(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An irrigation ditch.
acquiet
acquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
acquire
acquire
verb
(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
(medicine) To contract.
(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
(transitive) To get.
aequian
almique
alquier
antique
antique
adj
(bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
(obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
(typography) Designating a style of type.
Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
noun
(figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
(in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
(obsolete) A man of ancient times.
(typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.
An object of ancient times.
An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
verb
(intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
(transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
(transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.
aqueity
aqueity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being watery.
aquifer
aquifer
noun
An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
aquilae
aquiver
aquiver
adj
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
besquib
bezique
bezique
noun
A trick-taking card game for two players.
The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.
bisques
bisques
noun
plural of bisque
briquet
briquet
noun
(dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes.
Alternative form of briquette in all its senses.
verb
Alternative form of briquette
brisque
brisque
noun
In the card game bezique, an ace or ten won in a trick.
cacique
cacique
noun
(historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
(ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
caiques
caiques
noun
plural of caique
cazique
cazique
noun
Alternative spelling of cacique
chequin
chequin
noun
Archaic form of zecchino (“old gold coin of Italy”).
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
cirques
cirques
noun
plural of cirque
cliqued
cliqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clique
cliques
cliques
noun
plural of clique
cliquey
cliquey
adj
Having the characteristics of a clique.
comique
comique
noun
(dated) A comic actor or singer.
enquire
enquire
verb
(intransitive) To make an enquiry.
(transitive, archaic) To ask about (something).
enquiry
enquiry
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A question.
Search for truth, information or knowledge.
enrique
equanil
equiaxe
equilin
equilin
noun
The estrogen 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5,7-tetraen-17-one, found in horse urine.
equinal
equinal
adj
(obsolete) equine
equines
equines
noun
plural of equine
equinia
equinia
noun
(medicine, archaic) glanders
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
equinus
equinus
noun
(medicine) Synonym of talipes equinus
equiped
equison
equison
noun
(archaic) groom, ostler, equerry, jockey
equites
equites
noun
plural of eques
equulei
equulei
noun
plural of equuleus
esquire
esquire
noun
(archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
(heraldry) A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.
(obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
A lawyer.
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To attend, wait on, escort.
etiquet
exquire
exquire
verb
(obsolete) To search into or out.
giauque
inequal
inequal
adj
Not equal.
inquest
inquest
noun
(rare, obsolete) enquiry; quest; search
A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome
The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry
inquiet
inquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disquiet.
inquire
inquire
verb
(intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation.
(intransitive, US) To ask (about something).
(transitive, obsolete) To call; to name.
iquique
jacquie
jacquie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline and of its variant spellings.
jicaque
jicaque
Noun
A member of an Indian people of northern Honduras.
Proper noun
The language of these people.
lequire
liquate
liquate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
(metallurgy) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
(obsolete) To cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
liquefy
liquefy
verb
(image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop, transitive) To distort and warp an image.
(intransitive) To become liquid.
(transitive) To make into a liquid.
liqueur
liqueur
noun
A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes.
verb
to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur
to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution
mesquin
mesquit
mezquit
miquela
monique
monique
Proper noun
name from the French form of Monica.
oblique
oblique
adj
(botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
(botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
(grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
(music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
noun
(geometry) An oblique line.
(grammar) The oblique case.
(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
verb
(intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
(transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
perique
perique
noun
A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.
picquet
picquet
noun
Alternative form of piquet (“card game”)
piquero
piquets
piquets
noun
plural of piquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piquet
piqueur
piroque
piroque
noun
Alternative form of pirogue (“type of boat”)
quailed
quailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quail
quakier
quakier
adj
comparative form of quaky: more quaky
quattie
quattie
noun
(Jamaica) An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence.
queenie
queenie
noun
(UK) The queen scallop.
(colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
quelite
quellio
quellio
noun
(obsolete) A ruff for the neck.
quenite
quennie
quentin
quentin
Proper noun
name occasionally used.
quercia
quercic
quercin
quercin
noun
(organic chemistry) A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark.
querida
querida
noun
(US, in Latin-American contexts) darling
querido
queried
queried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of query
querier
querier
noun
(UK, obsolete) A chimney sweep who goes door to door looking for work.
One who, or that which, queries.
queries
queries
noun
plural of query
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of query
querist
querist
noun
(formal) A person who asks questions.
queuing
queuing
noun
(chiefly computing theory) The act of placing something in a queue.
verb
present participle of queue
quibble
quibble
noun
(now rare) A pun.
