FILIOQUES | • FILIOQUE n. (Latin) a doctrine that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son. |
LIQUATION | • liquation n. (Metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components. • LIQUATION n. the act or operation of making or becoming liquid. |
LIQUORICE | • liquorice n. UK, Ireland, and India standard spelling of licorice. • LIQUORICE n. a confectionery made with an extract from the root of the liquorice plant, also LICORICE. |
LIQUORING | • liquoring v. Present participle of liquor. • LIQUOR v. to intoxicate with an alcoholic beverage. |
LIQUORISH | • liquorish adj. (Obsolete) Lecherous. • LIQUORISH adj. (obsolete) dainty, tempting to the taste; lecherous, also LICKERISH. |
NONLIQUID | • nonliquid n. A substance that is not a liquid. • nonliquid adj. Not liquid (in various senses). • NONLIQUID n. something that is not a liquid. |
OBLIQUING | • obliquing v. Present participle of oblique. • OBLIQUE v. (obsolete) to deviate from a direct line. |
OBLIQUITY | • obliquity n. The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created… • obliquity n. (Astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt. • obliquity n. Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality. |
OLOLIUQUI | • ololiuqui n. Alternative form of ololiuhqui. • OLOLIUQUI n. a woody-stemmed Mexican vine of the morning glory family. |
PIQUILLOS | • piquillos n. Plural of piquillo. • PIQUILLO n. (Spanish) a variety of sweet red pepper. |
POLITIQUE | • politique n. (Chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled. • politique adj. Obsolete form of politic. • POLITIQUE n. (French) in French history, a member of a moderate party between Huguenots and Catholics. |
QUINOIDAL | • quinoidal adj. (Organic chemistry) quinoid. • QUINOIDAL adj. of or like quinoid, a quinonoid substance. |
QUINOLINE | • quinoline n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused… • QUINOLINE n. a pungent, colourless, oily liquid, first obtained from quinine and used e.g. as a food preservative, also QUINOLIN. |
QUINOLINS | • quinolins n. Plural of quinolin. • QUINOLIN n. a pungent, colourless, oily liquid, first obtained from quinine and used e.g. as a food preservative, also QUINOLINE. |
SILIQUOSE | • siliquose adj. (Botany) Bearing siliques. • siliquose adj. (Botany) Relating to, or resembling, siliques. • SILIQUOSE adj. relating to a siliqua, a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition, also SILIQUOUS. |
SILIQUOUS | • siliquous adj. Siliquose. • SILIQUOUS adj. relating to a siliqua, a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition, also SILIQUOSE. |
SOLIQUIDS | • SOLIQUID n. a fluid colloidal system. |
SQUILLION | • squillion n. (Slang, used hyperbolically) A very large, unspecified number (of). • SQUILLION n. an indefinitely large number. |