(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
(reflexive) To clear oneself.
(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
(transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
(transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
aquate
arquit
asquat
asquat
adj
squatting
caquet
coquet
coquet
noun
(obsolete) A flirtatious male.
A flirtatious female; a coquette.
verb
To act as a flirt or coquet.
To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.
To waste time; to dally.
diquat
diquat
noun
(organic chemistry) A contact herbicide that produces desiccation and defoliation.
equant
equant
adj
Having comparable measurements in all directions; equidimensional.
noun
(obsolete, astronomy) The center of a planetary epicycle.
equate
equate
noun
(programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.
verb
(transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.
(transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.
equipt
equipt
noun
Abbreviation of equipment.
verb
Archaic spelling of equipped.
equity
equity
noun
(accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.
(business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.
(law) A right which accrues to a party in a transaction because of the nature of the transaction itself, and which is exercisable upon a change of circumstances or conditions; in other words, an equitable claim.
(law) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.
(law, England) The body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery, which Court had extra-statutory discretion, and is now administered alongside the common law of Britain.
(law, finance) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
(nonstandard) Equality
(poker) A player's expected share of the pot.
Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
liquet
loquat
loquat
noun
The Eriobotrya japonica tree.
The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.
masqat
paquet
pequot
pequot
Noun
A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
Proper noun
This tribe.
The variety of Mohegan-Pequot spoken by this tribe.
piquet
piquet
noun
(card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
(military) Archaic form of picket.
qanats
qanats
noun
plural of qanat
qantar
qintar
qintar
noun
(plural: qindarka or qintars) An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.
(plural: qintars) A unit of measure, which varies in value depending upon the product measured; for example, a qintar of cotton might be 160 kg of cotton, 50 kg of cotton lint; a qintar of lime, 65 kg.
qiviut
qiviut
noun
The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
quaint
quaint
adj
(now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual.
(obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived.
(obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty.
(obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.
Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
noun
(archaic) The vulva.
quanta
quanta
noun
plural of quantum
quanti
quants
quants
noun
plural of quant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quant
quantz
quarta
quarta
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g.
quarte
quarte
noun
(fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
quarto
quarto
noun
(UK) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
(paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
(printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
quarts
quarts
noun
plural of quart
quartz
quartz
noun
(mineralogy) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.
quatch
quatre
quatre
noun
(archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
quatty
queest
queest
noun
Archaic form of cushat.
questa
quests
quests
noun
plural of quest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quest
quetch
quetch
verb
Alternative form of quitch
quethe
quethe
verb
(obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
quetta
quetta
Proper noun
A city in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.
quieta
quieti
quiets
quiets
noun
plural of quiet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiet
quilts
quilts
noun
plural of quilt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quilt
quinet
quinta
quinta
noun
A country house in Madeira.
quinte
quinte
noun
(fencing) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
quinto
quints
quints
noun
plural of quint
quirts
quirts
noun
plural of quirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quirt
quitch
quitch
noun
Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
verb
(intransitive) To flinch; shrink.
(intransitive, now UK, regional) To stir; to move.
(transitive, obsolete) To shake (something); to stir, move.
quoits
quoits
noun
A competitive game in which players throw rings, aiming to land them over vertical sticks.
plural of quoit
quotas
quotas
noun
plural of quota
quoted
quoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quote
quotee
quotee
noun
Somebody whose words are being quoted.
quoter
quoter
noun
Someone who quotes.
quotes
quotes
noun
Quotation marks.
plural of quote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quote
quotha
quotha
intj
(archaic) Forsooth; indeed.
quotid
quotum
quotum
noun
A part or proportion; a fraction; quota.
qwerty
qwerty
adj
Alternative letter-case form of QWERTY.
raquet
raquet
noun
Misspelling of racquet.
requit
requit
verb
Obsolete form of requite.
roquet
roquet
noun
In croquet, the act of hitting another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
verb
In croquet, to hit another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
squats
squats
noun
plural of squat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squat
squint
squint
adj
(Scotland) askew, not level
Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
noun
(informal) A short look; a peep.
(radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
A hagioscope.
A quick or sideways glance.
An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
verb
(intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
(intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
(intransitive, figurative) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
(transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
squirt
squirt
noun
(UK, US, Australia, slang) A small child.
(hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
(informal) An act of urination.
(kayaking) A maneuver in which the boat is forced into a nearly vertical position.
(slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
(slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.
A burst of noise.
A small, quick stream; a jet.
An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
verb
(intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
(intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
(kayaking) To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of the boat is forced nearly vertical.
(transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
(transitive, by extension) To emit, eject or excrete (something).
(transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
(transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
taqlid
taqlid
noun
(Islam) Conformity to traditional legal decisions in Shari'a jurisprudence.
tariqa
tariqa
noun
(Islam) a Sufi method of discipline, meditation and mystical insight, or a religious order based on this.
toques
toques
noun
plural of toque
toquet
toquet
noun
Alternative form of toque (“type of hat”)
torque
torque
noun
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.
verb
(physics, mechanics) To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.
tranqs
tranqs
noun
plural of tranq
tuques
tuques
noun
plural of tuque
unquit
unquit
adj
(archaic) Not repaid or answered; unrequited.
verb
(informal) To undo the effects of quitting; to start again.