(geology) A solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer.
baldaquin
baldaquin
noun
Alternative form of baldacchin
baldoquin
bedquilts
bedquilts
noun
plural of bedquilt
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
conquedle
deliquate
deliquate
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume.
deliquium
deliquium
noun
(chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
(literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
(pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
(rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
eliquated
eliquated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eliquate
equalised
equalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equalise
equalized
equalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equalize
equilobed
equilobed
adj
Having lobes of equal size.
equimodal
equipedal
equipedal
adj
(zoology) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
lacquered
lacquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquer
lacqueyed
lacqueyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquey
lindquist
liquefied
liquefied
adj
Alternative spelling of liquified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liquefy; Alternative spelling of liquified
liqueured
liqueured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liqueur
liquidate
liquidate
verb
(law, transitive) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.
(obsolete, transitive) To make clear and intelligible.
(obsolete, transitive) To make liquid.
(transitive) To convert (assets) into cash; to redeem.
(transitive) To do away with.
(transitive) To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
(transitive) To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
liquidise
liquidise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liquidize.
liquidity
liquidity
noun
(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
(finance) Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
(finance) The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash
(uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.
liquidize
liquidize
verb
(business, finance) to convert assets into liquid (cash) form; to liquidate
to make liquid usually referring to solid food in a food processor; liquefy.
liquified
liquified
adj
Converted into a liquid state.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liquify
lonquhard
lundquist
nonliquid
nonliquid
adj
Not liquid (in various senses).
noun
A substance that is not a liquid.
odalisque
odalisque
noun
(historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
A desirable or sexually attractive woman.
quaaludes
quaaludes
noun
plural of quaalude
quadrable
quadrable
adj
(mathematics) Of a plane figure, for which quadrature is possible.
quadrella
quadrella
noun
(gambling, horse racing, Australia, New Zealand) A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.
quadrille
quadrille
noun
(card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
A square tiling of the plane.
Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
verb
(intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
quadruple
quadruple
adj
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
noun
(skating) A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
(rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
(transitive) To multiply by four.
quadruply
quadruply
adv
four times
in four (often different) ways
quailhead
qualified
qualified
adj
Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
Restricted or limited by conditions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of qualify
qualitied
qualitied
adj
(now rare) Endowed with (usually specified) qualities; especially, having good qualities.
quarreled
quiddling
quiddling
verb
present participle of quiddle
quilleted
quilleted
adj
Divided into quillets (small plots of land).
quinaldic
quinaldic
adj
Alternative form of quinaldinic
quinaldin
quinaldyl
quinoidal
quinoidal
adj
(organic chemistry) quinoid
quodlibet
quodlibet
noun
(art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
(card games) A card game that combines several different contracts.
(music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
(philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
quondamly
quondamly
adv
(formal) Formerly; at an earlier time.
soliquids
squabbled
squabbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squabble
squalidae
squalider
squalider
adj
comparative form of squalid: more squalid
squalidly
squalidly
adv
In a squalid manner.
squalodon
squalodon
noun
(paleontology) Any of a genus of extinct whales with serrated teeth, belonging to the family Squalodontidae.
squaredly
squaredly
adv
(mathematics, obsolete) Having been squared (again).
squelched
squelched
adj
Having been squelched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squelch
squiggled
squiggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squiggle
squilgeed
squilgeed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squilgee
squilloid
squilloid
noun
(zoology) A member of that taxonomic family Squillidae.
unequaled
unequaled
adj
(American spelling) Unmatched, superlative, the best ever done, record setting.