(organic chemistry) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.
hyperquadric
hyperquadric
noun
(mathematics) A particular generalization of a superquadric
igneoaqueous
igneoaqueous
adj
(archaic) Formed by heat and water; denoting an obsolete theory of the formation of granite
illaqueation
illaqueation
noun
(obsolete) Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it.
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
inadequately
inadequately
adv
In an inadequate manner.
inadequation
inadequation
noun
(obsolete) Lack of exact correspondence.
inadequative
inconsequent
inconsequent
adj
(archaic) Alternative form of inconsequential
illogical; not following from the premises
ineloquently
ineloquently
adv
Without eloquence.
inequalities
inequalities
noun
plural of inequality
inequilobate
inequilobate
adj
(biology) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.
inequivalent
inequivalent
adj
Not equivalent
inequivalved
inequivalved
adj
Synonym of inequivalve
infrequences
infrequences
noun
plural of infrequence
infrequentcy
infrequently
infrequently
adv
Not frequently.
inquaintance
inquietation
inquietation
Noun
disturbance
inquisitress
inquisitress
noun
(rare) A female inquisitor.
interquarrel
interquarter
interquarter
adj
Between quarters.
intersqueeze
isoquinoline
isoquinoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An isomer of quinoline, many of whose derivatives occur as alkaloids and are synthesized for use as dyes, pharmaceuticals etc.
italianesque
italianesque
Adjective
In an Italian style.
japanesquely
japanesquery
lacquerwares
lacquerwares
noun
plural of lacquerware
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
leonardesque
lincolnesque
lincolnesque
Adjective
Suggestive of
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
liquidnesses
liquidogenic
lombardesque
longiloquent
longiloquent
adj
long-winded
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
marquessates
marquessates
noun
plural of marquessate
marqueteries
marqueteries
noun
plural of marqueterie
plural of marquetery
marquisettes
marquisettes
noun
plural of marquisette
masqueraders
masqueraders
noun
plural of masquerader
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
meriquinonic
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
methaqualone
methaqualone
noun
(pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
misqualified
misqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misqualify
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
multiloquent
multiloquent
adj
Talkative.
musquashweed
naturalesque
naturalesque
adj
(art) In a style resembling nature.
nesquehoning
nesquehonite
nesquehonite
noun
(mineralogy) Magnesium carbonate trihydrate.
noneloquence
nonequalized
nonequitable
nonequitably
nonequivocal
nonfrequence
nonfrequency
nonqualities
nonqualities
noun
plural of nonquality
nonrequisite
nonsequacity
obsequiosity
obsequiosity
noun
Obsequiousness.
obsequiously
obsequiously
adv
in an obsequious manner
opaquenesses
opaquenesses
noun
plural of opaqueness
orthoquinone
orthoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2-benzoquinone
overequipped
overequipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overequip
overfrequent
overfrequent
adj
Excessively frequent.
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
oxyquinoline
oxyquinoline
noun
(organic chemistry) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline.
paraquadrate
paraquadrate
adj
Synonym of squamosal
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
pauciloquent
pauciloquent
adj
Using few words when speaking.
pectoriloque
pectoriloquy
pectoriloquy
noun
(medicine) An increased resonance, or a distinctly articulated voice, heard during auscultation.
perquisition
perquisition
noun
A thorough inquiry or search.
peruginesque
phenoquinone
plastiqueurs
postconquest
postconquest
adj
After a conquest.
preacquiring
preacquiring
verb
present participle of preacquire
preacquittal
preacquittal
adj
Before acquittal.
preacquitted
preantiquity
preantiquity
noun
The time before antiquity.
preburlesque
preburlesque
adj
Before the introduction of burlesque performances.
preequipment
preequipping
preliquidate
prequalified
prequalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prequalify
prequalifies
prequalifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prequalify
prequotation
prerequiring
prerequiring
verb
present participle of prerequire
prerequisite
prerequisite
adj
Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
noun
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.
Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.
preterequine
prosequendum
pseudoquinol
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadragesima
quadranguled
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadrateness
quadrateness
noun
Quality of being quadrate.
quadratifera
quadrennials
quadrennials
noun
plural of quadrennial
quadrenniums
quadricepses
quadricepses
noun
plural of quadriceps
quadricycler
quadriennial
quadriennial
adj
Alternative form of quadrennial
quadriennium
quadrigabled
quadrijugate
quadrijugate
adj
(botany) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets.
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadriplegia
quadriplegia
noun
Paralysis from the neck down.
Paralysis of all four limbs.
quadriplegic
quadriplegic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
noun
One who suffers from quadriplegia.
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
quadriserial
quadriserial
adj
Arranged in four series.
quadrisetose
quadrisetose
adj
(biology) Having four bristles.
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrupedant
quadrupedant
noun
quadruped
quadrupedate
quadrupedism
quadrupedous
quaestorship
quaestorship
noun
The office or status of quaestor.
quaintnesses
quaintnesses
noun
plural of quaintness
quakerstreet
qualmishness
qualmishness
noun
The quality of being qualmish.
quantifiable
quantifiable
adj
Capable of being quantified.
noun
Something that can be quantified; a measurable.
quantitative
quantitative
adj
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
quantitively
quantitively
adv
quantitatively
quantivalent
quantivalent
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to quantivalence, or valence.
quaquaversal
quaquaversal
adj
(astronomy) Dipping towards a center in all directions.
Going off in all directions from the center.
quarrelingly
quarrelously
quarrelproof
quarterbacks
quarterbacks
noun
plural of quarterback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quarterfinal
quarterfinal
noun
(general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
quarterlight
quarterlight
noun
A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent
quarternight
quartersawed
quartersawed
verb
simple past tense of quartersaw
quarterspace
quarterstaff
quarterstaff
noun
A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
quaternarian
quaternarian
adj
quaternary
quaternaries
quaternaries
noun
plural of quaternary
quaternarius
quaternarius
noun
(prosody) A unit of four metrical feet.
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quaternities
quaternities
noun
plural of quaternity
quatertenses
quatrefoiled
quatrefoiled
adj
(architecture) decorated with quatrefoils
quattrocento
quattrocento
noun
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.