| ACQUISITION | • acquisition n. The act or process of acquiring. • acquisition n. The thing acquired or gained; a gain. • acquisition n. (Computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting… |
| ANTIQUITIES | • antiquities n. Plural of antiquity. • ANTIQUITY n. the quality of being ancient. |
| BIQUINTILES | • biquintiles n. Plural of biquintile. • BIQUINTILE n. the aspect of planets when they are twice the fifth part of a great circle (i.e. 144 degrees) from each other. |
| DISQUIETING | • disquieting adj. Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy. • disquieting v. Present participle of disquiet. • disquieting n. The act by which someone or something is disquieted. |
| ILLIQUATION | • illiquation n. (Rare) The melting or dissolving of one thing into another. • ILLIQUATION n. the melting of one thing into another. |
| INQUILINITY | • INQUILINITY n. living in another's nest. |
| INQUINATING | • inquinating v. Present participle of inquinate. • INQUINATE v. to corrupt or defile. |
| INQUINATION | • inquination n. (Obsolete) defilement; pollution; stain. • INQUINATION n. the act of inquinating. |
| INQUIRATION | • inquiration n. (UK, dialect) inquiry. • INQUIRATION n. (Dickens) inquiry, also ENQUIRATION. |
| INQUISITION | • inquisition n. An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter. • inquisition n. An inquest. • inquisition n. A questioning. |
| INQUISITIVE | • inquisitive adj. Eager to acquire knowledge. • inquisitive adj. Too curious; overly interested; nosy. • INQUISITIVE adj. given to examination or investigation. |
| INQUISITORS | • inquisitors n. Plural of inquisitor. • INQUISITOR n. one who inquires or makes inquisition. |
| LIQUIDATING | • liquidating v. Present participle of liquidate. • LIQUIDATE v. to clear up or off (esp. a debt). |
| LIQUIDATION | • liquidation n. The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash. • liquidation n. The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business. • liquidation n. (Euphemistic) Murder of dehumanized victims. |
| QUINTILLION | • quintillion num. (US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018. • quintillion num. (Dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030. • quintillion n. (Figuratively, slang, hyperbolic) Any very large number, exceeding normal description. |
| REQUISITION | • requisition n. A formal request for something. • requisition n. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries. • requisition n. A call; an invitation; a summons. |