(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.).
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
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.
aqueoglacial
aqueoglacial
adj
(geology) Deposited by and in water at a time contemporary with the presence of glacial ice in the region.
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
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cinquecentos
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
circumquaque
cliquishness
cliquishness
noun
the state of being cliquish
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
conqueringly
conqueringly
adv
So as to conquer.
conquinamine
conquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) quinidamine
consequences
consequences
noun
An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written.
plural of consequence
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.
croquignoles
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.
deliquescing
deliquescing
verb
present participle of deliquesce
discotheques
discotheques
noun
plural of discotheque
dulciloquent
dulciloquent
adj
(literary, rare) Speaking sweetly.
eequinoctium
equibalanced
equibalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equibalance
equicellular
equicellular
adj
(biology) Made up of similar cells.
equicohesive
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equilocation
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
equiperiodic
equiperiodic
adj
Having the same period.
equipollence
equipollence
noun
(logic) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.
The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.
equipollency
equipollency
noun
Alternative form of equipollence
equisetaceae
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
equivalences
equivalences
noun
plural of equivalence
equivelocity
equivelocity
noun
An equal velocity
equivocacies
equivocacies
noun
plural of equivocacy
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.
esquirearchy
etiquettical
etiquettical
adj
Relating to, or prescribed by, etiquette.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
hyperquadric
hyperquadric
noun
(mathematics) A particular generalization of a superquadric
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
inconsequent
inconsequent
adj
(archaic) Alternative form of inconsequential
illogical; not following from the premises
infrequences
infrequences
noun
plural of infrequence
infrequentcy
inquaintance
lacquerwares
lacquerwares
noun
plural of lacquerware
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
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
liquidogenic
meriquinonic
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
noneloquence
nonequivocal
nonfrequence
nonfrequency
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.
preacquiring
preacquiring
verb
present participle of preacquire
preacquittal
preacquittal
adj
Before acquittal.
preacquitted
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadricepses
quadricepses
noun
plural of quadriceps
quadricycler
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
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
quelquechose
quenchlessly
quenchlessly
adv
In a quenchless manner.
querciflorae
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
quercivorous
quercivorous
adj
Feeding on oak leaves.
quetzalcoatl
quickhearted
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
quicksilvery
quicksilvery
adj
Like quicksilver.
quindecangle
quindecangle
noun
(obsolete, geometry) quindecagon
quindecaplet
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
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.
quinuclidine
quinuclidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The saturated, bicyclic heterocycle 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane; any of its derivatives
racquetballs
racquetballs
noun
plural of racquetball
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
reconquering
reconquering
verb
present participle of reconquer
relacquering
relacquering
verb
present participle of relacquer
requiescence
resequencing
resequencing
noun
(genetics) The sequencing of part of an individual's genome in order to detect sequence differences between the individual and the standard genome of the species.
Arrangement in a new sequence; reordering.
verb
present participle of resequence
sequaciously
sequaciously
adv
by a logically developed argument.
with blind acceptance.
sesquioctava
siliquaceous
siliquaceous
adj
(botany) Having siliques.
squelchiness
squelchiness
noun
The state or quality of being squelchy.
squelchingly
squelchingly
adv
In a squelching manner.
squirarchies
squirarchies
noun
plural of squirarchy
squirearchal
squirearchal
adj
Of or pertaining to squirearchy.
squireocracy
subsequences
subsequences
noun
plural of subsequence
unacquainted
unacquainted
adj
(obsolete) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Not acquainted, unfamiliar (with someone or something).