COLOQUINTIDAS | • coloquintidas n. Plural of coloquintida. • COLOQUINTIDA n. (Greek) a cucurbitaceous plant with bitter-tasting gourds, also COLOCYNTH. |
CONQUISTADORS | • conquistadors n. Plural of conquistador. • CONQUISTADOR n. (Spanish) a conqueror; specifically any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th cent. |
DEREQUISITION | • derequisition v. (Transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned). • DEREQUISITION v. to return (something that has been used for a military purpose) to civilian use. |
DESQUAMATIONS | • desquamations n. Plural of desquamation. • DESQUAMATION n. having one's skin fall off due to its being waterlogged. |
DISQUANTITIED | • disquantitied v. Simple past tense and past participle of disquantity. • DISQUANTITY v. (Shakespeare) to reduce in quantity. |
DISQUANTITIES | • disquantities v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disquantity. • DISQUANTITY v. (Shakespeare) to reduce in quantity. |
DISQUIETENING | • disquietening v. Present participle of disquieten. • DISQUIETEN v. to make disquiet, anxious. |
DISQUIETINGLY | • disquietingly adv. In a disquieting manner. • DISQUIETING adv. DISQUIET, to deprive of quiet, rest, or peace. |
DISQUISITIONS | • disquisitions n. Plural of disquisition. • DISQUISITION n. a carefully argued examination of a topic. |
EQUIDISTANCES | • equidistances n. Plural of equidistance. • EQUIDISTANCE n. equality of distance. |
EQUIDISTANTLY | • equidistantly adv. In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree. • EQUIDISTANT adv. equally distant. |
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. |
QUADRIVALENTS | • quadrivalents n. Plural of quadrivalent. • QUADRIVALENT n. a quadrivalent chromosomal group. |
QUINDECAPLETS | • QUINDECAPLET n. a group of fifteen. |
REQUISITIONED | • requisitioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of requisition. • REQUISITION v. to make a demand for supplies. |
TRANQUILLISED | • tranquillised v. Simple past tense and past participle of tranquillise Alternative spelling of tranquilized See: tranquilize. • TRANQUILLISE v. to make tranquil, also TRANQUILISE, TRANQUILIZE, TRANQUILLIZE. |