| COLOQUINTIDAS | • coloquintidas n. Plural of coloquintida. • COLOQUINTIDA n. (Greek) a cucurbitaceous plant with bitter-tasting gourds, also COLOCYNTH. |
| CONQUISTADORS | • conquistadors n. Plural of conquistador. • CONQUISTADOR n. (Spanish) a conqueror; specifically any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th cent. |
| EQUIDISTANCES | • equidistances n. Plural of equidistance. • EQUIDISTANCE n. equality of distance. |
| PREACQUAINTED | • preacquainted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preacquaint. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand. |
| QUADRATICALLY | • quadratically adv. In a quadratic way. • QUADRATICAL adv. involving the square but no higher power, as a quadratic equation, also QUADRATIC. |
| QUADRICIPITAL | • quadricipital adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps. • QUADRICIPITAL adj. relating to the quadriceps, the great extensor muscle of the knee. |
| QUADRISECTING | • quadrisecting v. Present participle of quadrisect. • QUADRISECT v. to divide into four equal parts. |
| QUADRISECTION | • quadrisection n. The action of dividing something into four parts. • quadrisection n. One quarter of something. • QUADRISECTION n. division into four equal parts. |
| QUADRUPLICATE | • quadruplicate adj. Having four parts. • quadruplicate adj. Four times over, multiplied by four. • quadruplicate n. In quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies. |
| QUADRUPLICITY | • quadruplicity n. A group of four things. • QUADRUPLICITY n. the state of being quadruple. |
| QUARTERBACKED | • quarterbacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback. • QUARTERBACK v. to direct the offensive play of (as a football team). |
| QUARTERDECKER | • quarterdecker n. (Nautical) A ship that has a quarterdeck; an officer who serves on a quarterdeck. • QUARTERDECKER n. a stickler for naval etiquette. |
| 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. |
| QUINDECAPLETS | • QUINDECAPLET n. a group of fifteen. |
| QUODLIBETICAL | • quodlibetical adj. (Philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet; of a question, posed extemporaneously. • QUODLIBETICAL adj. of or like a quodlibet, also QUODLIBETIC. |