PICARESQUE | • picaresque adj. Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues. • picaresque adj. (Literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero. • picaresque n. (Literature) A picaresque novel. |
PRACTIQUES | • PRACTIQUE n. (archaic) practice, also PRACTIC, PRACTICK. |
QUADRICEPS | • quadriceps n. (Anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh. • QUADRICEPS n. the great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. |
PICARESQUES | • picaresques n. Plural of picaresque. • PICARESQUE n. a story of rogues. |
QUADCOPTERS | • quadcopters n. Plural of quadcopter. • QUADCOPTER n. a pilotless four-rotor helicopter. |
PREACQUAINTS | • preacquaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preacquaint. • PREACQUAINT v. to acquaint beforehand. |
QUADRICEPSES | • quadricepses n. Plural of quadriceps. • QUADRICEPS n. the great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. |
QUADRAPHONICS | • quadraphonics n. Quadraphonic sound. • QUADRAPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
QUADRAPLEGICS | • QUADRAPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIC. |
QUADRIPHONICS | • quadriphonics n. Alternative form of quadraphonics. • QUADRIPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
QUADRIPLEGICS | • quadriplegics n. Plural of quadriplegic. • QUADRIPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, also QUADRAPLEGIC. |
QUADROPHONICS | • QUADROPHONICS n. a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
QUASIPARTICLE | • quasiparticle n. (Physics) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping… • QUASIPARTICLE n. a composite entity (as a vibration in a solid) that is analogous in its behavior to a single particle. |
QUASIPERIODIC | • quasiperiodic adj. Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals. • quasiperiodic adj. (Mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function. • quasiperiodic adj. (Physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods. |
PREACQUISITION | • preacquisition adj. Prior to acquisition. • preacquisition n. Acquisition prior to some other action. • PREACQUISITION adj. taking place before acquisition. |
QUADRUPLICATES | • quadruplicates n. Plural of quadruplicate. • quadruplicates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate. • QUADRUPLICATE v. to make quadruple or fourfold. |
QUASIPARTICLES | • quasiparticles n. Plural of quasiparticle. • QUASIPARTICLE n. a composite entity (as a vibration in a solid) that is analogous in its behavior to a single particle. |
EQUIPONDERANCES | • EQUIPONDERANCE n. equality of weight or balance, also EQUIPONDERANCY. |
QUADRUPLICITIES | • quadruplicities n. Plural of quadruplicity. • QUADRUPLICITY n. the state of being quadruple. |