| AUTOCRITIQUES | • autocritiques n. Plural of autocritique. • AUTOCRITIQUE n. (French) self-criticism, esp. political. |
| CHEQUERBOARDS | • chequerboards n. Plural of chequerboard. • CHEQUERBOARD n. a board for playing chequers. |
| CONQUISTADORS | • conquistadors n. Plural of conquistador. • CONQUISTADOR n. (Spanish) a conqueror; specifically any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th cent. |
| EQUIMOLECULAR | • equimolecular adj. (Chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds). • EQUIMOLECULAR adj. of substances, solutions, etc., containing equal numbers of molecules. |
| QUADRAPHONICS | • quadraphonics n. Quadraphonic sound. • QUADRAPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| QUADRILOCULAR | • quadrilocular adj. Having four cells or compartments. • QUADRILOCULAR adj. having four compartments. |
| QUADRIPHONICS | • quadriphonics n. Alternative form of quadraphonics. • QUADRIPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| QUADRISECTION | • quadrisection n. The action of dividing something into four parts. • quadrisection n. One quarter of something. • QUADRISECTION n. division into four equal parts. |
| QUADROPHONICS | • QUADROPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| QUALIFICATORS | • qualificators n. Plural of qualificator. • QUALIFICATOR n. one who prepares ecclesiastical cases for trial. |
| QUALIFICATORY | • qualificatory adj. That serves as qualification. • QUALIFICATORY adj. of the nature of a qualification. |
| QUANGOCRACIES | • quangocracies n. Plural of quangocracy. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
| QUARTODECIMAN | • Quartodeciman n. Any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover… • Quartodeciman adj. Of or pertaining to these people. • QUARTODECIMAN n. an early Christian who celebrated Easter on Passover even if not a Sunday. |
| QUASIPERIODIC | • quasiperiodic adj. Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals. • quasiperiodic adj. (Mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function. • quasiperiodic adj. (Physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods. |
| QUATTROCENTOS | • QUATTROCENTO n. (Italian) the fifteenth century in Italy; the Italian style of art, architecture, etc. of this period. |
| REACQUISITION | • reacquisition n. A second or subsequent acquisition. • REACQUISITION n. the act of reacquiring. |
| UNCONQUERABLE | • unconquerable adj. Not conquerable; indomitable. • UNCONQUERABLE adj. incapable of being conquered. |
| UNCONQUERABLY | • unconquerably adv. In an unconquerable manner. • UNCONQUERABLE adv. incapable of being conquered. |