DESQUAMATING | • desquamating v. Present participle of desquamate. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
GRANDILOQUENCES | • grandiloquences n. Plural of grandiloquence. • GRANDILOQUENCE n. lofty or pompous eloquence, bombast. |
MADRIGALESQUE | • madrigalesque adj. (Music) Reminiscent of a madrigal. • MADRIGALESQUE adj. somewhat in the style of a madrigal. |
MASQUERADING | • masquerading v. Present participle of masquerade. • masquerading n. The act of one who masquerades. • MASQUERADE v. to disguise oneself. |
QUADRAGENARIANS | • quadragenarians n. Plural of quadragenarian. • QUADRAGENARIAN n. a person who is forty years old, or between forty and fifty. |
QUADRAGESIMAL | • quadragesimal adj. That lasts forty days. • quadragesimal adj. Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. • quadragesimal adj. (Mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty. |
QUADRANGLES | • quadrangles n. Plural of quadrangle. • QUADRANGLE n. a plane figure with four angles (and therefore four sides). |
QUADRAPLEGIAS | • QUADRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIA, TETRAPLEGIA. |
QUADRAPLEGICS | • QUADRAPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIC. |
QUADRIGEMINOUS | • quadrigeminous adj. Archaic form of quadrigeminal. • QUADRIGEMINOUS adj. having four similar parts, also QUADRIGEMINAL, QUADRIGEMINATE. |
QUADRINGENARIES | • quadringenaries n. Plural of quadringenary. • QUADRINGENARY n. a four-hundredth anniversary or its celebration. |
QUADRIPLEGIAS | • quadriplegias n. Plural of quadriplegia. • QUADRIPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also TETRAPLEGIA. |
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. |
QUINDECAGONS | • quindecagons n. Plural of quindecagon. • QUINDECAGON n. a geometric figure having fifteen sides and fifteen angles. |
SQUANDERING | • squandering v. Present participle of squander. • squandering n. The act by which something is squandered; wastage. • SQUANDERING n. the act of squandering. |
SQUANDERINGLY | • squanderingly adv. So as to squander; wastefully. • SQUANDERINGLY adv. SQUANDERING. |
SQUANDERINGS | • squanderings n. Plural of squandering. • SQUANDERING n. the act of squandering. |