(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.
arquit
diquat
diquat
noun
(organic chemistry) A contact herbicide that produces desiccation and defoliation.
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
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.
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.
quanti
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
quotid
requit
requit
verb
Obsolete form of requite.
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.
unquit
unquit
adj
(archaic) Not repaid or answered; unrequited.
verb
(informal) To undo the effects of quitting; to start again.