(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
braquemard
braquemard
noun
a short, thick, double-edged sword
briquetted
briquetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of briquet
simple past tense and past participle of briquette
burlesqued
burlesqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burlesque
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
disquarter
disquieter
disquieter
noun
One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
dureresque
equiradial
equiradial
adj
Having equal radii.
esquiredom
forequoted
forequoted
adj
Cited before; quoted in an earlier part of the treatise or essay.
frederique
frequented
frequented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frequent
grandesque
headsquare
inquirendo
inquirendo
noun
(law) An authority to inquire.
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.
liquidizer
liquidizer
noun
(Australia, India, UK) A machine to chop or puree food; a blender.
marinduque
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
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.
medrinaque
medrinaque
noun
A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
outqueried
perquadrat
pirquetted
quadrangle
quadrangle
noun
(geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
quadrantal
quadrantal
adj
(geometry) Of or relating to a quadrant, or included in the fourth part of a circle.
noun
An ancient Roman unit of measure for liquids.
cube
quadrantes
quadrantes
noun
plural of quadrans
quadrantid
quadrantid
Noun
Any of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.
quadrantly
quadrantly
adv
squarely
quadratics
quadratics
noun
plural of quadratic
quadrating
quadrating
verb
present participle of quadrate
quadratrix
quadratrix
noun
(mathematics) A curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve.
quadrature
quadrature
noun
(art) A painting painted on a wooden panel.
(astronomy) A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right-angle from the perspective of the observer.
(mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis) The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.
(mathematics, numerical analysis) The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.
(physics) The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
The process of making something square; squaring.
quadrennia
quadrennia
noun
plural of quadrennium
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
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
quadrigate
quadrigati
quadrigati
noun
plural of quadrigatus
quadrilled
quadrilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrille
quadrilles
quadrilles
noun
plural of quadrille
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.
quadrireme
quadrireme
noun
(history, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
quadrisect
quadrisect
verb
(transitive) To divide into four parts.
quadrivial
quadrivial
adj
Having four ways meeting in a point.
noun
Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
quadrivium
quadrivium
noun
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
quadrumana
quadrumane
quadrumane
adj
(zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".
noun
(zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.
quadrumvir
quadrumvir
noun
Synonym of quattuorvir.
quadrupeds
quadrupeds
noun
plural of quadruped
quadrupled
quadrupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruple
quadruples
quadruples
noun
plural of quadruple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple
quadruplet
quadruplet
noun
(music) A tuplet of four notes.
A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
A sequence of four elements.
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
quadruplex
quadruplex
adj
Having four components.
Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.
noun
A quadruplex system.
verb
(transitive) To make quadruplex.
quadrupole
quadrupole
noun
(physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
(physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
quakerbird
quakerbird
noun
the sooty albatross
quandaries
quandaries
noun
plural of quandary
quarrelled
quarrelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarrel
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
reacquired
reacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquire
reequipped
reequipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reequip
reinquired
reinquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reinquire
resquander
rodinesque
squadroned
squadroned
adj
(obsolete) Formed into squadrons, or squares.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squadron
squandered
squandered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squander
squanderer
squanderer
noun
Agent noun of squander; one who squanders.
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.
squaretoed
squattered
squirehood
squirehood
noun
The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
squirreled
tardiloquy
torquemada
tudoresque
unacquired
unacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unacquire
underqueen
underqueen
noun
An inferior or subordinate queen.
underquote
underquote
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a quotation that is too low, or is lower than that offered by others
unenquired
unenquired
adj
Not enquired (into, after, etc.).
uninquired
uninquired
adj
Alternative form of unenquired
unliquored
unliquored
adj
(obsolete) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.
unquarried
unquarried
adj
Not quarried.
unquivered
unquivered
adj
(poetic) Not made to quiver or shake.
unrepiqued
unrequired
unrequired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unrequire
unrequited
unrequited
adj
Unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.