| EMBARQUEMENTS | • EMBARQUEMENT n. (Shakespeare) a placing under embargo. |
| EQUESTRIANISM | • equestrianism n. The art or sport of riding horses. • EQUESTRIANISM n. horsemanship. |
| EQUIMOLECULAR | • equimolecular adj. (Chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds). • EQUIMOLECULAR adj. of substances, solutions, etc., containing equal numbers of molecules. |
| MADRIGALESQUE | • madrigalesque adj. (Music) Reminiscent of a madrigal. • MADRIGALESQUE adj. somewhat in the style of a madrigal. |
| MOUSQUETAIRES | • mousquetaires n. Plural of mousquetaire. • MOUSQUETAIRE n. (French) a French musketeer; a kind of woman's cloak. |
| QUADRAGESIMAL | • quadragesimal adj. That lasts forty days. • quadragesimal adj. Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. • quadragesimal adj. (Mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty. |
| QUADRIENNIUMS | • QUADRIENNIUM n. (Latin) a period of four years, also QUADRENNIUM. |
| QUADRIGEMINAL | • quadrigeminal adj. Having four parts, or two pairs. • QUADRIGEMINAL adj. having four similar parts, also QUADRIGEMINATE, QUADRIGEMINOUS. |
| QUADRINOMIALS | • quadrinomials n. Plural of quadrinomial. • QUADRINOMIAL n. an expression of four terms. |
| QUADRUMVIRATE | • quadrumvirate n. Synonym of quattuorvirate. • QUADRUMVIRATE n. a group of four men acting together in some capacity. |
| QUARRELSOMELY | • quarrelsomely adv. In a quarrelsome manner. • QUARRELSOME adv. apt or disposed to quarrel in an often petty manner. |
| QUARRYMASTERS | • quarrymasters n. Plural of quarrymaster. • QUARRYMASTER n. one in charge of a quarry. |
| QUARTERMASTER | • quartermaster n. (Military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery… • quartermaster n. (Nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction… • quartermaster v. To act as a quartermaster. |
| QUARTODECIMAN | • Quartodeciman n. Any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover… • Quartodeciman adj. Of or pertaining to these people. • QUARTODECIMAN n. an early Christian who celebrated Easter on Passover even if not a Sunday. |
| SQUANDERMANIA | • squandermania n. Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project. • SQUANDERMANIA n. irrational propensity for spending money wastefully. |
| VENTRILOQUISM | • ventriloquism n. The art of projecting one’s voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source… • VENTRILOQUISM n. the production of the voice in such a way that the sound seems to come from a source other than the vocal organs of the speaker, also VENTRILOQUY. |