Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
noun
An ornate, detailed style.
bourque
conquer
conquer
verb
(dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
croquet
croquet
noun
(countable) A croquette.
(countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
verb
(transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
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.
equator
equator
noun
(astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
(geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
The celestial equator.
The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
liquors
liquors
noun
plural of liquor
liquory
liquory
adj
Resembling alcohol.
intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
opaquer
opaquer
adj
comparative form of opaque: more opaque
piquero
piroque
piroque
noun
Alternative form of pirogue (“type of boat”)
quarion
quartos
quartos
noun
plural of quarto
quatuor
quatuor
noun
(music) A quartet.
querido
questor
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.
quoiter
quoiter
noun
One who plays the game of quoits.
quorums
quorums
noun
plural of quorum
quoters
quoters
noun
plural of quoter
requote
requote
verb
(transitive) To quote again or anew.
ronquil
ronquil
noun
A perciform marine fish of the family Bathymasteridae, related to the eelpouts and prowfish.
roquets
roquets
noun
plural of roquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roquet
roquist
rorqual
rorqual
noun
Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
saquaro
squalor
squalor
noun
Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
torquay
torquay
Proper noun
A town and seaside resort in the borough of Torbay in southern Devon, England.
torqued
torqued
adj
Upset; angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of torque
torquer
torquer
noun
A magnetic device that generates torque.
torques
torques
noun
(historical) A collar or necklace of twisted metal (often military); torque.
plural of torque
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of torque