QUANDARY | • quandary n. A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty… • quandary n. A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice. • QUANDARY n. a state of perplexity. |
QUADRUPLY | • quadruply adv. Four times. • quadruply adv. In four (often different) ways. • QUADRUPLY n. (Scots) a reply to a triply. |
QUADRAPHONY | • quadraphony n. (Of a sound system) Sound originating from four speakers. • QUADRAPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
QUADROPHONY | • QUADROPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS. |
DESQUAMATORY | • desquamatory adj. (Surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
QUADRATICALLY | • quadratically adv. In a quadratic way. • QUADRATICAL adv. involving the square but no higher power, as a quadratic equation, also QUADRATIC. |
QUADRENNIALLY | • quadrennially adv. Every four years. • QUADRENNIAL adv. lasting four years; occurring once every four years. |
QUADRINGENARY | • quadringenary n. (Rare) A quatercentenary. • QUADRINGENARY n. a four-hundredth anniversary or its celebration. |
QUADRIVALENCY | • quadrivalency n. Synonym of quadrivalence. • QUADRIVALENCY n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCE. |
QUADRUPLICITY | • quadruplicity n. A group of four things. • QUADRUPLICITY n. the state of being quadruple. |
SQUANDERINGLY | • squanderingly adv. So as to squander; wastefully. • SQUANDERINGLY adv. SQUANDERING. |
EQUIPONDERANCY | • equiponderancy n. Archaic form of equiponderance. • EQUIPONDERANCY n. equality of weight or balance, also EQUIPONDERANCE. |
QUADRANGULARLY | • quadrangularly adv. In a quadrangular shape or manner. • QUADRANGULAR adv. like a quadrangle. |
QUADRISYLLABIC | • quadrisyllabic adj. Having four syllables. • QUADRISYLLABIC n. a word or poetic meter with four syllables. |
QUADRISYLLABLE | • quadrisyllable n. A word of four syllables. • QUADRISYLLABLE n. a tetrasyllable. |
DISQUISITIONARY | • disquisitionary adj. Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional. • DISQUISITIONARY adj. of or like a disquisition, also DISQUISITIONAL, DISQUISITIVE, DISQUISITORY. |
GRANDILOQUENTLY | • grandiloquently adv. Showing grandiloquence. • GRANDILOQUENT adv. bombastic, also GRANDILOQUOUS. |
QUADRISYLLABICS | • QUADRISYLLABIC n. a word or poetic meter with four syllables. |
QUADRISYLLABLES | • quadrisyllables n. Plural of quadrisyllable. • QUADRISYLLABLE n. a tetrasyllable. |