(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
equanimities
equanimities
noun
plural of equanimity
marquessates
marquessates
noun
plural of marquessate
marqueteries
marqueteries
noun
plural of marqueterie
plural of marquetery
marquisettes
marquisettes
noun
plural of marquisette
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
mosquitobill
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mosquitofish
mosquitofish
noun
Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
multiloquous
multiloquous
adj
Very talkative.
musquashroot
quadrigamist
quadrigamist
noun
(rare) Someone who has four spouses at the same time.
reequipments
reequipments
noun
plural of reequipment
requirements
requirements
noun
plural of requirement
saltimbanque
saltimbanque
noun
Tumbler, street acrobat.
semiequitant
semiequitant
adj
(botany) Somewhat or partly equitant.
semiquadrate
semiquadrate
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other by half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
semiquartile
semiquartile
noun
(astrology) A semiquadrate.
semiquietism
semiquietist
semiquintile
semiquintile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
somniloquent
somniloquent
adj
Synonym of somniloquous (“talking while asleep”)
somniloquist
somniloquist
noun
A person who talks in his/her sleep.
squamulation
squamulation
noun
(zoology) The condition of being squamulate; the presence of small scales.
