ANTIMASQUE | • antimasque n. A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque. • ANTIMASQUE n. a secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask, also ANTIMASK. |
CACIQUISMS | • CACIQUISM n. government by a cacique, a West Indian or American Indian chief. |
DAMASQUINS | • damasquins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damasquin. • DAMASQUIN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN. |
EQUANIMOUS | • equanimous adj. Calm and composed; of stable disposition. • EQUANIMOUS adj. of an even, composed frame of mind. |
GAMINESQUE | • gaminesque adj. Like a gamin or gamine; mischievously charming without sophistication. • GAMINESQUE adj. playful; impish; boyish. |
MANNEQUINS | • mannequins n. Plural of mannequin. • MANNEQUIN n. a dummy for the display of clothes etc., also MANIKIN, MANNIKIN. |
MAQUISARDS | • maquisards n. Plural of maquisard. • MAQUISARD n. a member of the maquis, a guerrilla resistance force. |
MARQUISATE | • marquisate n. The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness. • marquisate n. The state or rank of a marquis. • MARQUISATE n. the rank of a marquis. |
QUAESITUMS | • QUAESITUM n. (Latin) something sought for; the true value. |
QUALMISHLY | • qualmishly adv. In a qualmish manner. • QUALMISH adv. sick at the stomach; affected with nausea. |
QUICKBEAMS | • quickbeams n. Plural of quickbeam. • QUICKBEAM n. the hawthorn. |
QUITCLAIMS | • quitclaims v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim. • QUITCLAIM v. to draw up a quitclaim, a deed relinquishing a claim, such as a mining title. |
QUIZMASTER | • quizmaster n. A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show. • QUIZMASTER n. one who puts the questions to contestants in a quiz show. |
SEAQUARIUM | • seaquarium n. An oceanarium. • SEAQUARIUM n. an oceanarium. |
SEMIOPAQUE | • semiopaque adj. Partially opaque. • SEMIOPAQUE adj. half opaque. |
SEMIQUAVER | • semiquaver n. (Music) A sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails. • SEMIQUAVER n. a 1/16 note in music. |
SINARQUISM | • Sinarquism n. A fascist movement in Mexico during the 1930s and 1940s, with links to the Nazis and the Falangists… • SINARQUISM n. the fascist movement in Mexico, prominent around the time of the Second World War, also SINARCHISM. |
SQUAMATION | • squamation n. (Zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales. • squamation n. (Zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation. • squamation n. (Pathology, dermatology, countable) A scaly growth on the skin. |
SQUAMIFORM | • squamiform adj. Having the shape or structure of a scale. • SQUAMIFORM adj. shaped like a scale. |
SQUAMOSITY | • squamosity n. The quality of being squamose. • SQUAMOSITY n. scaliness. |