| ACQUIRING | • acquiring v. Present participle and gerund of acquire. • ACQUIRE v. to come into possession of. |
| ACQUITING | • acquiting v. Present participle of acquite (Obsolete spelling of acquitting.). • ACQUITE v. (obsolete) to free from a charge, also ACQUIT, ACQUIGHT. |
| ANTIQUIER | • ANTIQUEY adj. having the appearance of an antique. |
| ANTIQUING | • antiquing v. Present participle of antique. • ANTIQUE v. to alter the appearance of e.g. wood to make it seem very old. |
| ANTIQUITY | • antiquity n. Ancient times; faraway history; former ages. • antiquity n. The people of ancient times. • antiquity n. (Obsolete) An old gentleman. |
| CINQUAINS | • cinquains n. Plural of cinquain. • CINQUAIN n. (French) a stanza of five lines. |
| EQUIFINAL | • equifinal adj. That have the same outcome, end or result. • EQUIFINAL adj. having the same result. |
| INQUINATE | • inquinate v. (Formal) To pollute or make dirty. • INQUINATE v. to corrupt or defile. |
| LIQUATING | • liquating v. Present participle of liquate. • LIQUATE v. to separate or purify (metals) by heating to liquify certain components. |
| LIQUATION | • liquation n. (Metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components. • LIQUATION n. the act or operation of making or becoming liquid. |
| QUAILINGS | • quailings n. Plural of quailing. • QUAILING n. the act of quailing. |
| QUINARIES | • quinaries n. Plural of quinary. • QUINARY n. a set of five. |
| QUINIELAS | • quinielas n. Plural of quiniela. • QUINIELA n. (Spanish) a bet whereby the bettor must pick first two winners of a race but not necessarily in order, also QUINELA, QUINELLA. |
| QUINOIDAL | • quinoidal adj. (Organic chemistry) quinoid. • QUINOIDAL adj. of or like quinoid, a quinonoid substance. |
| QUINQUINA | • quinquina n. (Archaic) Synonym of cinchona in all its senses. • QUINQUINA n. (Quechua) a tree yielding cinchona bark, from which quinine is made, also CHINACHINA, CINCHONA, KINA, KINAKINA, QUINA, QUINAQUINA. |
| QUINTAINS | • quintains n. Plural of quintain. • QUINTAIN n. (historical) a post for the practice of tilting with a turning crosspiece. |
| QUOTIDIAN | • quotidian adj. (Medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc). • quotidian adj. Happening every day; daily. • quotidian adj. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly;… |
| SQUAILING | • squailing v. Present participle of squail. • SQUAILING n. the act of squailing, pelting with sticks. |