(historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
(law) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
(now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
aequiculi
aquatical
aquatical
adj
Archaic form of aquatic.
aquiclude
aquiclude
noun
(geology) A solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer.
becquerel
becquerel
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq
calchaqui
casquetel
casquetel
noun
A simple casque (helmet) that had no visor
chiloquin
claqueurs
claqueurs
noun
plural of claqueur
clayoquot
clinquant
clinquant
adj
Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
noun
Dutch metal.
Tinsel; glitter.
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
cliqueier
cliquiest
cliquiest
adj
superlative form of cliquey: most cliquey
superlative form of cliquy: most cliquy
coequally
coequally
adv
In a coequal manner.
colloquia
colloquia
noun
a plural of colloquium
coloquies
conquedle
coquilles
coquilles
noun
plural of coquille
coquitlam
coquitlam
Proper noun
A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
eloquence
eloquence
noun
(countable) An eloquent utterance.
The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
equivocal
equivocal
adj
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
Uncertain, as an indication or sign.
noun
(philosophy) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term.
jacquelin
jacquelyn
jacquelyn
Proper noun
name, one of the spelling variants of Jacqueline.
lacquered
lacquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquer
lacquerer
lacquerer
noun
One who lacquers.
lacqueyed
lacqueyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquey
liquorice
liquorice
noun
UK, Ireland, and India standard spelling of licorice.
loquacity
loquacity
noun
Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
mcquillin
pasquilic
quamoclit
quamoclit
noun
(botany) Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
quantical
quantical
adj
(mathematics) Relating to quantics.
Quantum.
quercitol
quercitol
noun
(organic chemistry) The sugar alcohol 5-deoxyinositol present in acorns and the bark of oaks
quicklime
quicklime
noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
verb
(transitive) To treat with quicklime.
quillajic
quillback
quillback
noun
Carpiodes cyprinus, a freshwater fish of the sucker family with a long filament that extends back from the dorsal fin, native to the eastern and central United States.
quinaldic
quinaldic
adj
Alternative form of quinaldinic
quitclaim
quitclaim
noun
(law) A deed that is a renunciation of claims to a parcel of real property and a transfer of one's claims to another.
A renunciation of claims.
verb
(transitive) To relinquish or release (a claim, title etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).
quizzical
quizzical
adj
Jocose; humorous.
Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
Strange or eccentric.
relacquer
relacquer
verb
To lacquer again.
squelched
squelched
adj
Having been squelched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squelch
squelcher
squelcher
noun
One who, or that which, squelches.
squelches
squelches
noun
plural of squelch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squelch