Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.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.
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
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
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.
mesquin
monique
monique
Proper noun
name from the French form of Monica.
queenie
queenie
noun
(UK) The queen scallop.
(colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
quenite
quennie
quentin
quentin
Proper noun
name occasionally used.
quercin
quercin
noun
(organic chemistry) A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.
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.
ranique
requins
requins
noun
plural of requin
sequani
sequins
sequins
noun
plural of sequin
uniquer
uniquer
adj
comparative form of unique: more unique
uniques
uniques
noun
plural of unique
unquiet
unquiet
adj
Causing or associated with unease or restlessness.