(historical) A ceremonial ewer used in Ancient Roman rainmaking rituals.
aquamanalia
aquamaniles
aquamaniles
noun
plural of aquamanile
aquamanilia
aquaplaners
aquaplaners
noun
plural of aquaplaner
aquaplaning
aquaplaning
noun
(automotive, UK) The loss of contact with the road because of surface water. The act of aquaplaning.
The act of aquaplaning.
verb
present participle of aquaplane
arlequinade
beliquoring
blanquettes
blanquettes
noun
plural of blanquette
blanquillos
blanquillos
noun
plural of blanquillo
burlesquing
burlesquing
noun
An instance of burlesque.
verb
present participle of burlesque
calchaquian
chloroquine
chloroquine
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃.
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
cliqueyness
cliqueyness
noun
Alternative form of cliquiness
coequalness
coequalness
noun
The state or quality of being coequal.
coloquintid
coloquintid
noun
(obsolete) colocynth
conquerable
conquerable
adj
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
croquignole
croquignole
noun
Alternative form of crokinole
delinquence
delinquency
delinquency
noun
A criminal offense.
A debt that is overdue for payment.
Misconduct.
delinquents
delinquents
noun
plural of delinquent
eloquential
eloquential
adj
(archaic) eloquent
equableness
equableness
noun
The state or quality of being equable.
equiangular
equiangular
adj
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.
equibalance
equibalance
noun
Equal weight; equiponderance.
verb
(transitive) To make of equal weight; to counterbalance.
equidiurnal
equidiurnal
adj
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; applied to the equinoctial line.
equilibrant
equilibrant
noun
A force equal to, but opposite of, the resultant sum of vector forces; that force which balances other forces, thus bringing an object to equilibrium.
equinoctial
equinoctial
adj
(astronomy) Of or relating to the celestial equator.
(astronomy) Of or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.
(uncommon) Equatorial: Of or relating to the equator of the Earth.
noun
(rare) The terrestrial equator.
An equinoctial gale.
The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator.
equipollent
equipollent
adj
(logic, of each of two statements) able to be deduced from the other
equivalent
having equal power or force
noun
An equivalent.
equivalence
equivalence
noun
(chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
(geometry) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
(mathematics) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
(translation studies) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.
(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
verb
(transitive) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
equivalency
equivalency
noun
(countable) An equivalent thing.
(uncountable) equivalence
equivalents
equivalents
noun
plural of equivalent
equivaliant
fatiloquent
fatiloquent
adj
prophetic; speaking of fate.
goblinesque
goblinesque
adj
Reminiscent of goblins.
harlequinic
harlequinic
adj
Of or relating to a harlequin (pantomime fool).
holoquinoid
hydroquinol
illiquation
illiquation
noun
(rare) The melting or dissolving of one thing into another.
ineloquence
ineloquence
noun
The state or condition of being ineloquent.
inequalness
inequalness
noun
inequality; unequalness
inequiaxial
inequiaxial
adj
Not equiaxial.
inequilobed
inequilobed
adj
Not equilobed.
inequitable
inequitable
adj
unfair, unequal or unjust
inequitably
inequitably
adv
In an inequitable manner.
inequivalve
inequivalve
adj
(zoology, of the shells of a bivalve mollusc) Having valves of different sizes
noun
Any bivalve mollusc whose valves are of different sizes.
iniquitable
iniquitably
inquilinism
inquilinism
noun
The situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
inquilinity
inquilinous
inquilinous
adj
(biology) That lives in the dwelling place of another species
inquiringly
inquiringly
adv
In an inquiring manner.
jackqueline
lambrequins
lambrequins
noun
plural of lambrequin
liquescence
liquescence
noun
Alternative form of liquescency
liquescency
liquescency
noun
The quality or state of being liquescent.
liquidating
liquidating
verb
present participle of liquidate
liquidation
liquidation
noun
(euphemistic) Murder of dehumanized victims by a regime (and possibly its allies).
The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
liquidising
liquidising
verb
present participle of liquidise
liquidizing
liquidizing
verb
present participle of liquidize
londonesque
londonesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the British capital city of London.
longinquity
longinquity
noun
(archaic) length
Long distance; the quality of being far away, remoteness.
moquelumnan
namaqualand
namaqualand
Proper noun
An arid region of Namibia and South Africa, divided by the lower course of the into two portions: Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the north.
noneloquent
nonliquidly
nonrequital
nonuniquely
nonuniquely
adv
In a nonunique manner.
obliquation
obliquation
noun
Deviation from moral rectitude.
