| acquiescence | (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something | Synonyms: assent |
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| (noun) acceptance without protest | - |
| acquirement | (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquisition, attainment, skill |
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| acquirer | (noun) a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock | - |
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| (noun) the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card | - |
| (noun) a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee | Synonyms: merchant bank |
| (noun) a person who acquires something (usually permanently) | - |
| acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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| acquisition | (noun) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something | - |
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| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, skill |
| (noun) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge | Synonyms: learning |
| (noun) something acquired | - |
| acquisitiveness | (noun) strong desire to acquire and possess | - |
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| acquittal | (noun) a judgment of not guilty | - |
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| acquittance | (noun) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | Synonyms: release |
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| antiquity | (noun) an artifact surviving from the past | - |
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| (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: ancientness |
| (noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe | - |
| aquiculture | (noun) a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients | Synonyms: hydroponics, tank farming |
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| aquifer | (noun) underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc | - |
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| aquilege | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilegia, columbine |
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| aquilegia | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilege, columbine |
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| benzoquinone | (noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | Synonyms: quinone |
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| blanquillo | (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: tilefish |
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| chloroquine | (noun) an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus | - |
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| cliquishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: clannishness, exclusiveness |
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| colloquialism | (noun) a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | - |
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| colloquium | (noun) an address to an academic meeting or seminar | - |
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| (noun) an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting | - |
| conquistador | (noun) an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) | - |
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| coquille | (noun) a dish in the form of a scallop shell | - |
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| (noun) seafood served in a scallop shell | - |
| daiquiri | (noun) a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice | Synonyms: rum cocktail |
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| deliquium | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: faint, swoon, syncope |
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| disequilibrium | (noun) loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others | - |
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| disquiet | (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: unease, uneasiness |
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| (noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: anxiousness |
| disquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: edginess, inquietude, uneasiness |
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| disquisition | (noun) an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion | - |
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| enquirer | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: asker, inquirer, querier, questioner |
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| enquiry | (noun) a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | Synonyms: inquiry |
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| (noun) a search for knowledge | Synonyms: inquiry, research |
| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: inquiry, interrogation, query, question |
| equid | (noun) hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck | Synonyms: equine |
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| equidistribution | (noun) a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence | - |
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| equilateral | (noun) a figure whose sides are all equal | - |
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| equilibration | (noun) stabilization by bringing into equilibrium | - |
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| equilibrium | (noun) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head | Synonyms: labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense |
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| (noun) a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates | Synonyms: chemical equilibrium |
| (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equipoise |
| (noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another | - |
| equine | (noun) hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck | Synonyms: equid |
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| equinoctial | (noun) the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles | Synonyms: celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line |
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| equinox | (noun) (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic | Synonyms: equinoctial point |
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| (noun) either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length | - |
| equipage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: carriage, rig |
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| (noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: materiel |
| equipment | (noun) an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service | - |
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| equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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| equipping | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, arming |
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| equitation | (noun) the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements | Synonyms: horseback riding, riding |
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| equity | (noun) conformity with rules or standards | Synonyms: fairness |
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| (noun) the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation | - |
| (noun) the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it | - |
| equivalence | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: comparability, compare, comparison |
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| (noun) essential equality and interchangeability | - |
| (noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equality, equation, par |
| equivalent | (noun) the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen | Synonyms: combining weight, eq, equivalent weight |
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| (noun) a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc | - |
| equivocalness | (noun) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | Synonyms: ambiguity |
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| equivocation | (noun) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | Synonyms: tergiversation |
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| (noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: evasiveness, prevarication |
| (noun) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth | Synonyms: evasion |
| equivocator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: hedger, tergiversator |
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| esquire | (noun) (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood | - |
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| exquisiteness | (noun) extreme beauty of a delicate sort | - |
