Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra palace, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
anthraquinol
bronchiloquy
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
chiquinquira
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
derelinquish
derelinquish
noun
to abandon or desert, to leave to itself
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
esquirearchy
harlequinade
harlequinade
noun
A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.
harlequinery
harlequinism
harlequinize
harlequinize
verb
(transitive) To make gaudy and comical.
harquebusade
harquebusade
noun
Alternative form of arquebusade (“the shot of an arquebus”)
harquebusier
harquebusier
noun
Alternative form of arquebusier
headquarters
headquarters
noun
A place of concentrated activity or influence.
The center of an organization's operations or administration.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
hindquarters
hindquarters
noun
plural of hindquarter
humoresquely
hydroquinine
hydroquinone
hydroquinone
noun
(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
musquashroot
orthoquinone
orthoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2-benzoquinone
quadraphonic
quadraphonic
adj
(of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers.
quadrihybrid
quadrihybrid
noun
(biology) A hybrid whose parents differ by four pairs of contrasting Mendelian characters.
quadriphonic
quadriphonic
adj
Alternative form of quadraphonic
quaestorship
quaestorship
noun
The office or status of quaestor.
quarterlight
quarterlight
noun
A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent
quarternight
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
queerishness
queerishness
noun
The quality of being queerish.
quickhearted
raphaelesque
raphaelesque
Adjective
In the style of the Italian painter
relinquished
relinquished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relinquish
relinquisher
relinquisher
noun
One who relinquishes.
relinquishes
relinquishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relinquish
squarishness
squarishness
noun
The state or quality of being squarish.
squirarchies
squirarchies
noun
plural of squirarchy
squirearchal
squirearchal
adj
Of or pertaining to squirearchy.
squirrelfish
squirrelfish
noun
Any member of the subfamily Holocentrinae of the family Holocentridae of ray-finned fish.
