| ACQUITTANCES | • acquittances n. Plural of acquittance. • ACQUITTANCE v. (Shakespeare) to acquit or clear. |
| AQUAFORTISES | • AQUAFORTIS n. concentrated nitric acid, used for etching. |
| AQUARELLISTS | • aquarellists n. Plural of aquarellist. • AQUARELLIST n. an artist painting aquarelles. |
| BARQUANTINES | • BARQUANTINE n. a three-masted vessel, also BARKANTINE, BARKENTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
| 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. |
| DESQUAMATIVE | • desquamative adj. Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation. • DESQUAMATIVE adj. serving to desquamate. |
| EQUALISATION | • equalisation n. Alternative spelling of equalization. • EQUALISATION n. the act of equalising, also EQUALIZATION. |
| EQUILATERALS | • equilaterals n. Plural of equilateral. • EQUILATERAL n. a shape with all sides equal. |
| METASEQUOIAS | • metasequoias n. Plural of metasequoia. • METASEQUOIA n. a tree, the dawn redwood. |
| PREACQUAINTS | • preacquaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preacquaint. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand. |
| QUADRATRICES | • quadratrices n. Plural of quadratrix. • QUADRATRIX n. a curve by which a circle may be squared. |
| QUADRATRIXES | • quadratrixes n. Plural of quadratrix. • QUADRATRIX n. a curve by which a circle may be squared. |
| QUAESTIONARY | • quæstionary n. Rare spelling of questionary. • QUAESTIONARY n. (Scott) a religious pardoner, also QUESTIONARY. |
| QUAESTUARIES | • QUAESTUARY n. (Latin) an ancient Roman public treasurer or assistant military commander, also QUAESTOR, QUESTOR. |
| QUATERNARIES | • quaternaries n. Plural of quaternary. • QUATERNARY n. a set of four. |
| SESQUIALTERA | • sesquialtera n. (Music) A ratio of 3:2. • sesquialtera n. (Music) An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes. • SESQUIALTERA n. a perfect fifth; three notes against two; an organ stop giving the root, the twelfth and the tierce. |