| CONQUISTADOR | • conquistador n. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise… • CONQUISTADOR n. (Spanish) a conqueror; specifically any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th cent. |
| DAMASQUINING | • damasquining v. Present participle of damasquin. • DAMASQUIN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN. |
| 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. |
| EQUIDISTANCE | • equidistance n. (Countable, uncountable) Equal distance. • EQUIDISTANCE n. equality of distance. |
| HINDQUARTERS | • hindquarters n. Plural of hindquarter. • hind␣quarters n. Alternative form of hindquarters. • HINDQUARTER n. the back half of a side of beef, including one or two ribs. |
| INADEQUACIES | • inadequacies n. Plural of inadequacy. • INADEQUACY n. the state of being inadequate. |
| LIQUIDATIONS | • liquidations n. Plural of liquidation. • LIQUIDATION n. the act of liquidating. |
| MASQUERADING | • masquerading v. Present participle of masquerade. • masquerading n. The act of one who masquerades. • MASQUERADE v. to disguise oneself. |
| PASQUINADERS | • pasquinaders n. Plural of pasquinader. • PASQUINADER n. one who composes pasquinades. |
| PASQUINADING | • pasquinading v. Present participle of pasquinade. • PASQUINADE v. to compose a pasquinade. |
| QUADRASONICS | • QUADRASONICS n. a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| QUADRENNIALS | • quadrennials n. Plural of quadrennial. • QUADRENNIAL n. an event taking place every four years. |
| QUADRENNIUMS | • quadrenniums n. Plural of quadrennium. • QUADRENNIUM n. (Latin) a period of four years, also QUADRIENNIUM. |
| QUADRILLIONS | • quadrillions n. Plural of quadrillion. • QUADRILLION n. a thousand raised to the fifth power. |
| QUINDECAGONS | • quindecagons n. Plural of quindecagon. • QUINDECAGON n. a geometric figure having fifteen sides and fifteen angles. |
| SQUANDERINGS | • squanderings n. Plural of squandering. • SQUANDERING n. the act of squandering. |
| TRANQUILISED | • tranquilised v. Simple past tense and past participle of tranquilise. • TRANQUILISE v. to make tranquil, also TRANQUILIZE, TRANQUILLISE, TRANQUILLIZE. |
| UNVANQUISHED | • unvanquished adj. Not vanquished; unbeaten or unconquered. • UNVANQUISHED adj. not vanquished. |