| APPROPINQUED | • APPROPINQUE v. (archaic) to approach, also APPROPINQUATE. |
| CHEQUERBOARD | • chequerboard n. Alternative spelling of checkerboard. • chequerboard v. Alternative spelling of checkerboard. • CHEQUERBOARD n. a board for playing chequers. |
| COLOQUINTIDA | • coloquintida n. (Obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit. • COLOQUINTIDA n. (Greek) a cucurbitaceous plant with bitter-tasting gourds, also COLOCYNTH. |
| CONQUISTADOR | • conquistador n. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise… • CONQUISTADOR n. (Spanish) a conqueror; specifically any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th cent. |
| DESQUAMATION | • desquamation n. (Medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. • DESQUAMATION n. having one's skin fall off due to its being waterlogged. |
| DESQUAMATORY | • desquamatory adj. (Surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
| LIQUIDATIONS | • liquidations n. Plural of liquidation. • LIQUIDATION n. the act of liquidating. |
| MAQUILADORAS | • maquiladoras n. Plural of maquiladora. • MAQUILADORA n. (Spanish) a manufacturing plant in Mexico that produce parts for assembly in the United States, also MAQUILA. |
| QUADRAPHONIC | • quadraphonic adj. (Of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers. • QUADRAPHONIC adj. of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound, also QUADRIPHONIC, QUADROPHONIC. |
| QUADRASONICS | • QUADRASONICS n. a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| QUADRILLIONS | • quadrillions n. Plural of quadrillion. • QUADRILLION n. a thousand raised to the fifth power. |
| QUADRINOMIAL | • quadrinomial adj. Consisting of four names or parts or terms. • quadrinomial n. (Algebra) An expression consisting of four terms. • QUADRINOMIAL n. an expression of four terms. |
| QUADRIPHONIC | • quadriphonic adj. Alternative form of quadraphonic. • QUADRIPHONIC adj. of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound, also QUADRAPHONIC, QUADROPHONIC. |
| QUADROPHONIC | • quadrophonic adj. Alternative spelling of quadraphonic. • QUADROPHONIC adj. of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound, also QUADRAPHONIC, QUADRIPHONIC. |
| QUADRUMANOUS | • quadrumanous adj. Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates. • QUADRUMANOUS adj. of apes, etc., with all four feet adapted for use as hands. |
| QUINDECAGONS | • quindecagons n. Plural of quindecagon. • QUINDECAGON n. a geometric figure having fifteen sides and fifteen angles. |