| ACQUIRABILITY | • acquirability n. (Rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. • ACQUIRABILITY n. the ability to be acquired. |
| AQUACULTURIST | • aquaculturist n. (Agriculture) A person involved in aquaculture. • AQUACULTURIST n. one who practises aquaculture. |
| AQUICULTURIST | • aquiculturist n. Alternative spelling of aquaculturist. • AQUICULTURIST n. one who practises aquiculture. |
| AUTOCRITIQUES | • autocritiques n. Plural of autocritique. • AUTOCRITIQUE n. (French) self-criticism, esp. political. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| QUALIFICATORS | • qualificators n. Plural of qualificator. • QUALIFICATOR n. one who prepares ecclesiastical cases for trial. |
| QUALIFICATORY | • qualificatory adj. That serves as qualification. • QUALIFICATORY adj. of the nature of a qualification. |
| 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. |
| QUASICRYSTALS | • quasicrystals n. Plural of quasicrystal. • quasi-crystals n. Plural of quasi-crystal. • QUASICRYSTAL n. a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure. |
| 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. |
| QUINCENTENARY | • quincentenary n. Synonym of quincentennial: A 500th anniversary. • quincentenary adj. Synonym of quincentennial: Of or related to a 500th anniversary. • QUINCENTENARY adj. pertaining to a five-hundredth anniversary. |
| REACQUAINTING | • reacquainting v. Present participle of reacquaint. • REACQUAINT v. to acquaint again. |
| REACQUISITION | • reacquisition n. A second or subsequent acquisition. • REACQUISITION n. the act of reacquiring. |