(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
aquacultures
aquacultures
noun
plural of aquaculture
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
becquerelite
becquerelite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
cacqueteuses
cacqueteuses
noun
plural of cacqueteuse
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cinquecentos
codelinquent
coequalities
coequalities
noun
plural of coequality
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
colliquative
colliquative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
consequently
consequently
adv
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
contramarque
coquettishly
coquettishly
adv
In a coquettish manner, flirtatiously.
corequisites
corequisites
noun
plural of corequisite
counterquery
counterquery
noun
A counterquestion.
deliquescent
deliquescent
adj
(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Seeming to melt away.
discotheques
discotheques
noun
plural of discotheque
dulciloquent
dulciloquent
adj
(literary, rare) Speaking sweetly.
eequinoctium
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equilocation
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
equisetaceae
equivelocity
equivelocity
noun
An equal velocity
equivocality
equivocality
noun
The quality of being equivocal.
equivocating
equivocating
verb
present participle of equivocate
equivocation
equivocation
noun
(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
etiquettical
etiquettical
adj
Relating to, or prescribed by, etiquette.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
inconsequent
inconsequent
adj
(archaic) Alternative form of inconsequential
illogical; not following from the premises
infrequentcy
inquaintance
liquefacient
liquefacient
adj
That liquefies.
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Any agent, such as mercury, iodine, etc., that promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
That which serves to liquefy.
liquefaction
liquefaction
noun
Process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas)
The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.
liquefactive
liquefactive
adj
That causes, or is associated with liquefaction
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
nonsequacity
pauciloquent
pauciloquent
adj
Using few words when speaking.
pectoriloque
pectoriloquy
pectoriloquy
noun
(medicine) An increased resonance, or a distinctly articulated voice, heard during auscultation.
postconquest
postconquest
adj
After a conquest.
preacquittal
preacquittal
adj
Before acquittal.
preacquitted
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
quarterbacks
quarterbacks
noun
plural of quarterback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quarterspace
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quattrocento
quattrocento
noun
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
quebrachitol
quebrachitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polyhydroxy cyclic alcohol, 2-0-methyl-chiro-inositol, obtained from the latex of the rubber tree as a starting point in the synthesis of several pharmaceuticals
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
quetzalcoatl
quickhearted
quindecaplet
quintescence
quintessence
quintessence
noun
(alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
(physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
A pure substance.
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
verb
(transitive) To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
racquetballs
racquetballs
noun
plural of racquetball
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
sesquioctava
unacquainted
unacquainted
adj
(obsolete) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Not acquainted, unfamiliar (with someone or something).