(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
arabesques
arabesques
noun
plural of arabesque
arboresque
arquebuses
arquebuses
noun
plural of arquebuse
banqueters
banqueters
noun
plural of banqueter
bararesque
bourrasque
cigaresque
cigaresque
adj
Characteristic of cigars
disquarter
equalizers
equalizers
noun
plural of equalizer
equestrial
equestrial
adj
Alternative form of equestrian
equestrian
equestrian
adj
(historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.
Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
noun
(historical) Synonym of eques
One who rides a horse.
exsequatur
exsequatur
noun
Alternative form of exequatur
foursquare
foursquare
adj
(by extension) Solid, robust.
(cryptography) Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
Having four equal sides; square.
Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
noun
(architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
(cryptography) A four-square cipher.
Alternative form of four square
grandesque
harlequins
harlequins
noun
plural of harlequin
harquebuse
harquebuse
noun
Alternative form of harquebus
harquebuss
headsquare
iroquoians
lacquerers
lacquerers
noun
plural of lacquerer
lacquerist
marquesses
marquesses
noun
plural of marquess
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
marquisess
marquisess
Noun
A marchioness.
marquisina
masquerade
masquerade
noun
(fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
(figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
(figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
(obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
(obsolete, rare) A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
(intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
(transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
oversqueak
pasquiller
picaresque
picaresque
adj
(literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
noun
(literature) A picaresque novel.
quackeries
quackeries
noun
plural of quackery
quadrantes
quadrantes
noun
plural of quadrans
quadratics
quadratics
noun
plural of quadratic
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadrilles
quadrilles
noun
plural of quadrille
quadrisect
quadrisect
verb
(transitive) To divide into four parts.
quadrupeds
quadrupeds
noun
plural of quadruped
quadruples
quadruples
noun
plural of quadruple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple
quaestuary
quaestuary
adj
Relating to or concerned with gain; engaged in moneymaking.
quaileries
quakership
qualifiers
qualifiers
noun
plural of qualifier
quandaries
quandaries
noun
plural of quandary
quarrelers
quarrelers
noun
plural of quarreler
quarrelous
quarrelous
adj
(now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
quartersaw
quartersaw
verb
(woodworking) Cut radially (towards the heart of the log), at right angles to the growth rings, for stability or the production of decorative patterns.
quartzless
quartzless
adj
(mineralogy) Lacking quartz.
quartzsite
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
queensware
queensware
noun
A type of Wedgwood creamware.
questorial
questorial
adj
Alternative form of quaestorial
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
rainsquall
rainsquall
noun
A rainstorm.
reacquires
reacquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reacquire
requiescat
requiescat
noun
A prayer for the peaceful repose of the soul of a dead person
resquander
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
satyresque
satyresque
adj
satyrlike
semiquaver
semiquaver
noun
(music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails.
semisquare
semisquare
noun
(astrology) An aspect made by two planets when they are 45 degrees apart from each other.
(geometry) A right isocoles triangle, or such figure of which two form a square.
sequestral
sequestral
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a sequestrum.
shabracque
siliquaria
sinarquism
sinarquist
squabasher
squabblers
squabblers
noun
plural of squabbler
squadroned
squadroned
adj
(obsolete) Formed into squadrons, or squares.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squadron
squaliform
squaliform
adj
Shaped like a shark
noun
Any shark of the order Squaliformes
squamiform
squamiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a scale.
squandered
squandered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squander
squanderer
squanderer
noun
Agent noun of squander; one who squanders.
squareface
squarehead
squarehead
noun
(slang) A foreigner of Germanic origin, especially a German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person.
(slang) A socially conventional or boring person.
(slang) An honest person; a non-criminal.
squarelike
squarelike
adj
Rectangular.
Resembling a square.
squareness
squareness
noun
The condition of being square
squaretail
squaretail
noun
A perciform fish of the genus Tetragonurus, found in tropical and subtropical oceans.
The brook trout, a fish of the species Salvelinus fontinalis, found in North America.