(heraldry) Doubly divided into quarters, so that each quarter is itself quartered.
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
dragonesque
dragonesque
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
dunkerque
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
frequented
frequented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frequent
gardenesque
gardenesque
adj
Reminiscent of a garden; garden-like.
grandesque
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
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
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
leonardesque
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
nonsequestered
nonsequestered
adj
Not sequestered.
pasquinader
pasquinader
noun
One who pasquinades; a lampooner.
preadequateness
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
prosequendum
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
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
quadrangle
quadrangle
noun
(geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
quadrangled
quadrangled
adj
Alternative form of quadrangular
Enclosed in a quadrangular structure
quadrangles
quadrangles
noun
plural of quadrangle
quadrangularness
quadrangulate
quadrangulate
verb
(transitive) To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation)
quadranguled
quadrantes
quadrantes
noun
plural of quadrans
quadrantile
quadrantile
adj
quadrantal
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadrateness
quadrateness
noun
Quality of being quadrate.
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
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricotyledonous
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
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.
quadrilaminate
quadrilaminate
adj
Having four layers.
quadrilateralness
quadrine
quadrine
noun
Alternative form of quatrin
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadripennate
quadripennate
adj
(rare) Having four wings.
quadripinnate
quadripinnate
adj
(botany) Having four pinnae
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.
quadrumane
quadrumane
adj
(zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".
noun
(zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.
quadrupedan
quadrupedant
quadrupedant
noun
quadruped
quadrupedantic
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadrupedation
quadruplane
quadruplane
noun
An airplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces (four wings one above the other)
quadrupleness
quadrupleness
noun
The state of being quadruple or quadrupled.
quandaries
quandaries
noun
plural of quandary
quarantined
quarantined
adj
In quarantine; isolated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarantine
quarenden
quarender
quarender
noun
Alternative form of quarrender (“type of apple”)
quarterland
quarterland
noun
An old Scots unit of measure of land.
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.
quattuordecillionth
querendi
querendy
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
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinhydrone
quinhydrone
noun
(chemistry) a molecular complex of a quinone and its corresponding hydroquinone
quinquegrade
quinquegrade
adj
(music) Of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.
quinquenerved
quinquenerved
adj
(botany, rare) Having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
quinqueradial
quinqueradiate
quintuplinerved
quintuplinerved
adj
(botany) Having five nerves.
quintupliribbed
quodlibetarian
quodlibetarian
noun
One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
radiofrequency
radiofrequency
adj
Alternative spelling of radio-frequency
noun
Alternative form of radio frequency
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
reconquered
reconquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reconquer
reinquired
reinquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reinquire