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
derelinquendi
derelinquish
derelinquish
noun
to abandon or desert, to leave to itself
derequisition
derequisition
verb
(transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned).
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disfrequent
disquiparancy
disquiparant
disquiparation
disquisitionary
disquisitionary
adj
Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.
dunkirque
duroquinone
duroquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) A 1,4-quinone derived from durene
enquired
enquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enquire
equidifferent
equidifferent
adj
Having equal differences.
equidistribution
equidistribution
noun
An equal distribution.
equidiurnal
equidiurnal
adj
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; applied to the equinoctial line.
equiponderance
equiponderance
noun
The state of being equal in weight; equipoise
equiponderancy
equiponderancy
noun
Archaic form of equiponderance.
equiponderant
equiponderant
adj
(obsolete) Having equal weight.
equiponderate
equiponderate
verb
To counterbalance.
equiponderated
equiponderated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate
equiponderating
equiponderating
verb
present participle of equiponderate
equiponderation
equiponderation
noun
An equiponderating, or counterbalancing.
equiponderous
equiponderous
adj
Having equal weight.
equiproducing
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
noun
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
grandiloquent
grandiloquent
adj
(of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
grandiloquently
grandiloquently
adv
showing grandiloquence
grandiloquous
grandiloquous
adj
grandiloquent
griqualander
harlequinade
harlequinade
noun
A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.
headquartering
headquartering
verb
present participle of headquarter
hindquarter
hindquarter
noun
(in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
(metonymically, derogatory, usually in the plural) Human behind, butt.
Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
hindquarters
hindquarters
noun
plural of hindquarter
hydroquinine
hydroquinol
hydroquinoline
hydroquinone
hydroquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.
hydroxyanthraquinone
hydroxyanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several organic compounds that can be viewed as derivatives of an anthraquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom by a hydroxyl group.
inquired
inquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inquire
inquirendo
inquirendo
noun
(law) An authority to inquire.
interquarreled
intersqueezed
irondequoit
marinduque
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
medrinaque
medrinaque
noun
A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
meriquinoid
meriquinoidal
meriquinonoid
pasquinader
pasquinader
noun
One who pasquinades; a lampooner.
predelinquency
predelinquency
noun
The quality of being predelinquent.
predelinquent
predelinquent
adj
At risk of falling into delinquency.
noun
A young person who is at risk of falling into delinquency.
predelinquently
preliquidating
preliquidation
preliquidation
adj
Before liquidation.
prequarantined
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
qindar
qindar
noun
Alternative spelling of qintar
qindarka
qindarka
noun
plural of qindarkë
qindars
qindars
noun
plural of qindar
quadragenarian
quadragenarian
adj
Of or related to fortysomethings.
noun
Synonym of fortysomething: a person between 40 and 49 years old.
quadragenarious
quadragenarious
adj
(rare) Synonym of quadragenarian: Of or related to fortysomethings.
quadragintesimal
quadrantid
quadrantid
Noun
Any of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.
quadrantile
quadrantile
adj
quadrantal
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadraphonics
quadraphonics
noun
quadraphonic sound
quadrating
quadrating
verb
present participle of quadrate
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadrennia
quadrennia
noun
plural of quadrennium
quadrennial
quadrennial
adj
Happening every four years.
Lasting for four years.
noun
A four-year period, a quadrennium.
quadrennially
quadrennially
adv
Every four years.
quadrennials
quadrennials
noun
plural of quadrennial
quadrennium
quadrennium
noun
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
quadrenniums
quadriannulate
quadriannulate
adj
(biology) Having four rings.
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.
quadridentate
quadridentate
adj
Having four teeth.
quadridentated
quadridentated
adj
Alternative form of quadridentate
quadriennial
quadriennial
adj
Alternative form of quadrennial
quadriennium
quadrienniumutile
quadrifrons
quadrifrons
noun
(architecture) Synonym of tetrapylon
quadrifrontal
quadrifrontal
adj
(architecture) In the form of a quadrifrons.
quadrifurcation
quadrifurcation
noun
A division into four branches
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.
quadrigenarious
quadrigenarious
adj
(rare) Having or consisting of four hundred.
quadriglandular
quadriglandular
adj
Having or relating to four glands.
quadrilaminar
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrilateralness
quadrilingual
quadrilingual
adj
Involving four languages.
Of a person, able to speak four languages.
Of a text, written in four languages.
noun
A person who understands four languages.
quadrilling
quadrilling
verb
present participle of quadrille
quadrillion
quadrillion
noun
(figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
num
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
quadrillions
quadrillions
noun
plural of quadrillion
quadrillionth
quadrillionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one quadrillion.
noun
One of a quadrillion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the quadrillionth position.
quadrillionths
quadrillionths
noun
plural of quadrillionth
quadrin
quadrin
noun
(archaic) An old copper coin of small value.
quadrine
quadrine
noun
Alternative form of quatrin
quadrinodal
quadrinodal
adj
(mathematics) Having four nodes.
quadrinomial
quadrinomial
adj
Consisting of four names or parts or terms.
noun
(algebra) An expression consisting of four terms.
quadrinomical
quadrinominal
quadrinominal
adj
Alternative form of quadrinomial
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadripartition
quadripartition
verb
(transitive) To partition into four.
quadripennate
quadripennate
adj
(rare) Having four wings.
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quadripinnate
quadripinnate
adj
(botany) Having four pinnae
quadriplanar
quadriplanar
adj
Composed of, or relating to, four planes.
quadripulmonary
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadriternate
quadriternate
adj
(botany) Four times ternate.
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.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrophonics
quadrupedantic
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadrupedation
quadruplicating
quadruplicating
verb
present participle of quadruplicate
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quadrupling
quadrupling
noun
An act of quadrupling.
verb
present participle of quadruple
quandaries
quandaries
noun
plural of quandary
quarantined
quarantined
adj
In quarantine; isolated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarantine
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.
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.