| CARNIVALESQUE | • carnivalesque adj. Resembling or characteristic of a carnival. • CARNIVALESQUE adj. characteristic of or appropriate to a carnival. |
| DESQUAMATORIES | • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
| EQUILATERALS | • equilaterals n. Plural of equilateral. • EQUILATERAL n. a shape with all sides equal. |
| EQUIPARATES | • EQUIPARATE v. (obsolete) to regard or treat as equal. |
| 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. |
| QUADRINGENARIES | • quadringenaries n. Plural of quadringenary. • QUADRINGENARY n. a four-hundredth anniversary or its celebration. |
| QUADRIVALENCES | • QUADRIVALENCE n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCY. |
| QUADRIVALENCIES | • QUADRIVALENCY n. the state of being quadrivalent, also QUADRIVALENCE. |
| QUAESTIONARIES | • 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. |
| REACQUAINTANCES | • reacquaintances n. Plural of reacquaintance. • REACQUAINTANCE n. a new acquaintance. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SESQUICARBONATE | • sesquicarbonate n. (Inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing three carbonate ions for every two metal ions. • sesquicarbonate n. (Inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing one carbonate and one bicarbonate ion in each formula… • SESQUICARBONATE n. a salt that is neither a simple normal carbonate nor a simple bicarbonate but often a combination of the two. |