| BANQUET | • banquet n. A large celebratory meal; a feast. • banquet n. (Archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats. • banquet n. A ceremonial dinner party for many people. |
| BAROQUE | • baroque adj. Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail. • baroque adj. Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity. • baroque adj. Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque. |
| BARQUES | • barques n. Plural of barque. • BARQUE n. a three-masted vessel whose mizzenmast is fore-and-aft-rigged. |
| BASQUED | • basqued adj. Having a basque. • BASQUED adj. furnished with a basque. |
| BASQUES | • basques n. Plural of basque. • Basques prop.n. A surname from Spanish. • Basques n. Plural of Basque. |
| BEQUEST | • bequest n. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will. • bequest n. The transfer of property upon the owner’s death according to the will of the deceased. • bequest n. That which is left by will; a legacy. |
| BEZIQUE | • bezique n. A trick-taking card game for two players. • bezique n. The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either… • BEZIQUE n. (French) a card game played with two decks of cards. |
| BISQUES | • bisques n. Plural of bisque. • BISQUE n. (French) a rich shellfish soup, made with wine and cream, also BISK. |
| BOSQUES | • bosques n. Plural of bosque (rare, 19th-century spelling of bosk). • bosques n. Plural of bosque (riverside woodland). • Bosques prop.n. Plural of Bosque. |
| BOSQUET | • bosquet n. Alternative spelling of bosket. • BOSQUET n. a thicket, a plantation, also BOSK, BOSKET, BOSQUE, BUSKET. |
| BOUQUET | • bouquet n. A bunch of cut flowers. • bouquet n. A decoratively arranged bunch of something. • bouquet n. The scent of a particular wine. |
| BRIQUET | • briquet n. Alternative form of briquette in all its senses. • briquet n. (Dated) Synonym of lighter in reference to any device used to light cigarettes. • briquet v. Alternative form of briquette. |
| BRUSQUE | • brusque adj. Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly. • brusque adj. (Obsolete) Sour, tart. • brusque v. (Transitive, chiefly archaic) To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner. |
| EQUABLE | • equable adj. Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform. • equable adj. (Of temperature) Free from extremes of heat or cold. • equable adj. (Of emotions etc) Not easily disturbed; tranquil. |
| EQUABLY | • equably adv. In an equable manner. • EQUABLE adv. smooth; without wide variations. |
| OBLIQUE | • oblique adj. Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. • oblique adj. Not straightforward; obscure or confusing. • oblique adj. Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt. |
| OBSEQUY | • obsequy n. The last office for the dead. • obsequy n. (Chiefly in the plural) A funeral rite or service. • OBSEQUY n. a funeral rite, also OBSEQUIE. |
| QUBYTES | • qubytes n. Plural of qubyte. • QUBYTE n. a sequence of eight quantum bits. |
| QUEBECS | • QUEBEC n. (in international radio communication) a code word for the letter q. |
| QUIBBLE | • quibble n. (Now rare) A pun. • quibble n. An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. • quibble v. (Informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner. |