| ACQUIREMENT | • acquirement n. (Now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. • acquirement n. The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. • ACQUIREMENT n. a skill of mind or body usually resulting from continued endeavor. |
| ACQUITMENTS | • acquitments n. Plural of acquitment. • ACQUITMENT n. (obsolete) acquittal. |
| ANTIMASQUES | • antimasques n. Plural of antimasque. • ANTIMASQUE n. a secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask, also ANTIMASK. |
| AQUAFARMING | • aquafarming n. (Agriculture) aquaculture. • AQUAFARMING n. marine farming. |
| AQUAMANALES | • AQUAMANALE n. a ewer in the form of a human or animal figure for ceremonial hand-washing, also AQUAMANILE. |
| AQUAMANILES | • aquamaniles n. Plural of aquamanile. • AQUAMANILE n. a ewer in the form of a human or animal figure for ceremonial hand-washing, also AQUAMANALE. |
| AQUAMARINES | • aquamarines n. Plural of aquamarine. • AQUAMARINE n. a transparent blue, blue-green, or green variety of beryl used as a gem. |
| DAMASQUINED | • damasquined v. Simple past tense and past participle of damasquin. • DAMASQUIN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN. |
| LAMBREQUINS | • lambrequins n. Plural of lambrequin. • LAMBREQUIN n. (French) a veil over a helmet; a strip of drapery over a window or doorway. |
| MENAQUINONE | • menaquinone n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) A pale yellow crystalline naphthoquinone C41H56O2 that is obtained especially… • MENAQUINONE n. a form of vitamin K synthesized by bacteria in the intestine or in putrefying organic matter. |
| PRIMAQUINES | • PRIMAQUINE n. an antimalarial drug. |
| QUADRENNIUM | • quadrennium n. A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars. • QUADRENNIUM n. (Latin) a period of four years, also QUADRIENNIUM. |
| QUADRUMANES | • quadrumanes n. Plural of quadrumane. • QUADRUMANE n. a former name for primates other than man, also QUADRUMAN. |
| QUANTOMETER | • quantometer n. A device for performing spectrographic analysis. • QUANTOMETER n. (tradename) an instrument for measuring proportions of elements in metallic samples. |
| SINARQUISMS | • SINARQUISM n. the fascist movement in Mexico, prominent around the time of the Second World War, also SINARCHISM. |
| SQUAMATIONS | • squamations n. Plural of squamation. • SQUAMATION n. scaliness. |