The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity.
obliqueness
obliqueness
noun
The quality of being oblique.
omniloquent
outquibling
palanquined
palanquiner
pasquillant
penetrolqgy
plasmoquine
plasmoquine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of chloroquine
platonesque
platonesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the ancient philosopher Plato.
polyloquent
polyloquent
adj
(rare) Garrulous; loquacious.
quadrangled
quadrangled
adj
Alternative form of quadrangular
Enclosed in a quadrangular structure
quadrangles
quadrangles
noun
plural of quadrangle
quadrantile
quadrantile
adj
quadrantal
quadrennial
quadrennial
adj
Happening every four years.
Lasting for four years.
noun
A four-year period, a quadrennium.
quadrilling
quadrilling
verb
present participle of quadrille
quadrillion
quadrillion
noun
(figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
num
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^4): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000,000^2): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
quadrinodal
quadrinodal
adj
(mathematics) Having four nodes.
quadrumanal
quadrumanal
adj
quadrumane
quadruplane
quadruplane
noun
An airplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces (four wings one above the other)
quadrupling
quadrupling
noun
An act of quadrupling.
verb
present participle of quadruple
quantizable
quantizable
adj
That can be quantized.
quarrelling
quarrelling
noun
A heated argument.
verb
present participle of quarrel
quartenylic
quartenylic
adj
Of or pertaining to quartenylic acid or its derivatives
quarterland
quarterland
noun
An old Scots unit of measure of land.
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
queenliness
queenliness
noun
The state of being queenly.
querulation
quibblingly
quibblingly
adv
In a quibbling manner; with petty argumentativeness.
quiescently
quiescently
adv
In a quiescent manner.
quinaldinic
quinaldinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to quinaldinic acid or its derivatives
quinanisole
quinazoline
quinazoline
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic aromatic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to one of pyrimidine; some of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals
quincubital
quincubital
adj
(ornithology) Having a fifth cubital remex.
quincuncial
quincuncial
adj
(botany) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior.
Arranged in a quincunx.
quincunxial
quincunxial
adj
Alternative spelling of quincuncial
quindecylic
quindecylic
adj
pentadecylic, pentadecanoic
quinolinium
quinolinium
noun
(organic chemistry) The cation formed by protonation of a quinoline
quinologist
quinologist
noun
One who studies quinology.
quinoxaline
quinoxaline
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of pyrazine.
quinquangle
quinquangle
noun
(archaic) pentagon
quinquefoil
quinquefoil
noun
Alternative form of cinquefoil
quintennial
quintennial
adj
Synonym of quinquennial.
quintillian
quintillion
quintillion
num
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.
(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 10³⁰.
quintuplets
quintuplets
noun
plural of quintuplet
quintupling
quintupling
verb
present participle of quintuple
quislingism
quislingism
noun
Alternative form of Quislingism
quisquilian
quisquilian
adj
(rare) Without value or importance, insignificant.
quiveringly
quiveringly
adv
While quivering, or as if quivering
quotational
quotational
adj
Characteristic of a quotation
quotidianly
quotidianly
adv
Occurring on a quotidian basis; daily or commonplace.
rainsqualls
rainsqualls
noun
plural of rainsquall
sequelizing
sequelizing
verb
present participle of sequelize
sesquinonal
sesquiplane
sesquiplane
noun
A biplane having one long wing and one short one above or below it.
squalidness
squalidness
noun
The state of being squalid
squattingly
squattingly
adv
In a squatting position.
squawkingly
squawkingly
adv
In a squawking way; with squawking noises.
squeakingly
squeakingly
adv
With a squeaking sound.
squeezingly
squeezingly
adv
So as to squeeze.
squilgeeing
squilgeeing
verb
present participle of squilgee
squillgeing
squintingly
squintingly
adv
While squinting.
squirmingly
squirmingly
adv
With squirming motions.
squirrelian
squirreline
squirreling
squirreling
noun
(Scientology, often derogatory) The application of L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
The storing of something when in abundance against a time when it will be scarce (after the manner of a squirrel)
verb
present participle of squirrel
squirtingly
squirtingly
adv
So as to squirt.
sultanesque
sylvanesque
sylvanesque
adj
Reminiscent of the forest or woods.
tranquilest
tranquilest
adj
superlative form of tranquil: most tranquil
tranquility
tranquility
noun
US standard spelling of tranquillity.
tranquilize
tranquilize
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To become tranquil.
(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
(transitive, now literary) To make (something or someone) tranquil.
tranquiller
tranquiller
adj
comparative form of tranquil: more tranquil
unappliqued
unequalable
unequalable
adj
(obsolete) Not capable of being equalled or paralleled.
unequalised
unequalized
unequalized
adj
Not equalized.
unequalness
unequalness
noun
The state or condition of being unequal; inequality.
unequitable
unequitable
adj
inequitable
unequitably
unequitably
adv
In a way that is not equitable.
unequivalve
unequivalve
adj
Not equivalve.
unequivocal
unequivocal
adj
(possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.
Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable