| ACQUITTED | • acquitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of acquit. • acquitted adj. Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict. • ACQUIT v. to free from a charge. |
| AQUACADES | • aquacades n. Plural of aquacade. • AQUACADE n. an exhibition of swimming and diving skills. |
| AQUEDUCTS | • aqueducts n. Plural of aqueduct. • AQUEDUCT n. an artificial channel or pipe for conveying water, most commonly a bridge across a valley. |
| COEQUATED | • coequated v. Simple past tense and past participle of coequate. • COEQUATE v. to equate with something else. |
| DACQUOISE | • dacquoise n. A dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically… • DACQUOISE n. a layered dessert of meringue with nuts, with a buttery chocolate or mocha filling. |
| JACQUARDS | • jacquards n. Plural of jacquard. • JACQUARD n. (French) an apparatus with perforated cards for controlling the movement of the warp threads in weaving intricate designs; a fabric woven by this method. |
| LACQUERED | • lacquered v. Simple past tense and past participle of lacquer. • LACQUER v. to coat with a glossy substance, also LACKER. |
| LACQUEYED | • lacqueyed v. Simple past tense and past participle of lacquey. • LACQUEY v. to serve in a servile manner, also LACKEY. |
| QUADRATIC | • quadratic adj. Square-shaped. • quadratic adj. (Mathematics) of a polynomial, involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers… • quadratic adj. (Mathematics) of an equation, of the form 𝑎𝑥2+𝑏𝑥+𝑐=0. |
| QUADRICEP | • quadricep n. Quadriceps. • QUADRICEP n. the great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. |
| QUICKSAND | • quicksand n. Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts. • quicksand n. Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically. • QUICKSAND n. a loose watery sand which swallows up anyone who walks on it. |
| RACQUETED | • racqueted v. Simple past tense and past participle of racquet. • racqueted adj. (Ornithology) Having a spatulate endpart beyond the main tail section. • RACQUET v. to strike with a racquet. |