An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
(informal, rare, transitive) To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.
quiblet
quiblet
noun
(obsolete) A quibble; an objection.
quiches
quiches
noun
plural of quiche
quicked
quicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quick
quickel
quicken
quicken
noun
(chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
verb
(also figuratively) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
(archaic) To make or help (something) to burn.
(construction, nautical (shipbuilding), archaic) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
(intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
(literary, also figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
(passive) Of a pregnant woman: to be in the state of reaching the stage of pregnancy at which the movements of the foetus are first felt.
(rare) To inspire or stimulate.
(transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
To come back to life, to receive life.
To give life; to make alive.
To grow bright; to brighten.
To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
To make (a drug, liquor, etc.) more effective or stimulating.
To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
quicker
quicker
adj
comparative form of quick: more quick
quickie
quickie
noun
(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.
(colloquial, by extension) A brief sexual encounter.
quidder
quidder
noun
A horse with a dental defect that cannot masticate hay, but rejects it rolled up like a quid of tobacco.
quiddle
quiddle
verb
(intransitive, rare) To spend or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.
(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle
quienal
quiesce
quiesce
verb
(computing, transitive) To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it for backups or other maintenance.
Become quiet or quieter.
To make temporarily inactive or disabled.
quieted
quieted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiet
quieten
quieten
verb
(intransitive) To become quiet.
(transitive) To make quiet.
quieter
quieter
adj
comparative form of quiet: more quiet
noun
One who quiets.
quietly
quietly
adv
In a quiet manner.
quietus
quietus
noun
A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).
quigley
quilate
quilate
noun
(historical) Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.
quilled
quilled
adj
(of a flower) Having long, narrow petals or florets.
(of fabric) Having small, rounded folds.
Created through the process of quilling.
Decorated with quillwork.
Having quills or similar structures.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quill
quiller
quiller
noun
One who creates decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
One who works with a quill.
One who writes with a quill; a professional writer; a journalist.
quillet
quillet
noun
(now regional) A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it formed a larger field.
A quibble, an evasive distinction.
quilmes
quilted
quilted
adj
Having characteristics that approximate the above to some degree.
Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quilt
quilter
quilter
noun
(Britain) A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt.
(US) A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches.
A person whose hobby or profession is making quilts.
quimper
quimper
Proper noun
A town in Finistère, Brittany
quinate
quinate
adj
(botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
noun
(chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
quinces
quinces
noun
plural of quince
quincey
quinela
quinela
noun
(gambling) Alternative form of quiniela
quinine
quinine
noun
(pharmacology) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂ originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona) used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) with quinine.
quinite
quinize
quinnet
quinnet
noun
Alternative form of quinnat
quinone
quinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
quinque
quinter
quintes
quintet
quintet
noun
(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
(music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
Any group of five members
quintie
quinyie
quipped
quipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quip
quipper
quipper
noun
One who quips; a jester.
quirite
quirked
quirked
adj
Having, or formed with, a quirk.
quirted
quirted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quirt
quisler
quisler
noun
Synonym of quisling
quitely
quiteno
quiteri
quiteve
quitted
quitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quit
quitter
quitter
noun
(farriery) Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”)
(now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
(obsolete) A deliverer.
(obsolete) Scoria of tin.
One who quits.
verb
To suppurate; ooze with pus.
quivers
quivers
noun
plural of quiver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiver
quivery
quivery
adj
quivering; aquiver
quixote
quixote
Noun
Someone resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but unrealistic; an idealist.
quizzed
quizzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiz
quizzee
quizzee
noun
(archaic) One who is quizzed or teased.
quizzer
quizzer
noun
(dated) One who chaffs or mocks.
A person who quizzes or asks questions.
A person who takes part in a quiz.
quizzes
quizzes
noun
plural of quiz
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quiz
quoined
quoined
adj
(architecture) Furnished with a quoin.
quoited
quoited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quoit
quoiter
quoiter
noun
One who plays the game of quoits.
quoties
ranique
reequip
reequip
verb
To equip again; to provide with new equipment
relique
relique
noun
Obsolete form of relic.
repique
repique
noun
(card games) In piquet, a bonus of 60 points awarded to a player who scores 30 points during the declaration phase, prior to the opponent scoring anything.
Alternative form of repinique (“Brazilian drum”)
verb
(card games, transitive) To score a repique against.