| CONQUISTADOR | • conquistador n. A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise… • CONQUISTADOR n. (Spanish) a conqueror; specifically any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th cent. |
| CONSEQUENCED | • consequenced v. Simple past tense and past participle of consequence. • CONSEQUENCE v. (archaic) to draw a consequence from. |
| DESQUAMATION | • desquamation n. (Medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin. • DESQUAMATION n. having one's skin fall off due to its being waterlogged. |
| DESQUAMATORY | • desquamatory adj. (Surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
| DISCOTHEQUES | • discotheques n. Plural of discotheque. • discothèques n. Plural of discothèque. • DISCOTHEQUE n. a place or event at which recorded pop music is played for dancing. |
| DISQUISITION | • disquisition n. A methodical inquiry or investigation. • disquisition n. A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise. • DISQUISITION n. a carefully argued examination of a topic. |
| DISQUISITORY | • disquisitory adj. Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. • DISQUISITORY adj. of or like a disquisition, also DISQUISITIONAL, DISQUISITIONARY, DISQUISITIVE. |
| DULCILOQUIES | • DULCILOQUY n. a soft manner of speaking. |
| HYDROQUINOLS | • HYDROQUINOL n. a white crystalline soluble phenol used as a photographic developer. |
| LIQUIDATIONS | • liquidations n. Plural of liquidation. • LIQUIDATION n. the act of liquidating. |
| MAQUILADORAS | • maquiladoras n. Plural of maquiladora. • MAQUILADORA n. (Spanish) a manufacturing plant in Mexico that produce parts for assembly in the United States, also MAQUILA. |
| QUADRASONICS | • QUADRASONICS n. a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| QUADRILLIONS | • quadrillions n. Plural of quadrillion. • QUADRILLION n. a thousand raised to the fifth power. |
| QUADRUMANOUS | • quadrumanous adj. Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human primates. • QUADRUMANOUS adj. of apes, etc., with all four feet adapted for use as hands. |
| QUINDECAGONS | • quindecagons n. Plural of quindecagon. • QUINDECAGON n. a geometric figure having fifteen sides and fifteen angles. |
| SESQUIOXIDES | • sesquioxides n. Plural of sesquioxide. • SESQUIOXIDE n. an oxide with three atoms of oxygen to two of the other constituent. |
| SOLILOQUISED | • soliloquised v. Simple past tense and past participle of soliloquise. • SOLILOQUISE v. to talk reflectively to oneself, also SOLILOQUIZE. |
| SOLILOQUIZED | • soliloquized v. Simple past tense and past participle of soliloquize. • SOLILOQUIZE v. to talk reflectively to oneself, also SOLILOQUISE. |
| UNQUESTIONED | • unquestioned adj. (Of a person) Not subjected to an interrogation. • unquestioned adj. (Of a fact) Accepted without question; indisputable. • UNQUESTIONED adj. not questioned. |
| VIDEOTHEQUES | • VIDEOTHEQUE n. a cinema in which videos are shown. |