(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
archantiquary
chontaquiro
cinquanter
conquerment
conquerment
noun
The state of being conquered.
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
conquistadors
contramarque
corinthianesque
counteracquittance
counterconquest
counterconquest
noun
A conquest made in opposition to another, as by a previously conquered entity.
counterequivalent
counterquartered
counterquartered
adj
(heraldry) Doubly divided into quarters, so that each quarter is itself quartered.
counterquarterly
counterquery
counterquery
noun
A counterquestion.
counterquestion
counterquestion
noun
A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
counterquestions
counterquestions
noun
plural of counterquestion
counterquip
counterquip
noun
A quip made in response to another quip.
critiquing
critiquing
verb
present participle of critique
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
equianchorate
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
infrequentcy
interequinoctial
interequinoctial
adj
Coming between the equinoxes.
isoquercitrin
isoquercitrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid glycoside, isolated from mangoes or from the giant rhubarb, that has anti-inflammatory activity
microtechnique
microtechnique
noun
Any small-scale technique.
The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
picturesqueness
picturesqueness
noun
The condition of being picturesque
picturesquenesses
picturesquenesses
noun
plural of picturesqueness
preacquaint
preacquaint
verb
(transitive) To acquaint beforehand.
preacquaintance
preacquaintance
noun
Previous acquaintance or knowledge.
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preacquisitiveness
preacquitting
preconquest
preconquest
adj
Prior to conquest.
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
prequalification
prequalification
adj
Prior to a qualification being awarded.
noun
qualification in advance
proacquisition
proconquest
quadricarinate
quadricarinate
adj
(biology) Having four carinae.
quadricentennial
quadricentennial
adj
Relating to a 400th anniversary.
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadricotyledonous
quadricovariant
quadricovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of degree 4
quadricrescentic
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadrifurcation
quadrifurcation
noun
A division into four branches
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrupedantic
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadruplicating
quadruplicating
verb
present participle of quadruplicate
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quartenylic
quartenylic
adj
Of or pertaining to quartenylic acid or its derivatives
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quatercentenary
quatercentenary
noun
A four-hundredth anniversary
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quatrocentist
quatrocentist
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentist
quatrocento
quattrocento
quattrocento
noun
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.
quattuordecillionth
queencraft
queencraft
noun
Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen; kingcraft as practised by a female sovereign.
quercetagetin
quercetagetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol found in grasses of the genus Eriocaulon.
quercetin
quercetin
noun
(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
quercimeritrin
quercimeritrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
quercitin
quercitin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid found in fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
quercitrin
quercitrin
noun
A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
quercitron
quercitron
noun
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
quercitrons
quercitrons
noun
plural of quercitron
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
quincentenary
quincentenary
adj
Synonym of quincentennial: Of or related to a 500th anniversary.
noun
Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary.
quincewort
quincewort
Noun
squinancywort
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quinquarticular
quinquarticular
adj
(theology) Relating to the five articles of Remonstrance.
quinquecentenary
quinquetubercular
quinquetubercular
adj
Having five tubercles or cusps
quinquetuberculate
quinquetuberculate
adj
Synonym of quinquetubercular
reacquaint
reacquaint
verb
To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.
reacquaintance
reacquaintance
noun
Acquaintance again or anew.
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
reacquainting
reacquainting
verb
present participle of reacquaint
reacquaints
reacquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reacquaint
reacquisition
reacquisition
noun
A second or subsequent acquisition.
reacquisitions
reacquisitions
noun
plural of reacquisition
reconquest
reconquest
noun
The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
reconquests
reconquests
noun
plural of reconquest
requalification
requalification
noun
The act of qualifying again
sculpturesqueness
sculpturesqueness
noun
The quality of being sculpturesque.
sesquicarbonate
sesquicarbonate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing one carbonate and one bicarbonate ion in each formula [CO₃HCO₃].
(inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing three carbonate ions for every two metal ions.
sesquicentenary
sesquicentenary
noun
A 150-year anniversary.
superacquisition
supraquantivalence
techniquer
transaquatic
unacquirability
unpicturesque
unpicturesque
adj
Not picturesque; unattractive.
unpicturesquely
unpicturesquely
adv
In an unpicturesque manner.
unpicturesqueness
unpicturesqueness
noun
The state or quality of being unpicturesque.
ventriloquistic
ventriloquistic
adj
Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist, ventriloquists or ventriloquism.
violaquercitrin
violaquercitrin
noun
(chemistry) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor) and decomposable into glucose and quercitrin.