(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aquavalent
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
colliquativeness
counterequivalent
equiconvex
equiconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having surfaces with the same radius of curvature.
equidivision
equidivision
noun
division into equal parts
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivalence
equivalence
noun
(chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
(geometry) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
(mathematics) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
(translation studies) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.
(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
verb
(transitive) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
equivalences
equivalences
noun
plural of equivalence
equivalencies
equivalencies
noun
plural of equivalency
equivalencing
equivalencing
verb
present participle of equivalence
equivalency
equivalency
noun
(countable) An equivalent thing.
(uncountable) equivalence
equivalent
equivalent
adj
(cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
(chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
(geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
(mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
noun
(chemistry) An equivalent weight.
Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
verb
(transitive) To make equivalent to; to equal.
equivalently
equivalently
adv
In an equivalent manner; equally.
equivalents
equivalents
noun
plural of equivalent
equivaliant
equivocalness
equivocalness
noun
The state of being equivocal; ambiguity
equivocating
equivocating
verb
present participle of equivocate
equivocatingly
equivocatingly
adv
With equivocation.
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.
equivocations
equivocations
noun
plural of equivocation
equivoluminal
equivoluminal
adj
Having an equal volume or capacity
equvalent
exquisitiveness
exquisitiveness
noun
The state or quality of being exquisitive.
frequentative
frequentative
adj
(grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
noun
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
inadequative
inadequatively
inequivalent
inequivalent
adj
Not equivalent
inequivalve
inequivalve
adj
(zoology, of the shells of a bivalve mollusc) Having valves of different sizes
noun
Any bivalve mollusc whose valves are of different sizes.
inequivalved
inequivalved
adj
Synonym of inequivalve
inequivalvular
inequivalvular
adj
(zoology) Having unequal valves; inequivalve.
inquisitive
inquisitive
adj
Eager to acquire knowledge.
Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
inquisitively
inquisitively
adv
In an inquisitive manner; curiously.
inquisitiveness
inquisitiveness
noun
The quality of being inquisitive; curiosity.
inquisitivenesses
irvingesque
milliequivalent
milliequivalent
noun
(chemistry) One thousandth of an equivalent
nonacquisitive
nonacquisitive
adj
Not acquisitive.
nonacquisitively
nonacquisitiveness
nonacquisitiveness
Noun
The quality of not being acquisitive.
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
nonequivalence
nonequivalence
noun
inequivalence
nonequivalency
nonequivalency
noun
Alternative form of nonequivalence
nonequivalent
nonequivalent
adj
Not equivalent; different.
nonequivalently
nonequivalents
nonequivocal
nonequivocally
nonequivocating
nonequivocating
adj
Not equivocating.
nonqualitative
nonqualitative
adj
Not qualitative.
nonqualitatively
nonquantitative
nonquantitative
adj
Not quantitative
nonquantitatively
nonquantitativeness
novantique
novelesque
novelesque
adj
Stylistically reminiscent of a novel.
outequivocating
overconquer
overfrequency
overfrequency
noun
(electrical) The condition where the frequency of an electrical supply rises above normal parameters.
overfrequent
overfrequent
adj
Excessively frequent.
overfrequently
overfrequently
adv
Too often.
overobsequiousness
overobsequiousness
noun
Excessive obsequiousness.
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
overqualifying
overqualifying
verb
present participle of overqualify
overquantity
overquantity
noun
An excessive quantity; surplus.
overquietness
overquietness
noun
Excessive quietness.
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
preacquisitiveness
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
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
quadrivalently
quadrivalently
adv
In a quadrivalent manner.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quantitative
quantitative
adj
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
quantitatively
quantitatively
adv
In a quantitative manner.
With respect to quantity rather than quality.
quantitativeness
quantitativeness
noun
The state or quality of being quantitative.
quantitive
quantitive
adj
Alternative form of quantitative
quantitively
quantitively
adv
quantitatively
quantitiveness
quantivalence
quantivalence
noun
(chemistry) Valence; the atomic or combining power of an element or radical expressed in terms of the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite.
quantivalency
quantivalency
noun
Alternative form of quantivalence
quantivalent
quantivalent
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to quantivalence, or valence.
quavering
quavering
adj
Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
noun
The act of something that quavers.
verb
present participle of quaver
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
quinovate
quinovate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of quinovic acid
quinovose
quinovose
noun
(biochemistry) A deoxy sugar, 6-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, that is widespread in plants, often as a sulfate
quinquenerval
quinquenerved
quinquenerved
adj
(botany, rare) Having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
quinquevalence
quinquevalence
noun
The condition of being quinquevalent.
quinquevalency
quinquevalent
quinquevalent
adj
Alternative spelling of quinquivalent
quinquevalve
quinquevalve
adj
(botany, biology) Having five valves.
quinquevalvous
quinquevalvular
quinquevalvular
adj
Alternative form of quinquevalve
quinqueverbal
quinqueverbial
quinquevir
quinquevir
noun
One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
quinquevirate
quinquevirate
noun
An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.