| 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. |
| DESQUAMATED | • desquamated v. Simple past tense and past participle of desquamate. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
| DESQUAMATES | • desquamates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desquamate. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
| MARQUESSATE | • marquessate n. The territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank. • MARQUESSATE n. the rank of marquess. |
| MARQUETERIE | • marqueterie n. Alternative form of marquetry. • MARQUETERIE n. (French) furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal, also MARQUETRY. |
| MARQUETRIES | • marquetries n. Plural of marquetry. • MARQUETRY n. furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal, also MARQUETERIE. |
| MARQUISATES | • marquisates n. Plural of marquisate. • MARQUISATE n. the rank of a marquis. |
| MARQUISETTE | • marquisette n. A sheer cotton fabric used for mosquito nets and curtains. • MARQUISETTE n. a sheer fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon. |
| METASEQUOIA | • metasequoia n. Metasequoia, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China. • METASEQUOIA n. a tree, the dawn redwood. |
| MILQUETOAST | • milquetoast adj. (Originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness. • milquetoast n. (Originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character… • Milquetoast adj. Alternative letter-case form of milquetoast. |
| QUAGMIRIEST | • QUAGMIRY adj. like a quagmire, boggy. |
| QUANTOMETER | • quantometer n. A device for performing spectrographic analysis. • QUANTOMETER n. (tradename) an instrument for measuring proportions of elements in metallic samples. |
| QUITCLAIMED | • quitclaimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim. • QUITCLAIM v. to draw up a quitclaim, a deed relinquishing a claim, such as a mining title. |
| QUIZMASTERS | • quizmasters n. Plural of quizmaster. • QUIZMASTER n. one who puts the questions to contestants in a quiz show. |
| SEMIAQUATIC | • semiaquatic adj. (Of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of… • semiaquatic adj. (Of plants) Having the roots partially or entirely underwater. • semi-aquatic adj. Alternative form of semiaquatic. |
| SYMPATHIQUE | • SYMPATHIQUE adj. (French) attractive. |