A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.
biloquist
biloquist
noun
(rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
blomquist
chiloquin
clayoquot
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
coequally
coequally
adv
In a coequal manner.
colloquia
colloquia
noun
a plural of colloquium
coloquies
conquedle
coquilles
coquilles
noun
plural of coquille
coquitlam
coquitlam
Proper noun
A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
eloquence
eloquence
noun
(countable) An eloquent utterance.
The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
elroquite
equilobed
equilobed
adj
Having lobes of equal size.
equimodal
equimolal
equimolal
adj
Of the same molality.
equimolar
equimolar
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of moles (of two or more compounds)
equirotal
equirotal
adj
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
equivocal
equivocal
adj
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
Uncertain, as an indication or sign.
noun
(philosophy) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term.
euraquilo
haloesque
jonquille
jonquille
noun
Alternative form of jonquil
lionesque
lionesque
adj
Synonym of leonine
liquation
liquation
noun
(metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
liquiform
liquiform
adj
Resembling a liquid.
liquorice
liquorice
noun
UK, Ireland, and India standard spelling of licorice.
liquoring
liquoring
verb
present participle of liquor
liquorish
liquorish
adj
(obsolete) Lecherous.
liquorist
liquorist
noun
A manufacturer of liquors.
lonquhard
loquacity
loquacity
noun
Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
loquently
mosquelet
mosquital
mosquital
adj
Of or relating to mosquitos.
nonequals
nonequals
noun
plural of nonequal
nonliquid
nonliquid
adj
Not liquid (in various senses).
noun
A substance that is not a liquid.
obliquate
obliquely
obliquely
adv
In an oblique manner; sideways.
obliquing
obliquing
verb
present participle of oblique
obliquity
obliquity
noun
(astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.
obloquial
obloquies
obloquies
noun
plural of obloquy
obsequial
obsequial
adj
Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
odalisque
odalisque
noun
(historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
A desirable or sexually attractive woman.
ololiuqui
ololiuqui
noun
Alternative form of ololiuhqui
opalesque
opalesque
adj
Similar to opal; having some of the qualities of opal.
overequal
overquell
overquell
verb
(transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain power over.
politique
politique
adj
Obsolete form of politic.
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
proliquor
quamoclit
quamoclit
noun
(botany) Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
quercitol
quercitol
noun
(organic chemistry) The sugar alcohol 5-deoxyinositol present in acorns and the bark of oaks
querulous
querulous
adj
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
quillwork
quillwork
noun
Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.
quillwort
quillwort
noun
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.
quinoidal
quinoidal
adj
(organic chemistry) quinoid
quinoline
quinoline
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C₉H₇N.
quinolins
quinolins
noun
plural of quinolin
quinology
quinology
noun
The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
quintfoil
quodlibet
quodlibet
noun
(art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
(card games) A card game that combines several different contracts.
(music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
(philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
quoitlike
quoitlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quoit.
quondamly
quondamly
adv
(formal) Formerly; at an earlier time.
quoteless
quoteless
adj
Without quotation marks.
Without quotations; quotationless.
quotingly
quotingly
adv
By giving a quotation.
quotlibet
siliquose
siliquose
adj
(botany) Bearing siliques.
(botany) Relating to, or resembling, siliques.
siliquous
siliquous
adj
siliquose
soliloquy
soliloquy
noun
(authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.
(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
verb
(very rare) To issue a soliloquy.
soliquids
squalodon
squalodon
noun
(paleontology) Any of a genus of extinct whales with serrated teeth, belonging to the family Squalodontidae.
squamosal
squamosal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone
noun
The platelike part of the temporal bone
squilloid
squilloid
noun
(zoology) A member of that taxonomic family Squillidae.