| ACQUITTANCE | • acquittance n. (Now historical) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. • acquittance n. (Now rare) Payment of debt; settlement. • acquittance n. (Now historical) The release from a debt, or from some obligation or duty; exemption. |
| ANTIMASQUES | • antimasques n. Plural of antimasque. • ANTIMASQUE n. a secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask, also ANTIMASK. |
| ANTIQUARIES | • antiquaries n. Plural of antiquary. • ANTIQUARY n. a student or collector of antiquities or antiques. |
| AQUAFITNESS | • aquafitness n. Water aerobics, typically preceded or followed by stretching exercises. • AQUAFITNESS n. fitness obtained through water-based exercise. |
| AQUATINTERS | • aquatinters n. Plural of aquatinter. • AQUATINTER n. one who works with aquatints. |
| BARQUANTINE | • BARQUANTINE n. a three-masted vessel, also BARKANTINE, BARKENTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
| INADEQUATES | • inadequates n. Plural of inadequate. • INADEQUATE n. an incompetent person. |
| PENTAQUARKS | • pentaquarks n. Plural of pentaquark. • PENTAQUARK n. a hypothetical subatomic particle consisting of a group of five quarks (as compared to the usual three quarks). |
| PREACQUAINT | • preacquaint v. (Transitive) To acquaint beforehand. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand. |
| QUANTITATED | • quantitated v. Simple past tense and past participle of quantitate. • QUANTITATE v. to make quantitative. |
| QUANTITATES | • quantitates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantitate. • QUANTITATE v. to make quantitative. |
| QUARANTINED | • quarantined v. Simple past tense and past participle of quarantine. • quarantined adj. In quarantine; isolated. • QUARANTINE v. to detain in or exclude by quarantine. |
| QUARANTINES | • quarantines n. Plural of quarantine. • QUARANTINE v. to detain in or exclude by quarantine. |
| QUARTERSAWN | • quartersawn v. Past participle of quartersaw. • QUARTERSAW v. to saw (timber) into quarters along two diameters of a log at right angles to each other. |
| REACQUAINTS | • reacquaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reacquaint. • REACQUAINT v. to acquaint again. |