Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
noun
(figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
(in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
(obsolete) A man of ancient times.
(typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.
An object of ancient times.
An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
verb
(intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
(transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
(transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.
aquench
aquerne
banquer
banquet
banquet
noun
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
blanque
chequin
chequin
noun
Archaic form of zecchino (“old gold coin of Italy”).
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
conquer
conquer
verb
(dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
dequeen
dequeen
verb
(transitive) To remove the queen from (a beehive).
enquere
enqueue
enqueue
verb
(transitive, computing) To add an item to a queue. [from 20th c.]
enquire
enquire
verb
(intransitive) To make an enquiry.
(transitive, archaic) To ask about (something).
enquiry
enquiry
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A question.
Search for truth, information or knowledge.
enrique
equanil
equilin
equilin
noun
The estrogen 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5,7-tetraen-17-one, found in horse urine.
equinal
equinal
adj
(obsolete) equine
equines
equines
noun
plural of equine
equinia
equinia
noun
(medicine, archaic) glanders
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
equinus
equinus
noun
(medicine) Synonym of talipes equinus
equison
equison
noun
(archaic) groom, ostler, equerry, jockey
flanque
inequal
inequal
adj
Not equal.
inquest
inquest
noun
(rare, obsolete) enquiry; quest; search
A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome
The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry
inquiet
inquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disquiet.
inquire
inquire
verb
(intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation.
(intransitive, US) To ask (about something).
(transitive, obsolete) To call; to name.
loquent
manquee
mcqueen
mesquin
monique
monique
Proper noun
name from the French form of Monica.
quannet
quannet
noun
(archaic) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.
quanted
quanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quant
quarmen
quatern
quatern
adj
quaternate; composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.
queazen
queazen
verb
(transitive) To make queasy; sicken.
queened
queened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of queen
queenie
queenie
noun
(UK) The queen scallop.
(colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
queenly
queenly
adj
Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
adv
In a queenly manner; regally.
queneau
quenemo
quenite
quennie
quentin
quentin
Proper noun
name occasionally used.
quenton
quercin
quercin
noun
(organic chemistry) A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.
querent
querent
noun
(law, historical) A complainant; a plaintiff.
(obsolete outside divination) An inquirer.
querken
querken
verb
(intransitive) To grunt; moan.
(transitive) To querk.
quernal
quesnay
quesnel
queston
queuing
queuing
noun
(chiefly computing theory) The act of placing something in a queue.
verb
present participle of queue
quicken
quicken
noun
(chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
verb
(also figuratively) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
(archaic) To make or help (something) to burn.
(construction, nautical (shipbuilding), archaic) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
(intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
(literary, also figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
(passive) Of a pregnant woman: to be in the state of reaching the stage of pregnancy at which the movements of the foetus are first felt.
(rare) To inspire or stimulate.
(transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
To come back to life, to receive life.
To give life; to make alive.
To grow bright; to brighten.
To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
To make (a drug, liquor, etc.) more effective or stimulating.
To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
quienal
quieten
quieten
verb
(intransitive) To become quiet.
(transitive) To make quiet.
quinate
quinate
adj
(botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
noun
(chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
quinces
quinces
noun
plural of quince
quincey
quinela
quinela
noun
(gambling) Alternative form of quiniela
quinine
quinine
noun
(pharmacology) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂ originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona) used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) with quinine.
quinite
quinize
quinnet
quinnet
noun
Alternative form of quinnat
quinone
quinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
quinque
quinter
quintes
quintet
quintet
noun
(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
(music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
Any group of five members
quintie
quinyie
quiteno
quoined
quoined
adj
(architecture) Furnished with a quoin.
quonset
quonset
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Quonset
ranique
ranquel
requeen
requeen
verb
(beekeeping) To change or replace the queen bee of a colony of bees.
requins
requins
noun
plural of requin
seqence
sequani
sequent
sequent
adj
(now rare) That follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent to, on, upon.
(obsolete) That comes after in time or order; subsequent.
Recurring in succession or as a series; successive, consecutive.
noun
(logic) A disjunctive set of logical formulae which is partitioned into two subsets; the first subset, called the antecedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as false, and the second subset, called the succedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as true. (The set is written without set brackets and the separation between the two subsets is denoted by a turnstile symbol, which may be read "give(s)".)
(mathematics) A sequential calculus
(obsolete) A follower.
Something that follows in a given sequence.
sequins
sequins
noun
plural of sequin
squench
tanquen
unequal
unequal
adj
(comparable) Inadequate; insufficiently capable or qualified.
Erratic, inconsistent.
Not the same.
Out of balance.
noun
One who is not an equal.
uniquer
uniquer
adj
comparative form of unique: more unique
uniques
uniques
noun
plural of unique
unqueen
unqueen
verb
(transitive) To divest of the rank or authority of queen.
unqueme
unquert
unquiet
unquiet
adj
Causing or associated with unease or restlessness.
Uneasy and restless; unable to settle.
verb
(now rare) To disturb, disquiet.
unquote
unquote
intj
Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
verb
(transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.