COQUETTE | • coquette n. A woman who flirts or plays with men’s affections. • coquette n. Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis. • coquette v. Alternative form of coquet. |
EQUITANT | • equitant adj. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback. • equitant adj. (Botany) Overlapping at the base. • EQUITANT adj. of leaves, folded lengthwise over succeeding leaves. |
MAQUETTE | • maquette n. A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture. • maquette v. (Art, transitive, intransitive, rare) To prepare a maquette (of). • MAQUETTE n. (French) a small model of something to be made on a larger scale. |
MOQUETTE | • moquette n. A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc. • moquette n. An article covered in such material. • MOQUETTE n. (French) a thick piled fabric used in upholstery and carpeting. |
OUTQUOTE | • outquote v. (Transitive) To surpass in quotation. • OUTQUOTE v. to surpass in quoting. |
QUARTETS | • quartets n. Plural of quartet. • QUARTET n. a set of four; a composition for four voices or instruments, also QUARTETT, QUARTETTE, QUARTETTO. |
QUARTETT | • quartett n. Archaic form of quartet. • QUARTETT n. a composition for four voices or instruments, also QUARTET, QUARTETTE, QUARTETTO. |
QUESTANT | • questant n. One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. • QUESTANT n. (Shakespeare) one who undertakes a quest, also QUESTER. |
QUIETEST | • quietest adj. Superlative form of quiet: most quiet. • QUIET adj. making little or no noise. |
QUIETIST | • quietist n. A mystic who follows quietism. • quietist n. Someone who is not socially or politically active. • QUIETIST n. one who believes in quietism. |
QUINTETS | • quintets n. Plural of quintet. • QUINTET n. a group of five, also QUINTETT. |
QUINTETT | • quintett n. Archaic form of quintet. • QUINTETT n. a composition for five voices or instruments, also QUINTET, QUINTETTE. |
QUITRENT | • quitrent n. A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service. • quit-rent n. Alternative form of quitrent. • quit␣rent n. Alternative form of quitrent. |
QUITTERS | • quitters n. Plural of quitter. • QUITTER n. one who quits, gives up. |
QUOTIENT | • quotient n. (Arithmetic) The number resulting from the division of one number by another. • quotient n. (Arithmetic) The integer part of the result of such division. • quotient n. (Mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined… |
ROQUETTE | • roquette n. A herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads. • ROQUETTE n. (French) a kind of salad plant, also ROCKET. |
SQUATTED | • squatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of squat. • SQUAT v. to sit on one's heels. |
SQUATTER | • squatter n. One who squats, sits down idly. • squatter n. One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. • squatter n. (Australia, historical) A large-scale grazier and landowner. |
SQUATTLE | • squattle v. (Intransitive, Scotland) To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment. • SQUATTLE v. (Scots) to squat down. |
TORQUATE | • TORQUATE adj. with a distinctive ring (e.g. of feathers or a different colour) round the neck, also TORQUATED. |