| ACQUIRABILITY | • acquirability n. (Rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. • ACQUIRABILITY n. the ability to be acquired.
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| AQUACULTURIST | • aquaculturist n. (Agriculture) A person involved in aquaculture. • AQUACULTURIST n. one who practises aquaculture.
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| CARNIVALESQUE | • carnivalesque adj. Resembling or characteristic of a carnival. • CARNIVALESQUE adj. characteristic of or appropriate to a carnival.
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| PREACQUAINTED | • preacquainted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preacquaint. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand.
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| QUADRAPHONICS | • quadraphonics n. Quadraphonic sound. • QUADRAPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY.
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| QUADRAPLEGICS | • QUADRAPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIC. | 
| QUADRATICALLY | • quadratically adv. In a quadratic way. • QUADRATICAL adv. involving the square but no higher power, as a quadratic equation, also QUADRATIC.
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| QUADRICIPITAL | • quadricipital adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps. • QUADRICIPITAL adj. relating to the quadriceps, the great extensor muscle of the knee.
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| QUADRILOCULAR | • quadrilocular adj. Having four cells or compartments. • QUADRILOCULAR adj. having four compartments.
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| QUADRIVALENCE | • quadrivalence n. The condition of being quadrivalent. • QUADRIVALENCE n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCY.
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| QUADRIVALENCY | • quadrivalency n. Synonym of quadrivalence. • QUADRIVALENCY n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCE.
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| QUADRUPLICATE | • quadruplicate adj. Having four parts. • quadruplicate adj. Four times over, multiplied by four.
 • quadruplicate n. In quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies.
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| QUALIFICATORS | • qualificators n. Plural of qualificator. • QUALIFICATOR n. one who prepares ecclesiastical cases for trial.
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| QUALIFICATORY | • qualificatory adj. That serves as qualification. • QUALIFICATORY adj. of the nature of a qualification.
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| QUANGOCRACIES | • quangocracies n. Plural of quangocracy. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango.
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| 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.
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| QUASICRYSTALS | • quasicrystals n. Plural of quasicrystal. • quasi-crystals n. Plural of quasi-crystal.
 • QUASICRYSTAL n. a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure.
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| QUASIPARTICLE | • quasiparticle n. (Physics) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping… • QUASIPARTICLE n. a composite entity (as a vibration in a solid) that is analogous in its behavior to a single particle.
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| REACQUAINTING | • reacquainting v. Present participle of reacquaint. • REACQUAINT v. to acquaint again.
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| SQUIRARCHICAL | • SQUIRARCHICAL adj. relating to a squirarchy, also SQUIRARCHAL, SQUIREARCHAL, SQUIREARCHICAL. |