(dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
verb
Alternative form of briquette
croquet
croquet
noun
(countable) A croquette.
(countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
verb
(transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
equator
equator
noun
(astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
(geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
The celestial equator.
The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
marquet
parquet
parquet
noun
(historical) In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.
(historical) In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions.
A wooden floor made of parquetry.
The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
verb
(transitive) To lay or fit such a floor.
qintars
qintars
noun
plural of qintar
quadrat
quadrat
noun
(Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
(letterpress typography, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
(sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
quartan
quartan
adj
(medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.
noun
(medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
quartas
quarter
quarter
adj
(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
noun
(Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
(Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
(farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
(figurative, archaic) A topic or area of endeavour.
(heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
(military slang, now rare) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
(now chiefly financial) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
(now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
(now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
(now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
(now rare, rugby, American football) A quarterback.
(obsolete) Relations between people.
(often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
(sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
(time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
A quarterfinal.
A region or place.
Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
verb
(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
(transitive) To quartersaw.
quartes
quartes
noun
plural of quarte
quartet
quartet
noun
(music) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
(music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
(music) A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
A group of four people or things, particularly
quartic
quartic
adj
(mathematics) of or relating to the fourth degree
noun
(mathematics) A curve describing such an equation or function.
(mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree.
quartin
quartis
quartos
quartos
noun
plural of quarto
quartus
quartzy
quartzy
adj
Resembling or containing quartz.
quatern
quatern
adj
quaternate; composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.
quaters
quatral
quatres
quatres
noun
plural of quatre
quatrin
quatrin
noun
(obsolete) Any of several small copper coins, similar to farthings, in any of several countries.
quatuor
quatuor
noun
(music) A quartet.
querent
querent
noun
(law, historical) A complainant; a plaintiff.
(obsolete outside divination) An inquirer.
querist
querist
noun
(formal) A person who asks questions.
quester
quester
noun
A person engaged in a quest.
questor
quieter
quieter
adj
comparative form of quiet: more quiet
noun
One who quiets.
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.
quintar
quintar
noun
Alternative form of qintar
quinter
quirita
quirite
quirted
quirted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quirt
quiteri
quitter
quitter
noun
(farriery) Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”)
(now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
(obsolete) A deliverer.
(obsolete) Scoria of tin.
One who quits.
verb
To suppurate; ooze with pus.
quittor
quittor
noun
A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
quoiter
quoiter
noun
One who plays the game of quoits.
quoters
quoters
noun
plural of quoter
racquet
racquet
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”)
verb
To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.
To hit with a racquet.
To play a game that involves using a racquet.
request
request
noun
(networking) A message sent over a network to a server.
(obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
A formal message requesting something.
Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
Condition of being sought after.
verb
(transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).
(transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.
requite
requite
noun
requital
verb
(transitive) To return (usually something figurative) that has been given; to repay; to recompense
requote
requote
verb
(transitive) To quote again or anew.
roquets
roquets
noun
plural of roquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roquet
roquist
squiret
squirts
squirts
noun
plural of squirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squirt
squirty
squirty
adj
(informal) That operates by squirting.
suqutra
tamqrah
tariqat
tariqat
noun
Alternative form of tariqa
tarquin
tiqueur
tiqueur
noun
A person who experiences tics.
torquay
torquay
Proper noun
A town and seaside resort in the borough of Torbay in southern Devon, England.
torqued
torqued
adj
Upset; angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of torque
torquer
torquer
noun
A magnetic device that generates torque.
torques
torques
noun
(historical) A collar or necklace of twisted metal (often military); torque.
plural of torque
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of torque