ACQUAINTING | • acquainting v. Present participle of acquaint. • ACQUAINT v. to cause to know. |
ANTIQUARIAN | • antiquarian adj. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity. • antiquarian n. A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques. • ANTIQUARIAN n. one who collects or studies antiquities. |
ANTIQUARIES | • antiquaries n. Plural of antiquary. • ANTIQUARY n. a student or collector of antiquities or antiques. |
ANTIQUATING | • antiquating v. Present participle of antiquate. • ANTIQUATE v. to make antique. |
ANTIQUATION | • antiquation n. (Uncountable) The process of becoming antique or obsolete. • antiquation n. (Countable) Something that is antique or obsolete. • ANTIQUATION n. the act of antiquating. |
AQUATINTING | • aquatinting v. Present participle of aquatint. • AQUATINT v. to etch using a certain process having the effect of watercolour drawing. |
AQUATINTIST | • aquatintist n. An artist who makes aquatints. • AQUATINTIST n. one who works with aquatints. |
BIQUADRATIC | • biquadratic adj. (Mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a… • biquadratic n. (Mathematics) A biquadratic equation. • BIQUADRATIC n. a quantity twice squared, or raised to the fourth power. |
LIQUIDAMBAR | • liquidambar n. A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua. • liquidambar n. The tree itself, also called sweetgum. • Liquidambar prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Altingiaceae – the sweetgum trees, formerly classified as Hamamelidaceae. |
QUADRIENNIA | • QUADRIENNIUM n. (Latin) a period of four years, also QUADRENNIUM. |
QUALIFIABLE | • qualifiable adj. Able to become qualified for something. • qualifiable adj. Able to be modified, limited or restricted. • QUALIFIABLE adj. that can be qualified. |
QUALITATIVE | • qualitative adj. Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity. • qualitative adj. (Chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound. • qualitative n. Something qualitative. |
QUINAQUINAS | • quinaquinas n. Plural of quinaquina. • QUINAQUINA n. (Quechua) a tree yielding cinchona bark, from which quinine is made, also CHINACHINA, CINCHONA, KINA, KINAKINA, QUINA, QUINQUINA. |
SAQUINAVIRS | Sorry, definition not available. |
SEMIAQUATIC | • semiaquatic adj. (Of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of… • semiaquatic adj. (Of plants) Having the roots partially or entirely underwater. • semi-aquatic adj. Alternative form of semiaquatic. |