A critique written in response to another critique.
antiquarians
antiquarians
noun
plural of antiquarian
aquacultural
aquacultural
adj
(agriculture) Of or pertaining to aquaculture.
aquacultures
aquacultures
noun
plural of aquaculture
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
aquarellists
aquarellists
noun
plural of aquarellist
aquicultural
aquicultural
adj
Alternative form of aquacultural
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
barquisimeto
barranquitas
biquadrantal
biquadratics
biquadratics
noun
plural of biquadratic
bramantesque
conquistador
conquistador
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
contramarque
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
disquiparant
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
equalitarian
equalitarian
adj
(dated) Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
noun
(dated) A person who accepts or promotes the view of equalitarianism.
equatorially
equatorially
adv
In an equatorial direction
equatorwards
equatorwards
adv
Towards the equator.
equilibrants
equilibrants
noun
plural of equilibrant
equilibrated
equilibrated
adj
Subject to equilibration
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate
equilibrates
equilibrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equilibrate
equilibrator
equilibrator
noun
(rare) A device that maintains equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
equilibriate
equiparation
equiparation
noun
(chiefly historical, law, philosophy) The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
(more generally, rare) Comparison.
equipartisan
equitemporal
equitemporal
adj
Of equal time.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
forequarters
forequarters
noun
plural of forequarter
frequentable
frequentable
adj
accessible
headquarters
headquarters
noun
A place of concentrated activity or influence.
The center of an organization's operations or administration.
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
hindquarters
hindquarters
noun
plural of hindquarter
inquartation
inquartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) quartation
interquarrel
interquarter
interquarter
adj
Between quarters.
marquessates
marquessates
noun
plural of marquessate
marqueteries
marqueteries
noun
plural of marqueterie
plural of marquetery
marquisettes
marquisettes
noun
plural of marquisette
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.
musquashroot
naturalesque
naturalesque
adj
(art) In a style resembling nature.
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
paraquadrate
paraquadrate
adj
Synonym of squamosal
plastiqueurs
preacquittal
preacquittal
adj
Before acquittal.
preacquitted
preantiquity
preantiquity
noun
The time before antiquity.
preliquidate
prequotation
proacquittal
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quadrateness
quadrateness
noun
Quality of being quadrate.
quadratifera
quadrigamist
quadrigamist
noun
(rare) Someone who has four spouses at the same time.
quadrijugate
quadrijugate
adj
(botany) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets.
quadrilobate
quadrilobate
adj
Having four lobes.
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
quadrisetose
quadrisetose
adj
(biology) Having four bristles.
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrupedant
quadrupedant
noun
quadruped
quadrupedate
quadruplator
quadruplator
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a public informer who received a fourth part.
quaestorship
quaestorship
noun
The office or status of quaestor.
quakerstreet
qualificator
qualificator
noun
An officer who examines and prepares causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
quarantining
quarantining
verb
present participle of quarantine
quarterbacks
quarterbacks
noun
plural of quarterback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quarterfinal
quarterfinal
noun
(general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
quarterlight
quarterlight
noun
A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent
quarternight
quartersawed
quartersawed
verb
simple past tense of quartersaw
quarterspace
quarterstaff
quarterstaff
noun
A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
quartiparous
quasicrystal
quasicrystal
noun
(physics, chemistry) any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity
quaternarian
quaternarian
adj
quaternary
quaternaries
quaternaries
noun
plural of quaternary
quaternarius
quaternarius
noun
(prosody) A unit of four metrical feet.
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
quaternities
quaternities
noun
plural of quaternity
quatertenses
quatrefoiled
quatrefoiled
adj
(architecture) decorated with quatrefoils
quattrocento
quattrocento
noun
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
quebrachitol
quebrachitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A polyhydroxy cyclic alcohol, 2-0-methyl-chiro-inositol, obtained from the latex of the rubber tree as a starting point in the synthesis of several pharmaceuticals
quercitannic
quercitannic
adj
Of or pertaining to quercitannic acid or its derivatives
quercitannin
quercitannin
noun
tannic acid derived from oak galls
querulential
querulential
adj
(archaic, rare) querulous; complaining
quickhearted
quizzatorial
quodlibetary
quodlibetary
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet.
racquetballs
racquetballs
noun
plural of racquetball
reacquainted
reacquainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint
reliquidated
reliquidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reliquidate
reliquidates
reliquidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reliquidate
requarantine
requarantine
verb
(transitive) To quarantine again.
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.
sequestrable
sequestrable
adj
Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.
sequestrated
sequestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sequestrate
sequestrates
sequestrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sequestrate
sequestrator
sequestrator
noun
One who sequesters.
sesquialtera
sesquialtera
noun
(music) A ratio of 3:2.
(music) An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes.
sesquiquarta
sesquitertia
sesquitertia
noun
(music, obsolete) A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4.
(obsolete) A ratio of 4 to 3.
sinarquistas
squattocracy
squattocracy
noun
(Australia, historical) Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class.
squirreltail
squirreltail
noun
Elymus elymoides, a species of wild rye.
subquarterly
superquality
superquality
adj
Of very high quality.
tardiloquent
tardiloquous
tornadoesque
tornadoesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tornado, or the damage and debris resulting from one.
tranquilized
tranquilized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tranquilize
tranquilizer
tranquilizer
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension.
That which tranquillizes or soothes.
tranquilizes
tranquilizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tranquilize
tranquillest
tranquillise
tranquillity
tranquillity
noun
The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.
tranquillize
tranquillize
verb
Alternative spelling of tranquilize
tranquilness
tranquilness
noun
The state or quality of being tranquil; tranquillity.
transaquatic
ubiquitarian
ubiquitarian
noun
(Christianity) Any of a group of Lutherans who held that the body of Christ was present everywhere at all times.