DACQUOISES | • dacquoises n. Plural of dacquoise. • DACQUOISE n. a layered dessert of meringue with nuts, with a buttery chocolate or mocha filling. |
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. |
LIQUIDISES | • liquidises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquidise. • LIQUIDISE v. to make esp. food liquid, also LIQUIDIZE. |
LIQUIDNESS | • liquidness n. The quality of being liquid (flowing state of matter). • liquidness n. (Finance) The quality of being liquid (easily sold or disposed of). • LIQUIDNESS n. the state of being liquid. |
LIQUIDUSES | • liquiduses n. Plural of liquidus. • LIQUIDUS n. (Latin) a curve plotted on a graph showing how temperature affects the composition of a melting or solidifying mixture. |
MAQUISARDS | • maquisards n. Plural of maquisard. • MAQUISARD n. a member of the maquis, a guerrilla resistance force. |
ODALISQUES | • odalisques n. Plural of odalisque. • ODALISQUE n. (French) a female slave; a concubine in a harem, also ODALIQUE, ODALISK. |
QUEENSIDES | • QUEENSIDE n. in chess, the side of the board where the queen stands at the beginning of play. |
QUICKSANDS | • quicksands n. Plural of quicksand. • QUICKSAND n. a loose watery sand which swallows up anyone who walks on it. |
SEQUELISED | • sequelised v. Simple past tense and past participle of sequelise. • SEQUELISE v. to create a sequel to, also SEQUELIZE. |
SQUABASHED | • squabashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of squabash. • SQUABASH v. to crush esp. with criticism; to lambaste. |
SQUADRONES | • squadrones n. Plural of squadrone. • SQUADRONE n. (Italian) as in squadrone volante, an early eighteenth century Scottish political party opposed to the Argathelians. |
SQUALIDEST | • squalidest adj. Superlative form of squalid: most squalid. • SQUALID adj. filthy, neglected. |
SQUIDGIEST | • squidgiest adj. Superlative form of squidgy: most squidgy. • SQUIDGY adj. unpleasantly damp, clammy. |
SQUIREDOMS | • squiredoms n. Plural of squiredom. • SQUIREDOM n. the office of squire. |
SURQUEDIES | • SURQUEDY n. (obsolete) arrogance; haughty pride, also SURQUEDRY. |