| ACQUITTANCES | • acquittances n. Plural of acquittance. • ACQUITTANCE v. (Shakespeare) to acquit or clear. |
| AQUACULTURES | • aquacultures n. Plural of aquaculture. • AQUACULTURE n. the practice of using the sea, lakes etc. for fish-farming, also AQUICULTURE. |
| BIQUADRATICS | • biquadratics n. Plural of biquadratic. • BIQUADRATIC n. a quantity twice squared, or raised to the fourth power. |
| EQUIBALANCES | • equibalances v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equibalance. • EQUIBALANCE v. to balance equally. |
| INADEQUACIES | • inadequacies n. Plural of inadequacy. • INADEQUACY n. the state of being inadequate. |
| LACQUERWARES | • lacquerwares n. Plural of lacquerware. • LACQUERWARE n. craft goods made from lacquer. |
| MACABERESQUE | • macaberesque adj. Macabre. • macaberesque n. The danse macabre, or some similar performance or imagery. • MACABERESQUE adj. somewhat macaber. |
| PREACQUAINTS | • preacquaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preacquaint. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand. |
| QUACKSALVERS | • quacksalvers n. Plural of quacksalver. • quack-salvers n. Plural of quack-salver. • QUACKSALVER n. (archaic) a quack. |
| QUACKSALVING | • quacksalving adj. Falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, like a quacksalver. • QUACKSALVING adj. (obsolete) like a quacksalver, a charlatan. |
| QUADRASONICS | • QUADRASONICS n. a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| QUADRATRICES | • quadratrices n. Plural of quadratrix. • QUADRATRIX n. a curve by which a circle may be squared. |
| QUARTERBACKS | • quarterbacks n. Plural of quarterback. • quarterbacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback. • QUARTERBACK v. to direct the offensive play of (as a football team). |
| QUASICRYSTAL | • quasicrystal n. (Physics, chemistry) any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group… • quasi-crystal n. Alternative form of quasicrystal. • QUASICRYSTAL n. a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure. |
| RACQUETBALLS | • racquetballs n. Plural of racquetball. • RACQUETBALL n. a game similar to handball that is played on a 4-walled court with a short-handled racket and a larger ball. |
| SQUATTOCRACY | • squattocracy n. (Australia, historical) Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class. • SQUATTOCRACY n. (Australian) the powerful landowning class. |
| SQUIREARCHAL | • squirearchal adj. Of or pertaining to squirearchy. • SQUIREARCHAL adj. relating to a squirearchy, also SQUIRARCHAL, SQUIRARCHICAL, SQUIREARCHICAL. |