(medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.
The act of becoming liquid; melting.
coloquintida
coloquintida
noun
(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
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.
desquamation
desquamation
noun
(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
equalisation
equalisation
noun
Alternative spelling of equalization
equalization
equalization
noun
(finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
equationally
equationally
adv
In terms of equations.
equidominant
equidominant
adj
equally dominant
equilocation
equimomental
equimomental
adj
Having equal moments of inertia.
equinoctials
equinoctials
noun
plural of equinoctial
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.
equivocating
equivocating
verb
present participle of equivocate
equivocation
equivocation
noun
(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
illaqueation
illaqueation
noun
(obsolete) Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it.
inadequation
inadequation
noun
(obsolete) Lack of exact correspondence.
inequilobate
inequilobate
adj
(biology) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.
inquartation
inquartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) quartation
inquietation
inquietation
Noun
disturbance
liquefaction
liquefaction
noun
Process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas)
The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.
liquidations
liquidations
noun
plural of liquidation
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
nonacquittal
nonacquittal
noun
Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.
nonequitable
nonequitably
nonqualities
nonqualities
noun
plural of nonquality
nonsequacity
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
pauciloquent
pauciloquent
adj
Using few words when speaking.
prequotation
quantitation
quantitation
noun
The process of quantitating.
The result of a process of quantitating.
quantization
quantization
noun
(countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory; to represent by quanta
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values
quaternionic
quaternionic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a quaternion
questionable
questionable
adj
(obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
Of dubious respectability or morality.
Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
questionably
questionably
adv
in a questionable manner
quinoidation
quotationist
quotationist
noun
One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.
squamulation
squamulation
noun
(zoology) The condition of being squamulate; the presence of small scales.