(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
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
algonquian
algonquian
Adjective
Relating to a group of North American languages.
Noun
An Algonquin.
algonquins
andromaque
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
apoquinine
aquafortis
aquafortis
noun
Alternative form of aqua fortis
aquaphobia
aquaphobia
noun
A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
aquicolous
aquicolous
adj
(biology) Living in water.
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquilawood
aquiparous
aquiparous
adj
(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
arboresque
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
blanquillo
blanquillo
noun
tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
blottesque
blottesque
adj
(art) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation.
noun
(art) An artwork characterized by blots or heavy touches.
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.
capodacqua
caquetoire
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
chouquette
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
coadequate
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coequalize
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
colliquate
colliquate
verb
(rare) To melt or liquefy.
colloquial
colloquial
adj
(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
noun
A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism
colloquies
colloquies
noun
plural of colloquy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colloquy
colloquist
colloquist
noun
One who takes part in a colloquy
colloquium
colloquium
noun
(law) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
colloquize
colloquize
verb
To take part in a colloquy
communique
communique
noun
Alternative form of communiqué
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
conquinine
conquinine
noun
Synonym of quinidine
consequent
consequent
adj
(geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
noun
(geology) A consequent stream.
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
(mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
An event which follows another.
coquelicot
coquelicot
adj
Having a reddish-orange poppy colour.
noun
A reddish-orange colour; poppy
coquelicot:
coqueluche
coqueluche
noun
(obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
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.
coquillage
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
cowanesque
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
croquettes
croquettes
noun
plural of croquette
deaquation
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
discothque
disquixote
dulciloquy
dulciloquy
noun
A soft manner of speaking; gentle speech.
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.
eloquently
eloquently
adv
In an eloquent manner; stated well.
equanimous
equanimous
adj
Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
equational
equational
adj
Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
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.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
equiconvex
equiconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having surfaces with the same radius of curvature.
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equilibrio
equilibrio
noun
(archaic) equilibrium, balance
equilobate
equilobate
adj
(biology) Equally lobed; divided into similar lobes.
equipoised
equipoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equipoise
equipoises
equipoises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equipoise
equipotent
equipotent
adj
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a bijection with one another.
Having equal strength, ability or efficacy.
equisonant
equisonant
adj
(ancient music) Intra-octavally consonant.
equitation
equitation
noun
The art, practice or act of riding a horse; horsemanship.
equivocacy
equivocacy
noun
equivocalness
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.
equivorous
equivorous
adj
Feeding on horseflesh.
esquiredom
eumolpique
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
giottesque
giottesque
Adjective
In the manner of Giotto di Bondone
gorkiesque
grotesques
grotesques
noun
plural of grotesque
humoresque
humoresque
noun
(music) A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
ineloquent
ineloquent
Adjective
Not eloquent
inequation
inequation
noun
(mathematics) A statement that two expressions are not the same.
iniquitous
iniquitous
adj
Morally objectionable.
Wicked or sinful.
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
isoquinine
joaquinite
joaquinite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silicate mineral.
jonahesque
jumboesque
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.
loquacious
loquacious
adj
Talkative; chatty.
magniloquy
magniloquy
noun
Synonym of magniloquence
marquisdom
marquisdom
noun
(obsolete) A marquisate.
misquoting
misquoting
verb
present participle of misquote
mocambique
monegasque
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mozambique
mozambique
noun
Any of various kinds of dress material.
multiloquy
multiloquy
noun
An excess of words or talk.
nonaquatic
nonaquatic
adj
Not aquatic.
nonaqueous
nonaqueous
adj
Not aqueous.
nonequable
nonequably
nonquality
nonquality
noun
Lack of quality; inferiority.
nonsequent
novantique
novelesque
novelesque
adj
Stylistically reminiscent of a novel.
obloquious
obloquious
adj
Containing obloquy; reproachful.
obsequence
obsequence
noun
Willingness to serve.
obsequious
obsequious
adj
(archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
opaqueness
opaqueness
noun
The characteristic of being opaque.
outqueried
outquibble
outquibble
verb
(transitive) To surpass in quibbling.
outquibled
outquoting
outquoting
verb
present participle of outquote
oversqueak
oxyquinone
parciloquy
pauciloquy
pauciloquy
noun
(uncommon) Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.
pendeloque
pendeloque
noun
A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant.
pequannock
plasmoquin
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.