| DESQUAMATION | • desquamation n. (Medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. • DESQUAMATION n. having one's skin fall off due to its being waterlogged. |
| DESQUAMATORY | • desquamatory adj. (Surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
| EQUANIMOUSLY | • equanimously adv. In an equanimous manner. • EQUANIMOUS adv. of an even, composed frame of mind. |
| MAGNILOQUENT | • magniloquent adj. Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words. • MAGNILOQUENT adj. speaking in a grand or pompous style. |
| MENAQUINONES | • menaquinones n. Plural of menaquinone. • MENAQUINONE n. a form of vitamin K synthesized by bacteria in the intestine or in putrefying organic matter. |
| METASEQUOIAS | • metasequoias n. Plural of metasequoia. • METASEQUOIA n. a tree, the dawn redwood. |
| METHAQUALONE | • methaqualone n. (Pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally. • METHAQUALONE n. a type of sedative, aka quaalude. |
| MILQUETOASTS | • milquetoasts n. Plural of milquetoast. • Milquetoasts n. Plural of Milquetoast. • MILQUETOAST n. a very timid, unassertive person, also MILKTOAST. |
| MOUSQUETAIRE | • mousquetaire n. (Historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries… • mousquetaire n. (Historical) A woman’s cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century. • mousquetaire n. (Historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century. |
| QUANTOMETERS | • quantometers n. Plural of quantometer. • QUANTOMETER n. (tradename) an instrument for measuring proportions of elements in metallic samples. |
| SQUAMOSENESS | • SQUAMOSENESS n. the state of being squamose. |
| SQUAMOSITIES | • SQUAMOSITY n. scaliness. |
| SQUAMOUSNESS | • squamousness n. The quality of being squamous. • SQUAMOUSNESS n. the state of being squamous. |