(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.
alquier
aquaria
aquaria
noun
plural of aquarium
aquarid
aquarii
aquifer
aquifer
noun
An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
aquiver
aquiver
adj
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
asquirm
asquirm
adj
Covered or filled (with something squirming).
Squirming.
briquet
briquet
noun
(dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
verb
Alternative form of briquette
brisque
brisque
noun
In the card game bezique, an ace or ten won in a trick.
charqui
charqui
noun
(South America, Central America, Western US) jerky
cirques
cirques
noun
plural of cirque
croquis
croquis
noun
(art) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.
enquire
enquire
verb
(intransitive) To make an enquiry.
(transitive, archaic) To ask about (something).
enquiry
enquiry
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A question.
Search for truth, information or knowledge.
enrique
esquire
esquire
noun
(archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
(heraldry) A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.
(obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
A lawyer.
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To attend, wait on, escort.
exquire
exquire
verb
(obsolete) To search into or out.
faquirs
faquirs
noun
plural of faquir
inquire
inquire
verb
(intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation.
(intransitive, US) To ask (about something).
(transitive, obsolete) To call; to name.
inquiry
inquiry
noun
Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
lequire
liqueur
liqueur
noun
A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes.
verb
to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur
to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution
liquors
liquors
noun
plural of liquor
liquory
liquory
adj
Resembling alcohol.
intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
marquis
marquis
noun
A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).
perique
perique
noun
A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.
piquero
piqueur
piroque
piroque
noun
Alternative form of pirogue (“type of boat”)
quabird
quadric
quadric
adj
(mathematics) Of or relating to the second degree; quadratic.
noun
(mathematics) A surface or curve whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation
quadrin
quadrin
noun
(archaic) An old copper coin of small value.
quakier
quakier
adj
comparative form of quaky: more quaky
quarion
quartic
quartic
adj
(mathematics) of or relating to the fourth degree
noun
(mathematics) A curve describing such an equation or function.
(mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree.
quartin
quartis
quatrin
quatrin
noun
(obsolete) Any of several small copper coins, similar to farthings, in any of several countries.
quercia
quercic
quercin
quercin
noun
(organic chemistry) A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.
querida
querida
noun
(US, in Latin-American contexts) darling
querido
queried
queried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of query
querier
querier
noun
(UK, obsolete) A chimney sweep who goes door to door looking for work.
One who, or that which, queries.
queries
queries
noun
plural of query
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of query
querist
querist
noun
(formal) A person who asks questions.
quicker
quicker
adj
comparative form of quick: more quick
quidder
quidder
noun
A horse with a dental defect that cannot masticate hay, but rejects it rolled up like a quid of tobacco.
quieter
quieter
adj
comparative form of quiet: more quiet
noun
One who quiets.
quiller
quiller
noun
One who creates decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
One who works with a quill.
One who writes with a quill; a professional writer; a journalist.
quilter
quilter
noun
(Britain) A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt.
(US) A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches.
A person whose hobby or profession is making quilts.
quimper
quimper
Proper noun
A town in Finistère, Brittany
quinary
quinary
adj
(arithmetic) To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.
Of fifth rank or order.
noun
(astrology) Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.
quintar
quintar
noun
Alternative form of qintar
quinter
quipper
quipper
noun
One who quips; a jester.
quircal
quiring
quiring
verb
present participle of quire
quirita
quirite
quirked
quirked
adj
Having, or formed with, a quirk.
quirted
quirted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quirt
quisler
quisler
noun
Synonym of quisling
quiteri
quitter
quitter
noun
(farriery) Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”)
(now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
(obsolete) A deliverer.
(obsolete) Scoria of tin.
One who quits.
verb
To suppurate; ooze with pus.
quittor
quittor
noun
A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
quivers
quivers
noun
plural of quiver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiver
quivery
quivery
adj
quivering; aquiver
quivira
quizzer
quizzer
noun
(dated) One who chaffs or mocks.
A person who quizzes or asks questions.
A person who takes part in a quiz.
quoiter
quoiter
noun
One who plays the game of quoits.
ranique
reequip
reequip
verb
To equip again; to provide with new equipment
relique
relique
noun
Obsolete form of relic.
repique
repique
noun
(card games) In piquet, a bonus of 60 points awarded to a player who scores 30 points during the declaration phase, prior to the opponent scoring anything.
Alternative form of repinique (“Brazilian drum”)
verb
(card games, transitive) To score a repique against.
requiem
requiem
noun
(obsolete) Rest; peace.
A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
A musical composition for such a mass.
A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
requins
requins
noun
plural of requin
require
require
verb
(obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To demand of (someone) to do something.
To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
requite
requite
noun
requital
verb
(transitive) To return (usually something figurative) that has been given; to repay; to recompense
risquee
ronquil
ronquil
noun
A perciform marine fish of the family Bathymasteridae, related to the eelpouts and prowfish.
roquist
squired
squired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squire
squires
squires
noun
plural of squire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squire
squiret
squirms
squirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squirm
squirmy
squirmy
adj
That squirms, writhes or wriggles.
squirts
squirts
noun
plural of squirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squirt