| ACQUIREMENTS | • acquirements n. Plural of acquirement. • ACQUIREMENT n. a skill of mind or body usually resulting from continued endeavor. |
| ANTIMOSQUITO | • antimosquito adj. Countering mosquitos. • ANTIMOSQUITO adj. designed to repel mosquitoes. |
| CINEMATHEQUE | • cinematheque n. A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films. • CINEMATHEQUE n. a small movie theater showing classic or avant-garde films. |
| DESQUAMATING | • desquamating v. Present participle of desquamate. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
| 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. |
| DESQUAMATIVE | • desquamative adj. Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation. • DESQUAMATIVE adj. serving to desquamate. |
| EQUANIMITIES | • equanimities n. Plural of equanimity. • EQUANIMITY n. evenness of mind esp. under stress. |
| MAGNILOQUENT | • magniloquent adj. Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words. • MAGNILOQUENT adj. speaking in a grand or pompous style. |
| MARQUETERIES | • marqueteries n. Plural of marquetery. • marqueteries n. Plural of marqueterie. • MARQUETERIE n. (French) furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal, also MARQUETRY. |
| MARQUISETTES | • marquisettes n. Plural of marquisette. • MARQUISETTE n. a sheer fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon. |
| METASEQUOIAS | • metasequoias n. Plural of metasequoia. • METASEQUOIA n. a tree, the dawn redwood. |
| MILQUETOASTS | • milquetoasts n. Plural of milquetoast. • Milquetoasts n. Plural of Milquetoast. • MILQUETOAST n. a very timid, unassertive person, also MILKTOAST. |
| MISQUOTATION | • misquotation n. An incorrect quotation. • MISQUOTATION n. a wrong quotation. |
| 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. |
| QUITCLAIMING | • quitclaiming v. Present participle of quitclaim. • QUITCLAIM v. to draw up a quitclaim, a deed relinquishing a claim, such as a mining title. |
| SQUAMOSITIES | • SQUAMOSITY n. scaliness. |
| VANQUISHMENT | • vanquishment n. The state of being vanquished. • VANQUISHMENT n. the act of vanquishing. |