(of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
grandiloquous
grandiloquous
adj
grandiloquent
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
obliquangular
obliquangular
adj
(archaic, geometry) Formed of oblique angles.
prequalifying
prequalifying
verb
present participle of prequalify
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadrangulate
quadrangulate
verb
(transitive) To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation)
quadratojugal
quadratojugal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.
noun
(anatomy) A small jaw bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds.
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrilingual
quadrilingual
adj
Involving four languages.
Of a person, able to speak four languages.
Of a text, written in four languages.
noun
A person who understands four languages.
quarrellingly
relinquishing
relinquishing
verb
present participle of relinquish
reliquidating
reliquidating
verb
present participle of reliquidate
squanderingly
squanderingly
adv
So as to squander; wastefully.
tranquilizing
tranquilizing
adj
(literary) Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing.
Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
noun
The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug.