(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
anthradiquinone
anthrahydroquinone
anthraquinol
anthraquinone
anthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene.
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this parent compound, mostly natural pigments or synthetic dyes.
anthraquinonyl
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
appropinquate
appropinquate
verb
(rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near.
appropinquation
appropinquation
noun
The act of drawing near; an approach.
appropinquity
appropinquity
noun
(obsolete) nearness; propinquity
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brontesque
chontaquiro
conquerment
conquerment
noun
The state of being conquered.
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
counterconquest
counterconquest
noun
A conquest made in opposition to another, as by a previously conquered entity.
counterequivalent
counterquartered
counterquartered
adj
(heraldry) Doubly divided into quarters, so that each quarter is itself quartered.
counterquarterly
counterquery
counterquery
noun
A counterquestion.
counterquestion
counterquestion
noun
A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
counterquestions
counterquestions
noun
plural of counterquestion
counterquip
counterquip
noun
A quip made in response to another quip.
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
derequisition
derequisition
verb
(transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned).
disequilibration
disequilibration
noun
The act of bringing about a state of disequilibrium
disquiparation
disquisitionary
disquisitionary
adj
Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.
equianchorate
equidistribution
equidistribution
noun
An equal distribution.
equilibration
equilibration
noun
The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium
equilibrations
equilibrations
noun
plural of equilibration
equiparation
equiparation
noun
(chiefly historical, law, philosophy) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
(more generally, rare) Comparison.
equipartition
equipartition
noun
(mathematics, of a graph) The partition of its vertex set into sets whose sizes differ from each other by no more than 1.
(statistical mechanics) Short for w:Equipartition theorem.
The division of something into equal parts.
verb
(transitive) To divide into equal parts.
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.
equiproportional
equiproportional
adj
equally proportional (to two or more other things)
equiproportionality
equiproportionality
noun
The condition of being equiproportional
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
frequentation
frequentation
noun
The act of frequenting a particular place
frontosquamosal
frontosquamosal
adj
At the front of the squamosal
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
grotesqueness
grotesqueness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grotesque.
hawthornesque
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.
inquartation
inquartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) quartation
inquiration
inquiration
noun
(UK, dialect) inquiry
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
inquisitorial
inquisitorial
adj
(law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.
In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
inquisitorially
inquisitorially
adv
In an inquisitorial manner.
inquisitorialness
inquisitorialness
noun
The quality of being inquisitorial.
inquisitorious
inquisitorious
adj
(obsolete) Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial.
inquisitors
inquisitors
noun
plural of inquisitor
inquisitorship
inquisitorship
noun
The role or status of inquisitor.
inquisitory
inquisitory
adj
In the manner of an inquisition or inquiry.
interequinoctial
interequinoctial
adj
Coming between the equinoxes.
irondequoit
isoquercitrin
isoquercitrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid glycoside, isolated from mangoes or from the giant rhubarb, that has anti-inflammatory activity
microtechnique
microtechnique
noun
Any small-scale technique.
The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
negqtiator
nonequatorial
nonequatorial
adj
Not equatorial.
nonequatorially
nonequestrian
nonequestrian
adj
Not equestrian.
noun
One who is not an equestrian.
nonequilateral
nonequilateral
adj
Not equilateral.
nonequilaterally
nonfrequent
nonfrequent
adj
Not frequent.
nonfrequently
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
nonrequirement
nonrequirement
noun
That which is not a requirement.
nonrequisite
nonrequisitely
nonrequisiteness
nonrequisition
nonrequisition
noun
Absence of requisition.
nonrequital
nonsequestered
nonsequestered
adj
Not sequestered.
nonsequestration
nonsequestration
noun
Absence of sequestration.
nonubiquitary
ortanique
ortanique
noun
A cross between an orange and a tangerine.
orthobenzoquinone
orthobenzoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the two isomers of quinone, 1,2-benzoquinone.
orthoquinone
orthoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2-benzoquinone
outquerying
ovatoquadrangular
overfrequent
overfrequent
adj
Excessively frequent.
overfrequently
overfrequently
adv
Too often.
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
overquietness
overquietness
noun
Excessive quietness.
oxyanthraquinone
penetrolqgy
perquisition
perquisition
noun
A thorough inquiry or search.
phenanthraquinone
phenanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any quinone derived from phenanthrene, but especially 9,10-phenanthraquinone (9,10-phenanthrenedione)
phenanthrenequinone
phenanthrenequinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric quinones derived from phenanthrene, but especially 9,10-phenanthrenequinone obtained by oxidation with chromic acid
preacquisition
preacquisition
adj
Prior to acquisition
noun
acquisition prior to some other action.
preconquest
preconquest
adj
Prior to conquest.
preconquestal
preconquestal
adj
Synonym of preconquest
preconquestual
preequalization
preinquisition
preliquidation
preliquidation
adj
Before liquidation.
prequalification
prequalification
adj
Prior to a qualification being awarded.
noun
qualification in advance
prequestion
prequotation
prequoting
prerequisition
proacquisition
proconquest
propinquant
propinquitatis
propinquities
propinquities
noun
plural of propinquity
propinquity
propinquity
noun
Affiliation or similarity.
Nearness or proximity
provoquant
pseudoequalitarian
pseudoequalitarian
adj
Apparently, but not actually, equalitarian.
quadratomandibular
quadratomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.
quadricotyledonous
quadricovariant
quadricovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of degree 4
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadrifrontal
quadrifrontal
adj
(architecture) In the form of a quadrifrons.
quadrifurcation
quadrifurcation
noun
A division into four branches
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
quadripartition
quadripartition
verb
(transitive) To partition into four.
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quadrupedation
quadruplication
quadruplication
noun
multiplication by four
quadruplications
quadruplications
noun
plural of quadruplication
quaestorian
quaestorian
adj
Relating to a quaestor.
quakerization
quakerization
Noun
conversion to the Quaker religion
quakertown
quantometer
quantometer
noun
A device for performing spectrographic analysis.
quarrystone
quartano
quartation
quartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
quarterization
quarterization
noun
(business) generation of quarterly data based on figures from periods of another size
division into quarters
quarternion
quarteron
quarteron
noun
(obsolete) A quarter; especially, a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.
Obsolete form of quadroon.
quartinho
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.
quasistationary
quasistationary
adj
Almost stationary.
Of a system: that behaves as if it were stationary under defined circumstances, as within a temperature range or over a given period of time.
quaterion
quaternion
quaternion
noun
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quaternionist
quaternionist
noun
One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.