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| faquir | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakeer, fakir, faqir |
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| harlequin | (noun) a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) | - |
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| harlequinade | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, japery, prank |
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| hydroxychloroquine | (noun) anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus | Synonyms: Plaquenil |
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| illiquidity | (noun) the quality of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset. | - |
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| inequity | (noun) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | Synonyms: unfairness |
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| iniquity | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, immorality, wickedness |
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| (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: injustice, shabbiness, unfairness |
| inquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, uneasiness |
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| inquirer | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: asker, enquirer, querier, questioner |
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| inquiring | (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: questioning |
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| inquiry | (noun) a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | Synonyms: enquiry |
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| (noun) a search for knowledge | Synonyms: enquiry, research |
| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, interrogation, query, question |
| inquisition | (noun) a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals) | - |
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| inquisitiveness | (noun) The quality of being curious and interested. | - |
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| (noun) a state of active curiosity | Synonyms: curiousness |
| inquisitor | (noun) a questioner who is excessively harsh | Synonyms: interrogator |
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| iodochlorhydroxyquin | (noun) drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot) | Synonyms: Clioquinol |
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| jiqui | (noun) Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture | Synonyms: Malpighia obovata |
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| jonquil | (noun) widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers | Synonyms: Narcissus jonquilla |
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| (noun) often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil | - |
| lambrequin | (noun) short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing | - |
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| (noun) a scarf that covers a knight's helmet | - |
| liquid | (noun) a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r') | - |
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| (noun) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | Synonyms: liquid state, liquidity, liquidness |
| (noun) fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume | - |
| (noun) a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure | - |
| liquidambar | (noun) any tree of the genus Liquidambar | - |
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| (noun) aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree | Synonyms: sweet gum |
| liquidation | (noun) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | Synonyms: settlement |
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| (noun) the act of exterminating | Synonyms: extermination |
| (noun) the murder of a competitor | Synonyms: elimination |
| liquidator | (noun) (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties | Synonyms: receiver |
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| (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | Synonyms: manslayer, murderer |
| liquidiser | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: blender, liquidizer |
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| liquidity | (noun) the property of flowing easily | Synonyms: fluidity, fluidness, liquidness, runniness |
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| (noun) being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability | - |
| (noun) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | Synonyms: liquid, liquid state, liquidness |
| liquidizer | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: blender, liquidiser |
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| liquidness | (noun) the property of flowing easily | Synonyms: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, runniness |
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| (noun) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | Synonyms: liquid, liquid state, liquidity |
| mannequin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, manikin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannikin, model |
| maquiladora | (noun) an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border | - |
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| marquis | (noun) nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count | Synonyms: marquess |
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| marquise | (noun) permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. | Synonyms: marquee |
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| (noun) a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess | Synonyms: marchioness |
| mefloquine | (noun) an antimalarial drug (trade name Lariam and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people | Synonyms: Lariam, mefloquine hydrochloride, Mephaquine |
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| mesquit | (noun) any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | Synonyms: mesquite |
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| mesquite | (noun) any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | Synonyms: mesquit |
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| milliequivalent | (noun) one-thousandth of an equivalent | Synonyms: meq |
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| mosquito | (noun) two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | - |
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| mosquitofish | (noun) silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control | Synonyms: Gambusia affinis |
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| naphthoquinone | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood | Synonyms: antihemorrhagic factor, vitamin K |
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| nonequivalence | (noun) not interchangeable | - |
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| obliquity | (noun) the quality of being deceptive | Synonyms: deceptiveness |
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| (noun) the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle | Synonyms: asynclitism |
| obsequiousness | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: servility, subservience |
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| palanquin | (noun) a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | Synonyms: palankeen |
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| pasquinade | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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| perquisite | (noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | Synonyms: exclusive right, prerogative, privilege |
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| (noun) an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right) | Synonyms: fringe benefit, perk |
| phylloquinone | (noun) a form of vitamin K, based on 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone, with a 3-phytyl substituent | Synonyms: phytonadione, vitamin K1 |
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| prerequisite | (noun) something that is required in advance | Synonyms: requirement |
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| primaquine | (noun) synthetic antimalarial drug | - |
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| propinquity | (noun) the property of being close together | Synonyms: proximity |
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| quiaquia | (noun) small fusiform fish of western Atlantic | Synonyms: cigarfish, Decapterus punctatus, round scad |
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| quibble | (noun) an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | Synonyms: cavil, quiddity |
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| quibbler | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviler, caviller, pettifogger |
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