AQUADROMES | • aquadromes n. Plural of aquadrome. • AQUADROME n. a centre with facilities for waterskiing. |
AQUAFARMED | • AQUAFARM v. to cultivate food fish. |
DAMASQUINS | • damasquins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damasquin. • DAMASQUIN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN. |
DELIQUIUMS | • deliquiums n. Plural of deliquium. • DELIQUIUM n. (archaic) a swoon; an eclipse. |
DEMIPIQUES | • demipiques n. Plural of demipique. • DEMIPIQUE n. an 18th century war-saddle having a lower peak than usual. |
DESQUAMATE | • desquamate v. (Intransitive) To shed or peel. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
DOMESTIQUE | • domestique n. (Cycle racing) A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team’s designated leaders… • DOMESTIQUE n. a cyclist whose job is to support the higher-ranking members of the team. |
DOMINIQUES | • Dominiques n. Plural of Dominique. • DOMINIQUE n. (French) one of an American breed of chickens, also DOMINICK, DOMINICKER. |
MAQUISARDS | • maquisards n. Plural of maquisard. • MAQUISARD n. a member of the maquis, a guerrilla resistance force. |
MASQUERADE | • masquerade n. An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing… • masquerade n. The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball. • masquerade n. (Figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal… |
QUADRIFORM | • quadriform adj. Having four forms, parts or aspects. • QUADRIFORM adj. having four forms or aspects. |
QUADRIREME | • quadrireme n. (History, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen. • QUADRIREME n. an ancient ship with four banks of oars. |
QUADRIVIUM | • quadrivium n. (Education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of… • QUADRIVIUM n. (Latin) a higher division of seven liberal arts studied in the Middle Ages, comprising arithmetic, music, astronomy, geometry. |
QUADRUMANE | • quadrumane n. (Zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member… • quadrumane adj. (Zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like". • QUADRUMANE n. a former name for primates other than man, also QUADRUMAN. |
QUADRUMANS | • quadrumans n. Plural of quadruman. • QUADRUMAN n. a former name for primates other than man, also QUADRUMANE. |
QUADRUMVIR | • quadrumvir n. Synonym of quattuorvir. • QUADRUMVIR n. a member of a quadrumvirate. |
SEMILIQUID | • semiliquid adj. Having properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid. • semiliquid adj. Somewhat liquid; able to flow or change, but not entirely freely. • semiliquid n. Any substance with properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid. |
SQUIREDOMS | • squiredoms n. Plural of squiredom. • SQUIREDOM n. the office of squire. |