(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
arboresque
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
borinqueno
bourrasque
brontesque
broquineer
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
caquetoire
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
coquetries
coquetries
noun
plural of coquetry
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
croquettes
croquettes
noun
plural of croquette
equatoreal
equatorial
equatorial
adj
(organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring
of, near, or relating to the equator
noun
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equilibrio
equilibrio
noun
(archaic) equilibrium, balance
equivorous
equivorous
adj
Feeding on horseflesh.
esquiredom
euroaquilo
forequoted
forequoted
adj
Cited before; quoted in an earlier part of the treatise or essay.
fouquieria
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
gorkiesque
grotesques
grotesques
noun
plural of grotesque
humoresque
humoresque
noun
(music) A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
inquirendo
inquirendo
noun
(law) An authority to inquire.
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
iroquoians
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.
liquorless
liquorless
adj
Without liquor.
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
negqtiator
outqueried
oversqueak
parciloquy
preconquer
preconquer
verb
(rare) To conquer beforehand.
prequoting
proaquatic
proinquiry
provoquant
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
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.
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.
quakeproof
quakeproof
adj
Capable of withstanding an earthquake.
verb
(transitive) To modify (a structure) to make it capable of withstanding an earthquake.
quakertown
qualmproof
quarrelous
quarrelous
adj
(now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
quartation
quartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
quasiorder
quasiorder
noun
(set theory) A preorder.
quaternion
quaternion
noun
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
quatorzain
quatorzain
noun
A poem or stanza consisting of fourteen lines.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
quercitron
quercitron
noun
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
quernstone
quernstone
noun
Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
questioner
questioner
noun
A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
questorial
questorial
adj
Alternative form of quaestorial
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
quincewort
quincewort
Noun
squinancywort
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinopyrin
quinsywort
quinsywort
noun
squinancywort
quinteroon
quixotries
quixotries
noun
plural of quixotry
radiopaque
radiopaque
adj
impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation
reciproque
reciproque
adj
(obsolete) reciprocal
reconquers
reconquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reconquer
reconquest
reconquest
noun
The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
requestion
requestion
verb
To question again.
requestors
requestors
noun
plural of requestor
requisitor
requisitor
noun
One who makes requisition; especially, one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.
robotesque
robotesque
adj
Characteristic of robots.
rodinesque
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
roquelaure
roquelaure
noun
(now archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
roquellorz
rosenquist
sobriquets
sobriquets
noun
plural of sobriquet
soubriquet
soubriquet
noun
Alternative spelling of sobriquet
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.
squaretoed
squarsonry
squatarola
squatarole
squaterole
squirehood
squirehood
noun
The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
superquote
tardiloquy
tauroesque
torquemada
tourniquet
tourniquet
noun
(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
(obsolete) A turnstile.
Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
tranquillo
triquinoyl
tudoresque
turquoises
turquoises
noun
plural of turquoise
underquote
underquote
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a quotation that is too low, or is lower than that offered by others