(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
adequative
adequative
adj
(rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
analytique
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antiquated
antiquated
adj
old-fashioned, out of date
antiquates
antiquates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antiquate
antisquama
aquafortis
aquafortis
noun
Alternative form of aqua fortis
aquatinted
aquatinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aquatint
aquatinter
aquatinter
Noun
An artist who makes aquatints.
aquilinity
aquilinity
noun
The quality of being aquiline (resembling an eagle).
aquitanian
aquitanian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
of or pertaining to the Aquitanian Age, in the Miocene epoch.
bananaquit
bananaquit
noun
A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(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.
biquintile
biquintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of two planets that are distant from each other by two fifths of a great circle (72 degrees)
briquetted
briquetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of briquet
simple past tense and past participle of briquette
briquettes
briquettes
noun
plural of briquette
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of briquette
caqueterie
caquetoire
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
cinquanter
cliqueiest
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
colliquate
colliquate
verb
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
coquelicot
coquelicot
adj
Having a reddish-orange poppy colour.
noun
A reddish-orange colour; poppy
coquelicot:
coquetries
coquetries
noun
plural of coquetry
coquetting
coquetting
noun
coquetry
verb
present participle of coquet
coquettish
coquettish
adj
Characteristic of a coquet.
Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
critiquing
critiquing
verb
present participle of critique
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
deaquation
delinquent
delinquent
adj
Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
noun
(historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
A person who has not paid their debts.
One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
deliquiate
deliquiate
verb
(intransitive) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
(transitive) To cause to melt.
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
discothque
disquarter
disquieted
disquieted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disquiet
disquieten
disquieten
verb
(transitive) To disquiet; to make uneasy.
disquieter
disquieter
noun
One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
disquietly
disquietly
adv
In a disquiet manner.
disquisite
disquixote
eliquating
eliquating
verb
present participle of eliquate
eliquation
eliquation
noun
(metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
eliquidate
equability
equability
noun
The condition of being equable.
equalities
equalities
noun
plural of equality
equanimity
equanimity
noun
The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
equational
equational
adj
Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
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.
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.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equijacent
equilobate
equilobate
adj
(biology) Equally lobed; divided into similar lobes.
equilucent
equinities
equiparant
equiparate
equiparate
verb
(chiefly historical) To perform equiparation; to transfer attributes from one object or concept to another.
(rare) To compare.
equipments
equipments
noun
(nonstandard) plural of equipment
equipotent
equipotent
adj
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a bijection with one another.
Having equal strength, ability or efficacy.
equisetums
equisonant
equisonant
adj
(ancient music) Intra-octavally consonant.
equitation
equitation
noun
The art, practice or act of riding a horse; horsemanship.
equitative
equivalent
equivalent
adj
(cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
(chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
(geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
(mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
noun
(chemistry) An equivalent weight.
Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
verb
(transitive) To make equivalent to; to equal.
equivocate
equivocate
verb
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive.
(transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
etiquettes
etiquettes
noun
plural of etiquette
giantesque
giantesque
adj
Synonym of gigantesque
giottesque
giottesque
Adjective
In the manner of Giotto di Bondone
greenquist
illaqueate
illaqueate
verb
To ensnare or entrap; to entangle; to catch.
inadequate
inadequate
adj
Not adequate; not fit for the purpose
noun
An individual who is inadequate.
ineloquent
ineloquent
Adjective
Not eloquent
inequality
inequality
noun
(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ≤ or > or ≥ or ne , as appropriate.
An unfair, not equal, state.
The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.
inequation
inequation
noun
(mathematics) A statement that two expressions are not the same.
inequitate
inequities
inequities
noun
plural of inequity
infrequent
infrequent
adj
Not frequent; not happening frequently.
iniquities
iniquities
noun
plural of iniquity
iniquitous
iniquitous
adj
Morally objectionable.
Wicked or sinful.
inquestual
inquieting
inquieting
verb
present participle of inquiet
inquietude
inquietude
noun
A condition of being restless, uneasy or nervous.
inquinated
inquinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inquinate
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
intranquil
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
lacquerist
latinesque
liquescent
liquescent
adj
Melting.
liquidated
liquidated
adj
(law) Set; ascertained; made certain by operation of law.
Having undergone liquidation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liquidate
liquidates
liquidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquidate
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.
manistique
maquahuitl
maquahuitl
noun
Alternative form of macuahuitl
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
martinique
martinique
Proper noun
An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
misquality
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
multiloquy
multiloquy
noun
An excess of words or talk.
negqtiator
nonaquatic
nonaquatic
adj
Not aquatic.
nonquality
nonquality
noun
Lack of quality; inferiority.
novantique
outqueried
outquibble
outquibble
verb
(transitive) To surpass in quibbling.
outquibled
outquoting
outquoting
verb
present participle of outquote
paniquitan
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
pasquilant
pentaquine
pentaquine
noun
(pharmacology) Alternative form of pentaquin
perquisite
perquisite
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
A gratuity.
A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.
pirquetted
pirquetter
piscataqua
prequoting
proaquatic
quadrantid
quadrantid
Noun
Any of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.
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.
The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm.
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
quantified
quantified
adj
(logic) used as a quantifier
measured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quantify
quantifier
quantifier
noun
(computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.
(grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
quantifies
quantifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantify
quantitate
quantitate
verb
(transitive) To measure the quantity of, especially with high accuracy and taking uncertainty into account, as in quantitative analysis.
quantitied
quantities
quantities
noun
plural of quantity
quantitive
quantitive
adj
Alternative form of quantitative
quantizing
quantizing
verb
present participle of quantize
quarantine
quarantine
name
(Christainity, obsolete) Alternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho.
noun
(computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc..
(computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
(figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
(historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
(historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
(historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
(politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
A period of 40 days, particularly
A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
verb
(figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
(figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
(intransitive, obsolete) To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.
(transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
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.
quartering
quartering
adj
(by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
noun
(architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
(historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
(hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.
A division into four parts.
A point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.