| ACQUAINTED | • acquainted adj. Personally known; familiar. • acquainted v. Simple past tense and past participle of acquaint. • ACQUAINT v. to cause to know. |
| ADEQUACIES | • adequacies n. Plural of adequacy. • ADEQUACY n. the state of sufficiency. |
| ADEQUATIVE | • adequative adj. (Rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate. • ADEQUATIVE adj. tending to be or make adequate. |
| ANTIQUATED | • antiquated adj. Old-fashioned, out of date. • ANTIQUATE v. to make antique. |
| AQUATINTED | • aquatinted v. Simple past tense and past participle of aquatint. • AQUATINT v. to etch using a certain process having the effect of watercolour drawing. |
| BALDAQUINS | • baldaquins n. Plural of baldaquin. • BALDAQUIN n. a rich embroidered material, originally woven with woof of silk and warp of gold thread, also BALDACHIN, BALDACHINO, BAUDEKIN, BAWDKIN. |
| BIQUADRATE | • biquadrate n. (Mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square. • biquadrate v. (Transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times. • BIQUADRATE n. the fourth power. |
| DAMASQUINS | • damasquins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damasquin. • DAMASQUIN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN. |
| INADEQUACY | • inadequacy n. The state of being inadequate. • inadequacy n. A shortage of required material. • inadequacy n. A lack of competence or ability. |
| INADEQUATE | • inadequate adj. Not adequate; not fit for the purpose. • inadequate n. An individual who is inadequate. • INADEQUATE adj. not adequate. |
| MAQUISARDS | • maquisards n. Plural of maquisard. • MAQUISARD n. a member of the maquis, a guerrilla resistance force. |
| PASQUINADE | • pasquinade n. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone. • pasquinade v. (Transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade. • PASQUINADE n. (French) a lampoon posted in a public place. |
| QUADRATICS | • quadratics n. Plural of quadratic. • QUADRATIC n. a quadratic equation. |
| QUADRATING | • quadrating v. Present participle of quadrate. • QUADRATE v. to conform or agree. |
| QUADRATRIX | • quadratrix n. (Mathematics) A curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve. • QUADRATRIX n. a curve by which a circle may be squared. |
| QUADRENNIA | • quadrennia n. Plural of quadrennium. • QUADRENNIUM n. (Latin) a period of four years, also QUADRIENNIUM. |
| QUADRIVIAL | • quadrivial n. Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium. • quadrivial adj. Having four ways meeting in a point. • QUADRIVIAL adj. leading in four directions; concerning a four-way junction. |
| QUANDARIES | • quandaries n. Plural of quandary. • QUANDARY n. a state of perplexity. |
| QUESADILLA | • quesadilla n. A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking… • QUESADILLA n. (Spanish) a tortilla filled with cheese, chillis etc. folded and fried. |
| RADIOPAQUE | • radiopaque adj. Impenetrable to X-rays and other radiation. • RADIOPAQUE adj. not allowing passage of X-rays. |