ANTIQUARIANISM | • antiquarianism n. Study or love of antiques. • antiquarianism n. Study or love of antiquity. • antiquarianism n. Archaism. |
DEMISEMIQUAVER | • demisemiquaver n. (Music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails. • DEMISEMIQUAVER n. a 1/32 note in music. |
DESQUAMATORIES | • DESQUAMATORY n. an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones. |
DISEQUILIBRIUM | • disequilibrium n. The loss of equilibrium or stability, especially due to an imbalance of forces. • DISEQUILIBRIUM n. loss or lack of equilibrium. |
EQUESTRIANISMS | • equestrianisms n. Plural of equestrianism. • EQUESTRIANISM n. horsemanship. |
QUADRIGEMINOUS | • quadrigeminous adj. Archaic form of quadrigeminal. • QUADRIGEMINOUS adj. having four similar parts, also QUADRIGEMINAL, QUADRIGEMINATE. |
QUADRUMVIRATES | • quadrumvirates n. Plural of quadrumvirate. • QUADRUMVIRATE n. a group of four men acting together in some capacity. |
QUARTERMASTERS | • quartermasters n. Plural of quartermaster. • quarter-masters n. Plural of quarter-master. • QUARTERMASTER n. one in charge of stores. |
QUARTODECIMANS | • Quartodecimans n. Plural of Quartodeciman. • QUARTODECIMAN n. an early Christian who celebrated Easter on Passover even if not a Sunday. |
QUATTROCENTISM | • quattrocentism n. The art style of the quattrocentists. • QUATTROCENTISM n. the spirit of the fifteenth century in reference to Italian art and literature. |
QUERIMONIOUSLY | • querimoniously adv. In a querimonious manner. • QUERIMONIOUS adv. complaining, querulous. |
RELINQUISHMENT | • relinquishment n. The act of relinquishing something. • RELINQUISHMENT n. the act of relinquishing. |
SQUANDERMANIAS | • SQUANDERMANIA n. irrational propensity for spending money wastefully. |
VENTRILOQUISMS | • ventriloquisms n. Plural of ventriloquism. • VENTRILOQUISM n. the production of the voice in such a way that the sound seems to come from a source other than the vocal organs of the speaker, also VENTRILOQUY. |