Contained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor.
noun
(chemistry, biotechnology) A portion of a total amount of a solution or suspension.
verb
(chemistry, biotechnology, transitive, informal) To separate a volume of solution or suspension into aliquots.
aquilon
comique
comique
noun
(dated) A comic actor or singer.
coquina
coquina
noun
(countable) Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States coastal waters.
(uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material.
coquita
coquito
coquito
noun
A traditional Puerto Rican alcoholic eggnog made with coconut.
croquis
croquis
noun
(art) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.
duquoin
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
equison
equison
noun
(archaic) groom, ostler, equerry, jockey
hoquiam
iquitos
iquitos
Proper noun
A city of Peru, in the northeast of the country
joaquin
jocoqui
jocoqui
noun
Alternative form of jocoque
jonquil
jonquil
noun
A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil.
A shade of yellow.
josquin
liquors
liquors
noun
plural of liquor
liquory
liquory
adj
Resembling alcohol.
intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
mcquoid
monique
monique
Proper noun
name from the French form of Monica.
oblique
oblique
adj
(botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
(botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
(grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
(music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
noun
(geometry) An oblique line.
(grammar) The oblique case.
(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
verb
(intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
(transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
paquito
piquero
piroque
piroque
noun
Alternative form of pirogue (“type of boat”)
quaitso
quarion
quellio
quellio
noun
(obsolete) A ruff for the neck.
querido
quillon
quillon
noun
Either of the two arms of such a guard.
The guard of a sword or other bladed weapon designed to protect the hand from harm.
quinoas
quinoas
noun
plural of quinoa
quinoid
quinoid
adj
(organic chemistry) Having a structure based upon a quinone.
noun
(organic chemistry) Any substance whose structure is based upon a quinone.
quinols
quinols
noun
plural of quinol
quinone
quinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
quinova
quinoyl
quinoyl
noun
(chemistry) A radical whose hydride is quinone, analogous to phenyl.
quinton
quinton
noun
(music) A type of violin that had five strings
quiscos
quiteno
quittor
quittor
noun
A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
quixote
quixote
Noun
Someone resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but unrealistic; an idealist.
quoined
quoined
adj
(architecture) Furnished with a quoin.
quoited
quoited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quoit
quoiter
quoiter
noun
One who plays the game of quoits.
quoniam
quoniam
noun
(slang, obsolete) A kind of drinking-cup.
quoties
quoting
quoting
noun
A quoted statement; a quote.
verb
present participle of quote
quotity
quotity
noun
(obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota; a number of people or things
ronquil
ronquil
noun
A perciform marine fish of the family Bathymasteridae, related to the eelpouts and prowfish.
roquist
sequoia
sequoia
noun
Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.
Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.