AUTOCRITIQUES | • autocritiques n. Plural of autocritique. • AUTOCRITIQUE n. (French) self-criticism, esp. political. |
CARNIVALESQUE | • carnivalesque adj. Resembling or characteristic of a carnival. • CARNIVALESQUE adj. characteristic of or appropriate to a carnival. |
EQUIMOLECULAR | • equimolecular adj. (Chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds). • EQUIMOLECULAR adj. of substances, solutions, etc., containing equal numbers of molecules. |
PREACQUAINTED | • preacquainted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preacquaint. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand. |
QUADRAPLEGICS | • QUADRAPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIC. |
QUADRIPLEGICS | • quadriplegics n. Plural of quadriplegic. • QUADRIPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, also QUADRAPLEGIC. |
QUADRISECTING | • quadrisecting v. Present participle of quadrisect. • QUADRISECT v. to divide into four equal parts. |
QUADRISECTION | • quadrisection n. The action of dividing something into four parts. • quadrisection n. One quarter of something. • QUADRISECTION n. division into four equal parts. |
QUADRIVALENCE | • quadrivalence n. The condition of being quadrivalent. • QUADRIVALENCE n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCY. |
QUADRIVALENCY | • quadrivalency n. Synonym of quadrivalence. • QUADRIVALENCY n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCE. |
QUADRUPLICATE | • quadruplicate adj. Having four parts. • quadruplicate adj. Four times over, multiplied by four. • quadruplicate n. In quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies. |
QUANGOCRACIES | • quangocracies n. Plural of quangocracy. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
QUARTODECIMAN | • Quartodeciman n. Any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover… • Quartodeciman adj. Of or pertaining to these people. • QUARTODECIMAN n. an early Christian who celebrated Easter on Passover even if not a Sunday. |
QUASIPARTICLE | • quasiparticle n. (Physics) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping… • QUASIPARTICLE n. a composite entity (as a vibration in a solid) that is analogous in its behavior to a single particle. |
QUASIPERIODIC | • quasiperiodic adj. Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals. • quasiperiodic adj. (Mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function. • quasiperiodic adj. (Physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods. |
QUINCENTENARY | • quincentenary n. Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary. • quincentenary adj. Synonym of quincentennial: Of or related to a 500th anniversary. • QUINCENTENARY adj. pertaining to a five-hundredth anniversary. |
REACQUAINTING | • reacquainting v. Present participle of reacquaint. • REACQUAINT v. to acquaint again. |
REACQUISITION | • reacquisition n. A second or subsequent acquisition. • REACQUISITION n. the act of reacquiring. |
SQUIREARCHIES | • squirearchies n. Plural of squirearchy. • SQUIREARCHY n. squires collectively, also SQUIRAGE, SQUIRALITY, SQUIRALTY, SQUIRARCHY, SQUIREAGE. |