| DESQUAMATORY | • desquamatory adj. (Surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
| EQUILIBRATED | • equilibrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate. • equilibrated adj. Subject to equilibration. • EQUILIBRATE v. to bring into or keep in equilibrium. |
| HEADQUARTERS | • headquarters n. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting… • headquarters n. The center of an organization’s operations or administration. • headquarters n. A place of concentrated activity or influence. |
| 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. |
| PARAQUADRATE | • paraquadrate adj. Synonym of squamosal. • PARAQUADRATE n. a paired membrane bone of the vertebrate skull. |
| 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. |
| QUADRISECTED | • quadrisected v. Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect. • QUADRISECT v. to divide into four equal parts. |
| QUADRIVALENT | • quadrivalent adj. (Chemistry) Having a valence of four. • quadrivalent adj. (Of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses. • quadrivalent adj. (Graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four. |
| QUARTERDECKS | • quarterdecks n. Plural of quarterdeck. • quarter-decks n. Plural of quarter-deck. • quarter␣decks n. Plural of quarter deck. |
| QUARTERSAWED | • quartersawed v. Simple past tense of quartersaw. • quarter-sawed v. Simple past tense and past participle of quarter-saw. • quarter␣sawed v. Simple past tense and past participle of quarter saw. |
| REACQUAINTED | • reacquainted v. Simple past tense and past participle of reacquaint. • REACQUAINT v. to acquaint again. |
| SEQUESTRATED | • sequestrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of sequestrate. • SEQUESTRATE v. to confiscate; to set income aside to meet claims. |
| TRANQUILISED | • tranquilised v. Simple past tense and past participle of tranquilise. • TRANQUILISE v. to make tranquil, also TRANQUILIZE, TRANQUILLISE, TRANQUILLIZE. |
| TRANQUILIZED | • tranquilized v. Simple past tense and past participle of tranquilize. • TRANQUILIZE v. to make tranquil or calm, also TRANQUILISE, TRANQUILLISE, TRANQUILLIZE. |