A printed picture coloured by the application of watercolour through stencils, using a different stencil for each colour.
A watercolour (painting)
aquilaria
baroquely
baroquely
adv
In a baroque style.
becquerel
becquerel
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq
beliquors
bequirtle
brusquely
brusquely
adv
In a brusque manner; abruptly; rudely.
burlesque
burlesque
adj
(dated) Parodical; parodic
noun
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
verb
To make a burlesque parody of.
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
claqueurs
claqueurs
noun
plural of claqueur
cliqueier
elroquite
equalizer
equalizer
noun
(Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
(mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
(sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
A device that balances various quantities.
A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
One who makes equal; a balancer.
equilater
equiliria
equimolar
equimolar
adj
(chemistry) Containing the same number of moles (of two or more compounds)
equirotal
equirotal
adj
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
euraquilo
harlequin
harlequin
adj
Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
Of a greenish-chartreuse color.
noun
(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
(informal) A harlequin duck.
A greenish-chartreuse color.
A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes.
verb
(intransitive) To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
(transitive) To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
lacquered
lacquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquer
lacquerer
lacquerer
noun
One who lacquers.
laquearia
laquearia
noun
(historical) The panels of a coffered ceiling in Ancient Rome.
liquefier
liquefier
noun
A device used to liquify gases (by cooling and compression)
liqueured
liqueured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of liqueur
liquifier
liquifier
noun
Alternative form of liquefier
liquiform
liquiform
adj
Resembling a liquid.
liquorice
liquorice
noun
UK, Ireland, and India standard spelling of licorice.
liquoring
liquoring
verb
present participle of liquor
liquorish
liquorish
adj
(obsolete) Lecherous.
liquorist
liquorist
noun
A manufacturer of liquors.
lonquhard
marquisal
overequal
overquell
overquell
verb
(transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain power over.
pasquiler
proliquor
quadrable
quadrable
adj
(mathematics) Of a plane figure, for which quadrature is possible.
quadrella
quadrella
noun
(gambling, horse racing, Australia, New Zealand) A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.
quadrille
quadrille
noun
(card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
A square tiling of the plane.
Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
verb
(intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
quadruple
quadruple
adj
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
noun
(skating) A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.
(rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
(transitive) To multiply by four.
quadruply
quadruply
adv
four times
in four (often different) ways
quakerlet
qualifier
qualifier
noun
(computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
(grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
A preliminary stage of a competition.
One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
quantrill
quarreled
quarreler
quarreler
noun
One who quarrels or is disposed to do so. An arguer or disputer.
quarrelet
quarterly
quarterly
adj
(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.
Occurring once every quarter year (three months).
adv
Once every quarter year (three months).
noun
A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
quartiles
quartiles
noun
plural of quartile
quaternal
quaternal
adj
Occurring in fours, or having four elements.
quatrayle
quatrayle
noun
(rare) A great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father.
quatreble
quatreble
noun
(obsolete, music) A voice pitched a fifth above treble.
quatrible
queenlier
queenlier
adj
comparative form of queenly: more queenly
quercitol
quercitol
noun
(organic chemistry) The sugar alcohol 5-deoxyinositol present in acorns and the bark of oaks
quernales
querulant
querulant
noun
(psychology) One who has obsessive feelings of having been wronged.
querulent
querulent
adj
Habitually suspicious or querimonious.
noun
A habitually suspicious or querimonious person.
querulist
querulist
noun
A querulous person; a peevish complainer.
querulity
querulity
noun
Synonym of querulousness
querulous
querulous
adj
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
quibblers
quibblers
noun
plural of quibbler
quillwork
quillwork
noun
Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.
quillwort
quillwort
noun
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Isoetaceae, that resemble rushes and produce spores.
quiverful
quiverful
noun
The amount held by a quiver
relacquer
relacquer
verb
To lacquer again.
reliquary
reliquary
noun
(figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
(law) A person who owes a balance.
A container to hold or display religious relics.
reliquefy
reliquefy
verb
(transitive) To liquefy again.
reliquiae
reliquiae
noun
(archaeology) Artifacts; things made or modified by human art.
Remains, especially of fossil organisms.
reliquian
reliquian
adj
Of or pertaining to relics; of the nature of a relic.
reliquism
requalify
requalify
verb
To qualify again; to renew a qualification.
requitals
requitals
noun
plural of requital
squabbler
squabbler
noun
A person who squabbles.
squalider
squalider
adj
comparative form of squalid: more squalid
squallers
squallers
noun
plural of squaller
squallery
squallery
noun
squalling
squallier
squallier
adj
comparative form of squally: more squally
squarable
squarable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being squared
squaredly
squaredly
adv
(mathematics, obsolete) Having been squared (again).
squealers
squealers
noun
plural of squealer
squelcher
squelcher
noun
One who, or that which, squelches.
squilgeer
squilgeer
noun
(historical) A person employed to use a squeegee.
squillery
squiralty
squiralty
noun
The land-owning gentry; the squirearchy.
squirelet
squirelet
noun
A little or petty squire.
squirrels
squirrels
noun
plural of squirrel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squirrel