| ANTIQUATION | • antiquation n. (Uncountable) The process of becoming antique or obsolete. • antiquation n. (Countable) Something that is antique or obsolete. • ANTIQUATION n. the act of antiquating. |
| AQUAEROBICS | • aquaerobics n. Synonym of water aerobics. • AQUAEROBICS n. a system of exercises, similar to aerobics, performed to music in chest-high water, also AQUAROBICS. |
| AQUAFORTIST | • aquafortist n. One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. • AQUAFORTIST n. an etcher or engraver who uses aquafortis. |
| AQUAPHOBIAS | • AQUAPHOBIA n. fear of water. |
| AQUAPHOBICS | • aquaphobics n. Plural of aquaphobic. • AQUAPHOBIC n. someone with a morbid fear of water. |
| EQUATORIALS | • equatorials n. Plural of equatorial. • EQUATORIAL n. an equatorial telescope. |
| EQUATORWARD | • equatorward adj. Toward the equator. • equatorward adv. Toward the equator. • EQUATORWARD adv. in the direction of the equator. |
| MAQUILADORA | • maquiladora n. An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using… • MAQUILADORA n. (Spanish) a manufacturing plant in Mexico that produce parts for assembly in the United States, also MAQUILA. |
| METASEQUOIA | • metasequoia n. Metasequoia, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China. • METASEQUOIA n. a tree, the dawn redwood. |
| QUADRAPHONY | • quadraphony n. (Of a sound system) Sound originating from four speakers. • QUADRAPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| QUADRASONIC | • quadrasonic adj. Quadraphonic. • QUADRASONIC adj. relating to a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| QUAESTORIAL | • quaestorial adj. Of or relating to a quaestor. • QUAESTORIAL adj. relating to the office of quaestor, also QUESTORIAL. |
| QUANGOCRACY | • quangocracy n. Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
| QUANGOCRATS | • quangocrats n. Plural of quangocrat. |
| QUARTATIONS | • quartations n. Plural of quartation. • QUARTATION n. mixing one part gold with three parts silver prior to purifying it. |
| QUATORZAINS | • quatorzains n. Plural of quatorzain. • QUATORZAIN n. a poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet. |
| SQUAMATIONS | • squamations n. Plural of squamation. • SQUAMATION n. scaliness. |
| SQUARSONAGE | • squarsonage n. A squarson’s residence. • SQUARSONAGE n. the dwelling of a squarson. |