To attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).
banqueters
banqueters
noun
plural of banqueter
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
borinqueno
brontesque
broquineer
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
chequering
chequering
noun
A chequered pattern.
verb
present participle of chequer
cinquanter
conquerers
conquerers
noun
plural of conquerer
conqueress
conqueress
noun
A female conqueror.
conquering
conquering
noun
gerund of conquer: an act of conquest.
verb
present participle of conquer
conquerors
conquerors
noun
plural of conqueror
crannequin
critiquing
critiquing
verb
present participle of critique
croqueting
croqueting
verb
present participle of croquet
equangular
equangular
adj
Alternative spelling of equiangular
equestrian
equestrian
adj
(historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.
Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
noun
(historical) Synonym of eques
One who rides a horse.
equiparant
frequented
frequented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frequent
frequenter
frequenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of frequent: more frequent
noun
A person who frequents; a regular visitor.
frequently
frequently
adv
(mathematics, of a sequence) For infinitely many terms of the sequence.
At frequent intervals.
grandesque
greenquist
harlequina
harlequins
harlequins
noun
plural of harlequin
infrequent
infrequent
adj
Not frequent; not happening frequently.
inquirable
inquirable
adj
Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
inquirance
inquirance
noun
(obsolete) Inquiry.
inquirendo
inquirendo
noun
(law) An authority to inquire.
inquisitor
inquisitor
noun
(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
intranquil
iroquoians
lacquering
lacquering
noun
An application of lacquer.
verb
present participle of lacquer
lambrequin
lambrequin
noun
(US) A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance.
(ceramics) A border pattern with draped effect.
(heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an item, typically with one end pendant.
A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.
laquearian
laquearian
adj
(of a gladiator) armed with a noose
liqueuring
liqueuring
verb
present participle of liqueur
manqueller
manqueller
noun
(obsolete) A killer of men; a manslayer; executioner.
(obsolete) A murderer.
marinduque
marquisina
martinique
martinique
Proper noun
An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
medrinaque
medrinaque
noun
A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
negqtiator
parqueting
parqueting
verb
present participle of parquet
preconquer
preconquer
verb
(rare) To conquer beforehand.
prequoting
primaquine
primaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
proinquiry
provoquant
quadrangle
quadrangle
noun
(geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
quadrantal
quadrantal
adj
(geometry) Of or relating to a quadrant, or included in the fourth part of a circle.
noun
An ancient Roman unit of measure for liquids.
cube
quadrantes
quadrantes
noun
plural of quadrans
quadrantid
quadrantid
Noun
Any of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.
quadrantly
quadrantly
adv
squarely
quadrating
quadrating
verb
present participle of quadrate
quadrennia
quadrennia
noun
plural of quadrennium
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricorn
quadricorn
noun
Any quadricornous (four-horned) animal
quadrumana
quadrumane
quadrumane
adj
(zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".
noun
(zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.
quakertown
quandaries
quandaries
noun
plural of quandary
quantifier
quantifier
noun
(computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.
(grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
quarantine
quarantine
name
(Christainity, obsolete) Alternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho.
noun
(computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc..
(computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
(figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
(historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
(historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
(historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
(politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
A period of 40 days, particularly
A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
verb
(figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
(figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
(intransitive, obsolete) To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.
(transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
quarentene
quarentene
noun
Obsolete form of quarantine (“widow's grace period”).
quarreling
quarreling
verb
US standard spelling of quarrelling.
quartation
quartation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.
quartering
quartering
adj
(by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
noun
(architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
(historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
(hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.
A division into four parts.
A point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
verb
present participle of quarter
quarterman
quarterman
noun
A foreman in a shipyard
quartermen
quartermen
noun
plural of quarterman
quaternary
quaternary
adj
(inorganic chemistry) composed of four elements
(organic chemistry) quaternary ammonium
Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x⁴
Of fourth rank or order
Relating to or in number base four
noun
(chemistry) A quaternary compound.
(geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
quaternate
quaternate
adj
Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.
quaternion
quaternion
noun
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
A group or set of four people or things.
A word of four syllables.
quaternity
quaternity
noun
(countable) A group or set of four.
(uncountable) The state of being four.
quatorzain
quatorzain
noun
A poem or stanza consisting of fourteen lines.
queencraft
queencraft
noun
Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen; kingcraft as practised by a female sovereign.
queenright
queenright
adj
(zoology, of colonies of bees, ants, etc.) Having a queen.
queensware
queensware
noun
A type of Wedgwood creamware.
quercitrin
quercitrin
noun
A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
quercitron
quercitron
noun
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
quernstone
quernstone
noun
Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
quersprung
quersprung
noun
(skiing) A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.
queryingly
queryingly
adv
With, or as, a question or query.
questioner
questioner
noun
A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
quinacrine
quinacrine
noun
A drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O
quinanarii
quincewort
quincewort
Noun
squinancywort
quiniretin
quiniretin
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) A brown flocculent form of quinine.
quinizarin
quinizarin
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially and isomeric with alizarin.
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quinopyrin
quinquevir
quinquevir
noun
One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
quinsywort
quinsywort
noun
squinancywort
quinteroon
quirinalia
quirkiness
quirkiness
noun
(countable) A specific quirky aspect of a person or thing
(uncountable) The state of being quirky
rainsquall
rainsquall
noun
A rainstorm.
reacquaint
reacquaint
verb
To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.
reconquers
reconquers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reconquer
reconquest
reconquest
noun
The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
reinquired
reinquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reinquire
relinquent
relinquent
adj
relinquishing
relinquish
relinquish
verb
(transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
(transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
(transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
requesting
requesting
verb
present participle of request
requestion
requestion
verb
To question again.
resquander
rodinesque
romanesque
romanesque
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque
rosenquist
rubenesque
rubenesque
Adjective
plump and sensuous (referring to the figure of a woman)
sequencers
sequencers
noun
plural of sequencer
sinarquism
sinarquist
squadroned
squadroned
adj
(obsolete) Formed into squadrons, or squares.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squadron
squandered
squandered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squander
squanderer
squanderer
noun
Agent noun of squander; one who squanders.
squareness
squareness
noun
The condition of being square
squarsonry
squireling
squireling
noun
A petty squire.
synarquism
tarquinish
techniquer
terraquean
terraquean
adj
(obsolete) terraqueous
tourniquet
tourniquet
noun
(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
(obsolete) A turnstile.
Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
tranquiler
tranquillo
tranquilly
tranquilly
adv
In a tranquil manner.
triquinate
triquinoyl
ubiquarian
ubiquarian
adj
(archaic) Ubiquitous.
Alternative form of ubiquitarian
noun
Obsolete form of ubiquitarian.
unacquired
unacquired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unacquire
underqueen
underqueen
noun
An inferior or subordinate queen.
underquote
underquote
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a quotation that is too low, or is lower than that offered by others
unenquired
unenquired
adj
Not enquired (into, after, etc.).
unfrequent
unfrequent
adj
Not frequent; not common; not happening often; infrequent.
verb
(transitive) To stop frequenting; cease to frequent.
uninquired
uninquired
adj
Alternative form of unenquired
unliquored
unliquored
adj
(obsolete) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.
unquakerly
unquakerly
adj
Not Quakerly.
unquarried
unquarried
adj
Not quarried.
unquivered
unquivered
adj
(poetic) Not made to quiver or shake.
unrepiqued
unrequired
unrequired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unrequire
unrequital
unrequited
unrequited
adj
Unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.