| CHIVALRESQUE | • chivalresque adj. Characteristic of chivalry. • CHIVALRESQUE adj. relating to or connected with chivalry. |
| DESQUAMATING | • desquamating v. Present participle of desquamate. • DESQUAMATE v. to scale or flake off. |
| 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. |
| DESQUAMATIVE | • desquamative adj. Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation. • DESQUAMATIVE adj. serving to desquamate. |
| 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. |
| GROTESQUERIE | • grotesquerie n. The quality of being grotesque or macabre. • grotesquerie n. (Literature) A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced… • GROTESQUERIE n. (French) grotesque objects collectively; grotesque quality, also GROTESQUERY. |
| MACABERESQUE | • macaberesque adj. Macabre. • macaberesque n. The danse macabre, or some similar performance or imagery. • MACABERESQUE adj. somewhat macaber. |
| MESQUINERIES | • MESQUINERIE n. (French) the quality of being mesquin, mean. |
| SESQUIALTERA | • sesquialtera n. (Music) A ratio of 3:2. • sesquialtera n. (Music) An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes. • SESQUIALTERA n. a perfect fifth; three notes against two; an organ stop giving the root, the twelfth and the tierce. |
| SESQUIALTERS | • SESQUIALTER n. a mixture stop on an organ. |
| SESQUIOXIDES | • sesquioxides n. Plural of sesquioxide. • SESQUIOXIDE n. an oxide with three atoms of oxygen to two of the other constituent. |
| SESQUIPEDALS | • SESQUIPEDAL n. a polysyllabic word. |
| SESQUITERTIA | • sesquitertia n. (Obsolete) A ratio of 4 to 3. • sesquitertia n. (Music, obsolete) A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4. • SESQUITERTIA n. a perfect fourth; a rhythm of three notes against four. |
| STATUESQUELY | • statuesquely adv. In a statuesque way. • STATUESQUE adv. tall and well-proportioned in figure. |