| ANTHRAQUINONE | • anthraquinone n. (Organic chemistry) A tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene. • anthraquinone n. (Organic chemistry) Any derivative of this parent compound, mostly natural pigments or synthetic dyes. • ANTHRAQUINONE n. a chemical used in the manufacture of some dyes. |
| APPROPINQUATE | • appropinquate v. (Rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near. • APPROPINQUATE v. (archaic) to approach, also APPROPINQUE. |
| EQUILIBRATION | • equilibration n. The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium. • EQUILIBRATION n. the act of equilibrating. |
| EQUIPARATIONS | • equiparations n. Plural of equiparation. • EQUIPARATION n. equal treatment. |
| EQUIPARTITION | • equipartition n. The division of something into equal parts. • equipartition n. (Mathematics, of a graph) The partition of its vertex set into sets whose sizes differ from each other… • equipartition n. (Statistical mechanics) Short for w:Equipartition theorem. |
| EQUIPONDERANT | • equiponderant adj. (Obsolete) Having equal weight. • EQUIPONDERANT adj. evenly balanced. |
| EQUIPONDERATE | • equiponderate v. To counterbalance. • EQUIPONDERATE v. to be equal in weight; to balance. |
| FREQUENTATION | • frequentation n. The act of frequenting a particular place. • FREQUENTATION n. the act of frequenting. |
| GRANDILOQUENT | • grandiloquent adj. (Of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive… • GRANDILOQUENT adj. bombastic, also GRANDILOQUOUS. |
| QUADRISECTION | • quadrisection n. The action of dividing something into four parts. • quadrisection n. One quarter of something. • QUADRISECTION n. division into four equal parts. |
| 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. |
| QUATERNIONIST | • quaternionist n. One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions. • QUATERNIONIST n. a person who studies quaternions. |
| QUATTROCENTOS | • QUATTROCENTO n. (Italian) the fifteenth century in Italy; the Italian style of art, architecture, etc. of this period. |
| QUESTIONARIES | • questionaries n. Plural of questionary. • QUESTIONARY n. an asker of questions, also QUAESTIONARY. |
| QUESTIONNAIRE | • questionnaire n. A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey. • questionnaire v. To survey using questionnaires. • QUESTIONNAIRE n. a set of questions for obtaining statistically useful or personal information from individuals. |
| REACQUISITION | • reacquisition n. A second or subsequent acquisition. • REACQUISITION n. the act of reacquiring. |
| RONTGENOPAQUE | • RONTGENOPAQUE adj. opaque to X-rays. |
| SEQUESTRATION | • sequestration n. The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating. • SEQUESTRATION n. seizure of goods or property by the authority of a writ. |
| VENTRILOQUIAL | • ventriloquial adj. Of or relating to ventriloquy. • ventriloquial adj. Spoken to oneself. • ventriloquial adj. Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is. |