| COLOQUINTIDAS | • coloquintidas n. Plural of coloquintida. • COLOQUINTIDA n. (Greek) a cucurbitaceous plant with bitter-tasting gourds, also COLOCYNTH. |
| DEREQUISITION | • derequisition v. (Transitive) To return or release (something previously requisitioned). • DEREQUISITION v. to return (something that has been used for a military purpose) to civilian use. |
| DISQUISITIONS | • disquisitions n. Plural of disquisition. • DISQUISITION n. a carefully argued examination of a topic. |
| OVERQUALIFIED | • overqualified adj. Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job. • OVERQUALIFIED adj. having more education, training, or experience than a job calls for. |
| QUADRIFARIOUS | • quadrifarious adj. (Botany) Arranged in four rows or ranks. • QUADRIFARIOUS adj. arranged in four close-set rows along the stem. |
| QUADRIFOLIATE | • quadrifoliate adj. (Botany) Having four leaves or leaflets. • QUADRIFOLIATE adj. having four leaves. |
| QUADRILLIONTH | • quadrillionth adj. The ordinal form of the number one quadrillion. • quadrillionth n. The person or thing in the quadrillionth position. • quadrillionth n. One of a quadrillion equal parts of a whole. |
| QUADRINOMIALS | • quadrinomials n. Plural of quadrinomial. • QUADRINOMIAL n. an expression of four terms. |
| QUADRIPHONICS | • quadriphonics n. Alternative form of quadraphonics. • QUADRIPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| QUADRISECTION | • quadrisection n. The action of dividing something into four parts. • quadrisection n. One quarter of something. • QUADRISECTION n. division into four equal parts. |
| QUASIPERIODIC | • quasiperiodic adj. Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals. • quasiperiodic adj. (Mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function. • quasiperiodic adj. (Physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods. |
| QUINDECILLION | • quindecillion num. (Rare, US, modern Britain and Australia short scale) 1048. • quindecillion num. (Rare, dated, Britain and Australia, long scale) 1090. • QUINDECILLION n. ten to the power of 48, or in Britain ten to the power of 90. |
| QUODLIBETICAL | • quodlibetical adj. (Philosophy) Of or relating to quodlibet; of a question, posed extemporaneously. • QUODLIBETICAL adj. of or like a quodlibet, also QUODLIBETIC. |
| REQUISITIONED | • requisitioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of requisition. • REQUISITION v. to make a demand for supplies. |
| SOMNILOQUISED | • somniloquised v. Simple past tense and past participle of somniloquise. • SOMNILOQUISE v. to talk in one's sleep, also SOMNILOQUIZE. |
| SOMNILOQUIZED | • somniloquized v. Simple past tense and past participle of somniloquize. • SOMNILOQUIZE v. to talk in one's sleep, also SOMNILOQUISE. |