participle of outquote
oxyquinone
parciloquy
pauciloquy
pauciloquy
noun
(uncommon) Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.
plasmoquin
prequoting
proaquatic
proinquiry
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricorn
quadricorn
noun
Any quadricornous (four-horned) animal
quadrifoil
quadrifoil
adj
Alternative form of quadrifoliate
quadriform
quadriform
adj
Having four forms, parts or aspects
quadrilogy
quadrilogy
noun
(nonstandard) A tetralogy.
quadripole
quadripole
noun
(electronics) An electrical circuit that has two pairs of external terminals.
(physics) four poles disposed in a square fashion.
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.
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
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.
quercitron
quercitron
noun
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
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
quinazolin
quinazolyl
quincewort
quincewort
Noun
squinancywort
quinnimont
quinoidine
quinoidine
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark.
quinolinic
quinolinic
adj
Of or pertaining to quinolinic acid or its derivatives
quinolinyl
quinolinyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical derived from quinoline
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinonimin
quinopyrin
quinoxalin
quinoxalyl
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
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
reciproque
reciproque
adj
(obsolete) reciprocal
requestion
requestion
verb
To question again.
requisitor
requisitor
noun
One who makes requisition; especially, one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.
rodinesque
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.