| ADEQUACIES | • adequacies n. Plural of adequacy. • ADEQUACY n. the state of sufficiency. |
| AQUABOARDS | • aquaboards n. Plural of aquaboard. • AQUABOARD n. a board for riding on the surface of water. |
| AQUADROMES | • aquadromes n. Plural of aquadrome. • AQUADROME n. a centre with facilities for waterskiing. |
| ARABESQUED | • arabesqued adj. (Art) Patterned with arabesques. • ARABESQUED adj. ornamented in the style of arabesque. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| DESQUAMATE | • desquamate v. (Intransitive) To shed or peel. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
| HEADSQUARE | • headsquare n. A headscarf. • HEADSQUARE n. a square of material used as a covering for the head. |
| MAQUISARDS | • maquisards n. Plural of maquisard. • MAQUISARD n. a member of the maquis, a guerrilla resistance force. |
| MASQUERADE | • masquerade n. An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing… • masquerade n. The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball. • masquerade n. (Figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal… |
| 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. |
| QUADRANTES | • quadrantes n. Plural of quadrans. • QUADRANS n. (Latin) a Roman coin, a fourth part of an as. |
| QUADRATICS | • quadratics n. Plural of quadratic. • QUADRATIC n. a quadratic equation. |
| QUADRELLAS | • quadrellas n. Plural of quadrella. • QUADRELLA n. (Australian) a group of four horse races at a meeting for which the punter has to select the four winners. |
| QUADRUMANS | • quadrumans n. Plural of quadruman. • QUADRUMAN n. a former name for primates other than man, also QUADRUMANE. |
| 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. |
| SQUABASHED | • squabashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of squabash. • SQUABASH v. to crush esp. with criticism; to lambaste. |
| SQUADRONAL | • SQUADRONAL adj. relating to a squadron. |
| SQUAREHEAD | • squarehead n. (Slang) An honest person; a non-criminal. • squarehead n. (Slang) A foreigner of Germanic origin, especially a German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person. • squarehead n. (Slang) A socially conventional or boring person. |