| CARNIVALESQUE | • carnivalesque adj. Resembling or characteristic of a carnival. • CARNIVALESQUE adj. characteristic of or appropriate to a carnival. |
| EQUALITARIANS | • equalitarians n. Plural of equalitarian. • EQUALITARIAN n. an egalitarian. |
| EQUIPARATIONS | • equiparations n. Plural of equiparation. • EQUIPARATION n. equal treatment. |
| HARLEQUINADES | • harlequinades n. Plural of harlequinade. • HARLEQUINADE n. (French) part of a pantomime in which a harlequin plays a chief part. |
| MADRIGALESQUE | • madrigalesque adj. (Music) Reminiscent of a madrigal. • MADRIGALESQUE adj. somewhat in the style of a madrigal. |
| QUADRAGESIMAL | • quadragesimal adj. That lasts forty days. • quadragesimal adj. Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. • quadragesimal adj. (Mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty. |
| QUADRAPHONIES | • QUADRAPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| QUADRAPLEGIAS | • QUADRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIA, TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRAPLEGICS | • QUADRAPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIC. |
| QUADRIPLEGIAS | • quadriplegias n. Plural of quadriplegia. • QUADRIPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRIVALENTS | • quadrivalents n. Plural of quadrivalent. • QUADRIVALENT n. a quadrivalent chromosomal group. |
| QUANGOCRACIES | • quangocracies n. Plural of quangocracy. • QUANGOCRACY n. government by quango. |
| QUARTERFINALS | • quarterfinals n. Plural of quarterfinal. • quarter-finals n. Plural of quarter-final. • quarter␣finals n. Plural of quarter final. |
| QUARTERSAWING | • quartersawing v. Present participle of quartersaw. • quarter␣sawing v. Present participle of quarter saw. • QUARTERSAW v. to saw (timber) into quarters along two diameters of a log at right angles to each other. |
| 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. |
| SESQUIALTERAS | • sesquialteras n. Plural of sesquialtera. • SESQUIALTERA n. a perfect fifth; three notes against two; an organ stop giving the root, the twelfth and the tierce. |
| SQUANDERMANIA | • squandermania n. Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project. • SQUANDERMANIA n. irrational propensity for spending money wastefully. |
| SUBEQUATORIAL | • subequatorial adj. (Geography) Belonging to a region adjacent to an equatorial area. • SUBEQUATORIAL adj. below the equator. |