A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.
dequeuing
dequeuing
verb
present participle of dequeue
dominique
dominique
Noun
An American breed of chicken with a rose comb and a heavy plumage of irregularly striped black-and-white feathers.
dunkirque
equidense
equidense
adj
Of equal density.
equoidean
inquieted
inquieted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inquiet
lindquist
lundquist
nonliquid
nonliquid
adj
Not liquid (in various senses).
noun
A substance that is not a liquid.
quantized
quantized
adj
(physics) Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quantize
quickened
quickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quicken
quicksand
quicksand
noun
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
quiddling
quiddling
verb
present participle of quiddle
quidnuncs
quidnuncs
noun
plural of quidnunc
quietened
quietened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quieten
quinaldic
quinaldic
adj
Alternative form of quinaldinic
quinaldin
quinaldyl
quindecad
quindecad
noun
A set of fifteen things.
quindecim
quindecim
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth.
quinidine
quinidine
noun
(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A compound obtained from cinchona bark and used to treat irregularities of heart rhythm. It is an isomer of quinine.
quinoidal
quinoidal
adj
(organic chemistry) quinoid
quinoidin
quinonoid
quinonoid
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound that resembles a quinone but in which the >C=O groups are replaced by carbon-to-carbon double bonds
quintiped
quotidian
quotidian
adj
(medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).
Happening every day; daily.
Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly; commonplace, ordinary, mundane.
noun
(Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.
(medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.
(usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.
sequinned
sequinned
adj
Alternative spelling of sequined
squadding
squadding
verb
present participle of squad
squatinid
squatinid
noun
(zoology) Any in the family Squatinidae of sharks.
squidding
squidding
noun
(parachuting) An improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth. The action of "to squid".