(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.
antiloquy
antiquely
antiquely
adv
In an antique manner.
aquatical
aquatical
adj
Archaic form of aquatic.
bedquilts
bedquilts
noun
plural of bedquilt
bequirtle
bilboquet
bilboquet
noun
A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.
biloquist
biloquist
noun
(rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
blomquist
clinquant
clinquant
adj
Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
noun
Dutch metal.
Tinsel; glitter.
cliquiest
cliquiest
adj
superlative form of cliquey: most cliquey
superlative form of cliquy: most cliquy
coquitlam
coquitlam
Proper noun
A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
deliquate
deliquate
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume.
eliquated
eliquated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eliquate
elroquite
equilater
equirotal
equirotal
adj
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
equitable
equitable
adj
(law) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.
Fair, just, or impartial.
Marked by or having equity.
equitably
equitably
adv
In an equitable manner
inquietly
inquietly
adv
In an inquiet manner.
lindquist
liquating
liquating
verb
present participle of liquate
liquation
liquation
noun
(metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
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.
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.
liquorist
liquorist
noun
A manufacturer of liquors.
loquacity
loquacity
noun
Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
lundquist
miquelets
miquelets
noun
plural of miquelet
mosquital
mosquital
adj
Of or relating to mosquitos.
obliquate
obliquity
obliquity
noun
(astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.
piquantly
piquantly
adv
In a piquant manner; with piquancy.
plastique
plastique
noun
(countable) A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
(dated, uncountable) A plastic explosive.
politique
politique
adj
Obsolete form of politic.
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
quaketail
quaketail
noun
(dialect) A bird, the wagtail.
qualitied
qualitied
adj
(now rare) Endowed with (usually specified) qualities; especially, having good qualities.
qualities
qualities
noun
plural of quality
qualmiest
qualmiest
adj
superlative form of qualmy: most qualmy
quamoclit
quamoclit
noun
(botany) Any plant of the former genus Quamoclit.
quantical
quantical
adj
(mathematics) Relating to quantics.
Quantum.
quantiles
quantiles
noun
plural of quantile
quantrill
quartiles
quartiles
noun
plural of quartile
quatrible
quercitol
quercitol
noun
(organic chemistry) The sugar alcohol 5-deoxyinositol present in acorns and the bark of oaks
querulist
querulist
noun
A querulous person; a peevish complainer.
querulity
querulity
noun
Synonym of querulousness
quietable
quietlike
quietlike
adj
Indicative or characteristic of quietness or of being quiet.
adv
In a quietlike manner; quietly.
quilleted
quilleted
adj
Divided into quillets (small plots of land).
quilltail
quillwort
quillwort
noun
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.
quiltings
quiltings
noun
plural of quilting
quinaielt
quintfoil
quintiles
quintiles
noun
plural of quintile
quintilis
quintilis
Proper noun
The month of the ancient Roman calendar which became July, the fifth month when the year began with March and the seventh after it began with January.
quintilla
quintuple
quintuple
adj
(music) having five crotchets in a bar
five times as much
having five parts or members
noun
a fivefold amount
verb
(intransitive) To be multiplied by five.
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).
quittable
quittable
adj
Capable of being quitted.
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.