| AQUAPLANE | • aquaplane n. A board ridden by a standing person and pulled by a motorboat for entertainment. • aquaplane v. To ride such a board. • aquaplane v. (Automotive, UK) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between… |
| AQUAPORIN | • aquaporin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that form water-permeable pores in the membrane of biological cells. • AQUAPORIN n. any of a group of proteins in a cell membrane that allow the passage of water across the membrane. |
| EQUIPMENT | • equipment n. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. • equipment n. Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage. • equipment n. (Slang, humorous) The male genitalia. |
| EQUIPPING | • equipping v. Present participle of equip. • equipping n. Equipment. • EQUIP v. to provide with what is needed. |
| PALANQUIN | • palanquin n. A covered type of litter for a stretched-out passenger, carried on four poles on the shoulders of four… • PALANQUIN n. (Malay) a light litter for one passenger, also PALANKEEN. |
| PETANQUES | • petanques n. Alternative form of pétanque (“French boules game”). • petanques n. Plural of petanque (“type of ore”). • PETANQUE n. (French) a game of bowls in which steel bowls are rolled towards a wooden post. |
| PIQUANCES | • piquances n. Plural of piquance. • PIQUANCE n. the quality of being piquant. |
| PIQUANTLY | • piquantly adv. In a piquant manner; with piquancy. • PIQUANT adv. having an agreeably sharp taste. |
| PIQUETING | • piqueting v. Present participle of piquet. • PIQUET v. to act as a picket, also PICKET, PICQUET. |
| QUEENCUPS | • queencups n. Plural of queencup. • QUEENCUP n. a flowering plant, aka clintonia. |
| QUEENSHIP | • queenship n. The rank, status, position, or dignity of a queen. • QUEENSHIP n. the state, rank, or dignity of a queen. |
| QUINTUPLE | • quintuple adj. Having five parts or members. • quintuple adj. Five times as much. • quintuple adj. (Music) having five crotchets in a bar. |
| QUINTUPLY | • quintuply adv. In a quintuple way; five times or in five pieces, etc. • QUINTUPLY n. in Scots law, a reply made to a defendant's quadruply. |
| REPIQUING | • repiquing v. Present participle of repique. • REPIQUE v. (French) to score in a game of piquet. |