| BARQUETTE | • barquette n. A kind of small sailboat. • barquette n. A small boat-shaped pastry shell with a sweet or savoury filling. • BARQUETTE n. (French) a small barque. |
| BURQUINIS | • BURQUINI n. a swimming costume which covers the whole body with the exception of the face, hands, and feet, suitable for wear by Muslim women, also BURKINI. |
| HARQUEBUS | • harquebus n. An obsolete matchlock firearm. • harquebus n. A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported… • HARQUEBUS n. (historical) a portable long-barrelled gun, also ARQUEBUS, HARQUEBUSE, HARQUEBUSS. |
| JERQUINGS | • JERQUING n. a search for contraband, also JERKING. |
| MARQUETRY | • marquetry n. (Uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid… • marquetry n. (Countable) An example of this work. • MARQUETRY n. furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal, also MARQUETERIE. |
| MARQUISES | • marquises n. Plural of marquis. • marquises n. Plural of marquise. • MARQUIS n. a British or Irish hereditary nobleman of the second rank of the peerage, below a duke and above an earl, also MARQUESS. |
| OVERQUICK | • overquick adj. Too quick; overly quick. • OVERQUICK adj. too quick. |
| PARQUETED | • parqueted v. Simple past tense and past participle of parquet. • PARQUET v. (French) to cover a floor with an inlaid design. |
| PARQUETRY | • parquetry n. The technique of applying wooden tiles or veneers to create a decorative geometrical pattern on floors, furniture etc. • PARQUETRY n. the art of making parquet, a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks. |
| REMARQUED | • remarqued adj. Having a remarque. • REMARQUED adj. bearing a remarque, a mark made in the margin of an engraving indicating a stage of development prior to completion. |
| REMARQUES | • remarques n. Plural of remarque. • REMARQUE n. (French) a mark made in the margin of an engraving indicating a stage of development prior to completion. |
| SURQUEDRY | • surquedry n. (Obsolete) Overweening pride; arrogance. • SURQUEDRY n. (obsolete) arrogance; haughty pride, also SURQUEDY. |
| TORQUATED | • torquated adj. (Not comparable) Wearing a torque. • torquated adj. Shaped like a torque; twisted; convoluted. • TORQUATED adj. with a distinctive ring (e.g. of feathers or a different colour) round the neck, also TORQUATE. |
| TORQUESES | • torqueses n. Plural of torques. • TORQUES n. a ring of fur or feathers round an animal's neck. |
| TORQUIEST | • torquiest adj. Superlative form of torquey: most torquey. • TORQUEY adj. providing force to cause rotation. |
| TURQUOISE | • turquoise n. (Countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone. • turquoise n. (Countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone. • turquoise adj. Made of turquoise (the gemstone). |
| VERQUERES | • VERQUERE n. (Dutch) a form of backgammon, also VERQUIRE. |
| VERQUIRES | • VERQUIRE n. a form of backgammon, also VERQUERE. |