Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
overqualifying
overqualifying
verb
present participle of overqualify
overquell
overquell
verb
(transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain power over.
overquickly
overquickly
adv
In an overquick manner; too quickly.
overquietly
oversqueamishly
preacquisitively
quacksalver
quacksalver
noun
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrivalently
quadrivalently
adv
In a quadrivalent manner.
quadrivalve
quadrivalve
adj
(botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
noun
(architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.
quadrivalvular
quadrivalvular
adj
Having or pertaining to four valves.
quadrivial
quadrivial
adj
Having four ways meeting in a point.
noun
Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quaquaversal
quaquaversal
adj
(astronomy) Dipping towards a center in all directions.
Going off in all directions from the center.
quaquaversally
quaquaversally
adv
In a quaquaversal way.
quarryville
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
quicksilver
quicksilver
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
noun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
The metal mercury.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
quicksilverish
quicksilverish
Adjective
Like quicksilver.
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
quicksilvery
quicksilvery
adj
Like quicksilver.
quinquenerval
quinquevalvular
quinquevalvular
adj
Alternative form of quinquevalve
quinqueverbal
quinqueverbial
quintuplinerved
quintuplinerved
adj
(botany) Having five nerves.
quiverful
quiverful
noun
The amount held by a quiver
quiveringly
quiveringly
adv
While quivering, or as if quivering
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
superequivalent
superinquisitively
supraquantivalence
supraquantivalent
toquerville
unquicksilvered
unquicksilvered
adj
Not quicksilvered.
ventriloqual
ventriloqual
adj
Relating to ventriloquism.
ventriloqually
ventriloque
ventriloque
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquist
ventriloquial
ventriloquial
adj
Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is.
Of or relating to ventriloquy.
Spoken to oneself.
ventriloquially
ventriloquially
adv
By means of ventriloquism.
ventriloquise
ventriloquise
verb
Alternative form of ventriloquize
ventriloquised
ventriloquised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ventriloquise
ventriloquising
ventriloquising
verb
present participle of ventriloquise
ventriloquism
ventriloquism
noun
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
ventriloquisms
ventriloquisms
noun
plural of ventriloquism
ventriloquist
ventriloquist
noun
A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
ventriloquistic
ventriloquistic
adj
Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist, ventriloquists or ventriloquism.
ventriloquists
ventriloquists
noun
plural of ventriloquist
ventriloquize
ventriloquize
verb
(intransitive) To practice ventriloquism.
(transitive) To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism.
ventriloquizing
ventriloquizing
verb
present participle of ventriloquize
ventriloquous
ventriloquous
adj
Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism.
ventriloquously
ventriloquy
ventriloquy
noun
(dated) Ventriloquism.
ventriloquys
versiloquy
violaquercitrin
violaquercitrin
noun
(chemistry) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor) and decomposable into glucose and quercitrin.