CHEQUERBOARDS | • chequerboards n. Plural of chequerboard. • CHEQUERBOARD n. a board for playing chequers. |
EQUIDISTANCES | • equidistances n. Plural of equidistance. • EQUIDISTANCE n. equality of distance. |
EQUIPONDERANT | • equiponderant adj. (Obsolete) Having equal weight. • EQUIPONDERANT adj. evenly balanced. |
EQUIPONDERATE | • equiponderate v. To counterbalance. • EQUIPONDERATE v. to be equal in weight; to balance. |
HARLEQUINADES | • harlequinades n. Plural of harlequinade. • HARLEQUINADE n. (French) part of a pantomime in which a harlequin plays a chief part. |
HEADQUARTERED | • headquartered v. Simple past tense and past participle of headquarter. • headquartered adj. If an organization is headquartered somewhere, it has its headquarters in that place. • HEADQUARTER v. to make one's headquarters. |
MADRIGALESQUE | • madrigalesque adj. (Music) Reminiscent of a madrigal. • MADRIGALESQUE adj. somewhat in the style of a madrigal. |
OVERQUALIFIED | • overqualified adj. Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job. • OVERQUALIFIED adj. having more education, training, or experience than a job calls for. |
PREACQUAINTED | • preacquainted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preacquaint. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand. |
QUADRIVALENCE | • quadrivalence n. The condition of being quadrivalent. • QUADRIVALENCE n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCY. |
QUARTERBACKED | • quarterbacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback. • QUARTERBACK v. to direct the offensive play of (as a football team). |
QUARTERDECKER | • quarterdecker n. (Nautical) A ship that has a quarterdeck; an officer who serves on a quarterdeck. • QUARTERDECKER n. a stickler for naval etiquette. |
QUINDECAPLETS | • QUINDECAPLET n. a group of fifteen. |
QUINDECENNIAL | • quindecennial adj. Lasting fifteen years. • quindecennial adj. Happening once in fifteen years. • QUINDECENNIAL n. a fifteenth anniversary. |
SQUALIDNESSES | • SQUALIDNESS n. the state of being squalid, also SQUALIDITY. |