(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An irrigation ditch.
achaque
acquent
acquest
acquest
noun
(law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
(rare) Acquisition; the thing gained.
acquiet
acquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
acquire
acquire
verb
(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
(medicine) To contract.
(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
(transitive) To get.
aquench
bacquet
becquer
cacique
cacique
noun
(historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
(ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
caiques
caiques
noun
plural of caique
calqued
calqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calque
calques
calques
noun
plural of calque
casaque
casqued
casqued
adj
(zoology) Having a casque
casques
casques
noun
plural of casque
casquet
cazique
cazique
noun
Alternative spelling of cacique
chalque
charque
chequer
chequer
noun
Alternative spelling of checker (in certain senses only)
The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
verb
Alternative spelling of checker
cheques
cheques
noun
plural of cheque
chequin
chequin
noun
Archaic form of zecchino (“old gold coin of Italy”).
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
cirques
cirques
noun
plural of cirque
claquer
claquer
noun
Alternative form of claqueur
claques
claques
noun
plural of claque
cliqued
cliqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clique
cliques
cliques
noun
plural of clique
cliquey
cliquey
adj
Having the characteristics of a clique.
cloques
cloques
noun
plural of cloque
cloquet
coequal
coequal
adj
Equal to each other in size, rank or position.
noun
An equal person or thing.
comique
comique
noun
(dated) A comic actor or singer.
conquer
conquer
verb
(dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
coquets
coquets
noun
plural of coquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coquet
cosaque
cosaque
noun
(dated) A cracker bonbon.
croquet
croquet
noun
(countable) A croquette.
(countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
verb
(transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
docquet
docquet
noun
Archaic form of docket.
grecque
grecque
noun
A vessel with a perforated bottom for making coffee without grounds.
An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, especially a fret or meander.
jacquel
jacques
jacques
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of jakes: a place to urinate or defecate, an outhouse or lavatory.
jacquet
jacquie
jacquie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline and of its variant spellings.
jicaque
jicaque
Noun
A member of an Indian people of northern Honduras.
Proper noun
The language of these people.
jocoque
jocoque
noun
A dairy product based on fermented milk, typical of Mexican cuisine; strained yogurt.
lacquer
lacquer
noun
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
A similar finish, baked onto the inside of cans.
verb
To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.
lacquey
lacquey
noun
Archaic form of lackey.
macaque
macaque
noun
Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.
mcquade
mcqueen
pacquet
pacquet
noun
Obsolete form of packet.
picquet
picquet
noun
Alternative form of piquet (“card game”)
placque
quacked
quacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quack
quackle
quackle
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To make a quacking sound.
(transitive, obsolete) To choke.
queachy
queachy
adj
(obsolete) Like a queach or thicket; thick, bushy.
Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
quebeck
quechee
quechua
queechy
quercia
quercic
quercin
quercin
noun
(organic chemistry) A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.
quercus
quetsch
quetsch
noun
(countable) A dark-skinned variety of plum.
A liqueur made from the fruit.
quiches
quiches
noun
plural of quiche
quicked
quicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quick
quickel
quicken
quicken
noun
(chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
verb
(also figuratively) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
(archaic) To make or help (something) to burn.
(construction, nautical (shipbuilding), archaic) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
(intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
(literary, also figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
(passive) Of a pregnant woman: to be in the state of reaching the stage of pregnancy at which the movements of the foetus are first felt.
(rare) To inspire or stimulate.
(transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
To come back to life, to receive life.
To give life; to make alive.
To grow bright; to brighten.
To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
To make (a drug, liquor, etc.) more effective or stimulating.
To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
quicker
quicker
adj
comparative form of quick: more quick
quickie
quickie
noun
(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.
(colloquial, by extension) A brief sexual encounter.
quiesce
quiesce
verb
(computing, transitive) To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it for backups or other maintenance.
Become quiet or quieter.
To make temporarily inactive or disabled.
quinces
quinces
noun
plural of quince
quincey
racquet
racquet
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”)
verb
To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.
To hit with a racquet.
To play a game that involves using a racquet.
sacques
sacques
noun
plural of sacque
squelch
squelch
noun
(countable) A squelching sound.
(countable, dated) A heavy blow or fall.
(countable, music) A kind of electronic beat or sound mainly used in acid house and related music genres.
(radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
verb
(intransitive, Britain) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
(intransitive, Britain) To walk or step through a substance such as mud.
(transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
(transitive, radio technology) To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength.