(military) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
miquelets
miquelets
noun
plural of miquelet
miquelon
miquelon
Proper noun
The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
misconsequence
misconsequence
noun
A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
misqualified
misqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misqualify
misquote
misquote
noun
An incorrect recitation of a quote.
An incorrect recording of a quote.
verb
To incorrectly recite a quote.
To incorrectly record a quote.
misquoted
misquoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misquote
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
misquotes
misquotes
noun
plural of misquote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misquote
mocambique
monchiquite
monchiquite
noun
(mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
monique
monique
Proper noun
name from the French form of Monica.
montesquieu
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mosquitofishes
mosquitofishes
noun
plural of mosquitofish
mosquittoey
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
mozambique
mozambique
noun
Any of various kinds of dress material.
multiloquence
multiloquence
noun
The state or condition of being multiloquent; talkativeness.
multiloquent
multiloquent
adj
Talkative.
mystique
mystique
noun
An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
mystiques
mystiques
noun
plural of mystique
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
nonequilibrium
nonequilibrium
noun
The condition of not being in equilibrium
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
nonrequirement
nonrequirement
noun
That which is not a requirement.
obsequium
omniloquent
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
pamaquine
pamaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used for the treatment of malaria, closely related to primaquine; it was the first synthetic antimalarial.
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
pemaquid
plasmoquine
plasmoquine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of chloroquine
preequipment
prerequirement
prerequirement
noun
A prerequisite requirement
primaquine
primaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
quadragesima
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadragintesimal
quadrennium
quadrennium
noun
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
quadrenniums
quadriennium
quadrienniumutile
quadrigeminal
quadrigeminal
adj
Having four parts, or two pairs.
quadrigeminate
quadrigeminate
adj
Synonym of quadrigeminal
quadrigeminous
quadrigeminous
adj
Archaic form of quadrigeminal.
quadrigeminum
quadrigeminum
noun
(anatomy) One of the corpora quadrigemina.
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrimembral
quadrimembral
adj
Having, or consisting of, four members.
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrireme
quadrireme
noun
(history, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirate
noun
Synonym of quattuorvirate.
quadrupedism
quaesitum
quaesitum
noun
(philosophy) Something sought or required.
quagmire
quagmire
noun
(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
verb
(transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
quagmired
quagmired
adj
(of a person or thing) Sunk in a quagmire
(of a road etc) Resembling a quagmire
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quagmire
quagmires
quagmires
noun
plural of quagmire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quagmire
quagmirier
quagmiriest
quakerism
quakerism
Noun
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers.
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
qualmier
qualmier
adj
comparative form of qualmy: more qualmy
qualmiest
qualmiest
adj
superlative form of qualmy: most qualmy
qualminess
qualminess
noun
Quality of being qualmy.
qualmishness
qualmishness
noun
The quality of being qualmish.
quantimeter
quantimeter
noun
A device for determining the quantity of X-rays generated by a Crookes tube or Coolidge tube.
quantummechanical
quartermasterlike
quartermastership
quartermastership
noun
The position or employment of a quartermaster.
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.
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
quelimane
quercimeritrin
quercimeritrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonol glucoside, with chemical formula C₂H₂₀O₁₂, found in cotton flowers.
queriman
queriman
noun
The sandbar shark.
querimans
querimonies
querimonies
noun
plural of querimony
querimonious
querimonious
adj
Complaining; querulous.
querimoniously
querimoniously
adv
In a querimonious manner.
querimoniousness
querimoniousness
noun
(archaic) The quality of being querimonious, of tending to complain.
querimony
querimony
noun
(archaic) A complaint.
quickbeam
quickbeam
noun
The European rowan tree.
quickenbeam
quicklime
quicklime
noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
verb
(transitive) To treat with quicklime.
quietism
quietism
noun
A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
A state of passive quietness.
quietisms
quietisms
noun
plural of quietism
quietsome
quietsome
adj
(archaic) Characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil
quilmes
quimper
quimper
Proper noun
A town in Finistère, Brittany
quinamicine
quinamidine
quinamine
quinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular alkaloid obtained from cinchona bark.
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecim
quindecim
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth.
quindecima
quindecima
noun
(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinetum
quinetum
noun
(historical) A mixture of the sulphates of the cinchona alkaloids: a cheap substitute for quinine sulphate.
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinonediimine
quinonediimine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any diimine derived from a quinone
quinonimine
quinonimine
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of imines formally derived from a quinone by replacing one or both oxygens with =NR.
quinquagesima
quinquagesimal
quinquagesimal
adj
Of or related to a set of 50 people or items.
quinquennium
quinquennium
noun
A period of five years.
quinquenniums
quinquereme
quinquereme
noun
(history) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
quinquertium
quinquertium
noun
(historical) An ancient sporting contest consisting of five separate events.
quintelement
quinzieme
quinzieme
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth of the value of goods, levied on merchants in the ports of England by King John circa 1204.
quipsome
quipsome
adj
Full of quips.
quipsomeness
quirksome
quirksome
adj
Characterised or marked by quirkiness.
quitclaimed
quitclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim
quitemoca
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
quizmasters
quizmasters
noun
plural of quizmaster
ramequin
ramequin
noun
Alternative form of ramekin
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
reequipment
reequipment
noun
The act, or the result of reequipping
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
relinquishment
relinquishment
noun
The act of relinquishing something.
relinquishments
relinquishments
noun
plural of relinquishment
reliquism
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.
requiems
requiems
noun
plural of requiem
requirement
requirement
noun
(engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
Something asked.
requirements
requirements
noun
plural of requirement
requitement
requitement
noun
(obsolete) requital
saltimbanque
saltimbanque
noun
Tumbler, street acrobat.
semiacquaintance
semiacquaintance
noun
A vague acquaintance; a person whom one barely knows.
semiantique
semiaquatic
semiaquatic
adj
(of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
(of plants) Having the roots partially or entirely underwater.
semicirque
semicirque
noun
A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
semicolloquial
semicolloquial
adj
Somewhat or partially colloquial.
semicolloquially
semiequitant
semiequitant
adj
(botany) Somewhat or partly equitant.
semiliquid
semiliquid
adj
Somewhat liquid; able to flow or change, but not entirely freely.
noun
Any substance with properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid.
semiliquidity
semiliquidity
noun
the state of being a semiliquid.
semiliquids
semiliquids
noun
plural of semiliquid
semiopaque
semiopaque
adj
Partially opaque.
semiquadrangle
semiquadrantly
semiquadrate
semiquadrate
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other by half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.