(historical) An Islamic cleric, an expert in Islamic law and jurisprudence, especially in medieval and early modern Spain.
aliquid
aliquot
aliquot
adj
Contained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor.
noun
(chemistry, biotechnology) A portion of a total amount of a solution or suspension.
verb
(chemistry, biotechnology, transitive, informal) To separate a volume of solution or suspension into aliquots.
almique
alquier
aquilae
aquilia
aquilid
aquilla
aquilla
Proper noun
A village in Ohio.
A city in Texas.
aquilon
cliqued
cliqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clique
cliques
cliques
noun
plural of clique
cliquey
cliquey
adj
Having the characteristics of a clique.
equanil
equilin
equilin
noun
The estrogen 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5,7-tetraen-17-one, found in horse urine.
equinal
equinal
adj
(obsolete) equine
equulei
equulei
noun
plural of equuleus
inequal
inequal
adj
Not equal.
jonquil
jonquil
noun
A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil.
A shade of yellow.
lalaqui
laquais
lequire
liquate
liquate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
(metallurgy) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
(obsolete) To cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
liquefy
liquefy
verb
(image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop, transitive) To distort and warp an image.
(intransitive) To become liquid.
(transitive) To make into a liquid.
liqueur
liqueur
noun
A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes.
verb
to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur
to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution
liquids
liquids
noun
plural of liquid
liquidy
liquidy
adj
Having a consistency similar to a liquid, but also similar to a solid (for example custard); semifluid.
liquify
liquify
verb
Alternative form of liquefy
liquors
liquors
noun
plural of liquor
liquory
liquory
adj
Resembling alcohol.
intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
miquela
oblique
oblique
adj
(botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
(botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
(grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
(music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
noun
(geometry) An oblique line.
(grammar) The oblique case.
(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
verb
(intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
(transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
pasquil
pasquil
noun
A pasquin; a lampoon.
quachil
quailed
quailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quail
quakily
quakily
adv
In a quaky manner.
qualify
qualify
noun
(juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
verb
(juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
(now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
To certify or license someone for something.
To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
quality
quality
adj
Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.
noun
(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
(archaic) Position; status; rank.
(countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.
(countable, UK, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
(emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
(thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
(uncountable) Level of excellence.
(uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
quelite
quellio
quellio
noun
(obsolete) A ruff for the neck.
quibble
quibble
noun
(now rare) A pun.
An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
(informal, rare, transitive) To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.
quiblet
quiblet
noun
(obsolete) A quibble; an objection.
quickel
quickly
quickly
adv
If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
Rapidly; with speed; fast.
Very soon.
quiddle
quiddle
verb
(intransitive, rare) To spend or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.
(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle
quienal
quietly
quietly
adv
In a quiet manner.
quigley
quilate
quilate
noun
(historical) Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.
quilkin
quilkin
noun
(UK, obsolete, Cornwall) A frog or toad.
quillai
quillai
noun
(countable) Quillaja saponaria, the soapbark tree.
(uncountable) The bark of that tree.
quillan
quilled
quilled
adj
(of a flower) Having long, narrow petals or florets.
(of fabric) Having small, rounded folds.
Created through the process of quilling.
Decorated with quillwork.
Having quills or similar structures.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quill
quiller
quiller
noun
One who creates decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
One who works with a quill.
One who writes with a quill; a professional writer; a journalist.
quillet
quillet
noun
(now regional) A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it formed a larger field.
A quibble, an evasive distinction.
quillon
quillon
noun
Either of the two arms of such a guard.
The guard of a sword or other bladed weapon designed to protect the hand from harm.
quilmes
quilted
quilted
adj
Having characteristics that approximate the above to some degree.
Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quilt
quilter
quilter
noun
(Britain) A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt.
(US) A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches.
A person whose hobby or profession is making quilts.
quinela
quinela
noun
(gambling) Alternative form of quiniela
quinlan
quinols
quinols
noun
plural of quinol
quinoyl
quinoyl
noun
(chemistry) A radical whose hydride is quinone, analogous to phenyl.
quintal
quintal
noun
(historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
(historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
quipful
quipful
adj
Full of quips or jokes.
quircal
quisler
quisler
noun
Synonym of quisling
quitely
quittal
quittal
noun
(obsolete) Return; requital; quittance.
relique
relique
noun
Obsolete form of relic.
ronquil
ronquil
noun
A perciform marine fish of the family Bathymasteridae, related to the eelpouts and prowfish.
salique
salique
Adjective
Salic; Salian
siliqua
siliqua
noun
(botany) Alternative form of silique
A weight of four grains; a carat.
silique
silique
noun
(botany) A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.
sosquil
squails
squails
noun
An old parlour game in which small discs (called squails) are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process.
The game of ninepins.
plural of squail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squail
squalid
squalid
adj
Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
squilla
squilla
noun
(botany, obsolete) The squill, the sea onion.
(zoology) The mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla.
(zoology, obsolete) An insect resembling the mantis shrimp.
A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
squills
squills
noun
plural of squill
tequila
tequila
noun
An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.