A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.
Colloquial style of speaking.
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
equestrianism
equestrianism
noun
The art or sport of riding horses.
gastriloquism
gastriloquism
noun
(obsolete) ventriloquism
madrigalesque
madrigalesque
adj
(music) Reminiscent of a madrigal.
mastosquamose
misqualifying
misqualifying
verb
present participle of misqualify
misquotations
misquotations
noun
plural of misquotation
mosquitocidal
mosquitocidal
adj
Acting as a mosquitocide; fatal to mosquitos.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
passamaquoddy
passamaquoddy
Noun
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Proper noun
The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quarrelsomely
quarrelsomely
adv
In a quarrelsome manner.
quartermaster
quartermaster
noun
(military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
verb
To act as a quartermaster
quatrocentism
quatrocentism
noun
Alternative form of quattrocentism
quinquagesima
squamariaceae
squamelliform
squamipennate
squamipinnate
squamomastoid
squandermania
squandermania
noun
Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project.