(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
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
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.
aquocarbonic
archantiquary
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
chiquinquira
chontaquiro
cinquanter
conquerable
conquerable
adj
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
conquerableness
conquerableness
noun
The quality of being conquerable.
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
counterequivalent
counterquartered
counterquartered
adj
(heraldry) Doubly divided into quarters, so that each quarter is itself quartered.
counterquarterly
crannequin
disquiparancy
equianchorate
equianharmonic
equianharmonic
adj
(mathematics) equally anharmonic; specifically, whose anharmonic ratio is a cube root of unity
noun
(geometry) A set of four points whose cross ratio (or anharmonic ratio) is a cube root of 1.
equinecessary
equinecessary
adj
Necessary or needful in the same degree.
equiponderance
equiponderance
noun
The state of being equal in weight; equipoise
equiponderancy
equiponderancy
noun
Archaic form of equiponderance.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
noun
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
harlequinic
harlequinic
adj
Of or relating to a harlequin (pantomime fool).
inconquerable
inconquerable
adj
That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
inquirance
inquirance
noun
(obsolete) Inquiry.
interequinoctial
interequinoctial
adj
Coming between the equinoxes.
lacquering
lacquering
noun
An application of lacquer.
verb
present participle of lacquer
leucoquinizarin
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
preacquaint
preacquaint
verb
(transitive) To acquaint beforehand.
preacquaintance
preacquaintance
noun
Previous acquaintance or knowledge.
preacquiring
preacquiring
verb
present participle of preacquire
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preacquisitiveness
preacquitting
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
prequalification
prequalification
adj
Prior to a qualification being awarded.
noun
qualification in advance
proacquisition
qaranc
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadricarinate
quadricarinate
adj
(biology) Having four carinae.
quadricentennial
quadricentennial
adj
Relating to a 400th anniversary.
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadricinium
quadricinium
noun
(music) A four-part composition.
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricorn
quadricorn
noun
Any quadricornous (four-horned) animal
quadricornous
quadricornous
adj
having four horns
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
quadrinomical
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrophonics
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
quebrachamine
quebrachamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the dried bark of the quebracho tree.
quebrachine
quebrachine
noun
An alkaloid, probably identical to yohimbine, from the quebracho tree
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.
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
querencia
querencia
noun
(New Mexico) homesickness, nostalgia
(bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
quinacrine
quinacrine
noun
A drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O
quinacrines
quinacrines
noun
plural of quinacrine
quincentenary
quincentenary
adj
Synonym of quincentennial: Of or related to a 500th anniversary.
noun
Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quinocarbonium
quinocarbonium
noun
(chemistry, attributive) Applied to coloured triarylcarbinol salts that might be regarded as either carbonium compounds or quinonoid derivatives.
quinquarticular
quinquarticular
adj
(theology) Relating to the five articles of Remonstrance.
quinquecapsular
quinquecentenary
quinquelocular
quinquelocular
adj
Having five cells or compartments.
quinquetubercular
quinquetubercular
adj
Having five tubercles or cusps
quinquetuberculate
quinquetuberculate
adj
Synonym of quinquetubercular
quirinca
quirinca
noun
The pods of the tree Vachellia caven, sometimes used to feed cattle.
radiofrequency
radiofrequency
adj
Alternative spelling of radio-frequency
noun
Alternative form of radio frequency
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
reacquiring
reacquiring
verb
present participle of reacquire
reacquisition
reacquisition
noun
A second or subsequent acquisition.
reacquisitions
reacquisitions
noun
plural of reacquisition
relacquering
relacquering
verb
present participle of relacquer
requalification
requalification
noun
The act of qualifying again
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.
squandermaniac
squandermaniac
noun
A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project.
superacquisition
supraquantivalence
transaquatic
unacquirability
unacquirable
unacquirable
adj
That cannot be acquired.
unacquirableness
unacquirably
unacquired
unacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unacquire
unconquerable
unconquerable
adj
Not conquerable; indomitable.
unconquerableness
unconquerableness
noun
The state or quality of being unconquerable.
unconquerably
unconquerably
adv
In an unconquerable manner.
unlacquered
unlacquered
adj
Not lacquered.
unpicaresque
unpicaresque
adj
Not picaresque.
violaquercitrin
violaquercitrin
noun
(chemistry) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor) and decomposable into glucose and quercitrin.