| AEQUORIN | • aequorin n. (Biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed… • AEQUORIN n. a protein secreted by jellyfish. |
| AQUATONE | • aquatone n. An offset printing method utilizing a gelatin-coated zinc plate hardened and sensitized to print type… • aquatone n. A print produced by this method. • AQUATONE n. a type of printing process. |
| AQUILONS | • AQUILON n. (Shakespeare) the north wind. |
| CONQUIAN | • conquian n. (Card games) A card game, an ancestor of rummy. • CONQUIAN n. a card game resembling rummy, also COONCAN. |
| COQUINAS | • coquinas n. Plural of coquina. • COQUINA n. (Spanish) a coarse-grained, porous variety of clastic limestone made up chiefly of shells and shell fragments. |
| COTQUEAN | • cotquean n. Alternative form of cot-quean. • cot-quean n. (Obsolete, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; an effeminate man. • cot-quean n. (Obsolete, derogatory) A female cuckold; a cuckquean. |
| EQUATION | • equation n. The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical). • equation n. (Mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions… • equation n. (Astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation. |
| HAQUETON | • haqueton n. Alternative form of aketon. • HAQUETON n. a stuffed jacket worn under mail, also ACTON, HACQUETON. |
| MAROQUIN | • maroquin n. (Somewhat dated) leather made from goatskin. • MAROQUIN n. (Spanish) goat leather, morocco leather, also MAROCAIN. |
| NARQUOIS | • NARQUOIS adj. (French) mocking; malicious. |
| NONEQUAL | • nonequal adj. Not equal; unequal, different. • nonequal n. One who is not an equal; a person of differing rank or status. • NONEQUAL n. one that is not equal. |
| NONQUOTA | • nonquota adj. Not included in a quota. • NONQUOTA adj. not included in or subject to a quota. |
| OPAQUING | • opaquing v. Present participle of opaque. • OPAQUE v. to make opaque. |
| QUADROON | • quadroon n. (Dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent. • quadroon adj. (Dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons. |
| QUANDONG | • quandong n. Any of several species of Santalum… • quandong n. Any of many species of Elaeocarpus… • quandong n. Highroot quandong (Aceratium concinnum). |
| QUANTONG | • quantong n. Alternative form of quandong. • QUANTONG n. (Native Australian) a small Australian tree of the sandalwood family, also QUANDANG, QUANDONG. |
| QUARRION | • quarrion n. A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus. • QUARRION n. (Native Australian) a kind of cockatiel, also QUARRIAN. |
| SQUADRON | • squadron n. (Obsolete) A body of troops drawn up in a square. • squadron n. (Military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one… • squadron n. (Military) A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and… |
| SQUARSON | • squarson n. A squire who is also the local rector. • SQUARSON n. a clergyman who is also a squire or landowner in his parish. |