absquatulate | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: abscond, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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(adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
(adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
adequately | (adverb) in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree | - |
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adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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antiquate | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antique |
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(verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned | - |
antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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aquatic | (adjective) operating or living or growing in water | - |
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(adjective) relating to or consisting of or being in water | - |
(noun) a plant that lives in or on water | - |
aquatics | (noun) sports that involve bodies of water | Synonyms: water sport |
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aquatint | (noun) a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color | - |
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(noun) an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color | - |
(verb) etch in aquatint | - |
cumquat | (noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: kumquat, kumquat tree |
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diddlysquat | (noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat |
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equatability | (noun) capability of being equated | - |
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equate | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, match |
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(verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: compare, liken |
(verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: correspond |
equating | (noun) the act of regarding as equal | Synonyms: equation |
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equation | (noun) the act of regarding as equal | Synonyms: equating |
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(noun) a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal | - |
(noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equality, equivalence, par |
equator | (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles | - |
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(noun) a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts | - |
equatorial | (adjective) of or existing at or near the geographic equator | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or at an equator | - |
(noun) a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it | - |
inadequate | (adjective) lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: unequal |
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(adjective) of insufficient quantity to meet a need | Synonyms: jejune, poor, short |
inadequately | (adverb) in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree | - |
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inadequateness | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | Synonyms: inadequacy |
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kumquat | (noun) small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp | - |
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(noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: cumquat, kumquat tree |
loquat | (noun) yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies | Synonyms: Japanese plum |
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(noun) evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan | Synonyms: Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, loquat tree |
paraquat | (noun) a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide | - |
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quat | (noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat |
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quatercentenary | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentennial |
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quatercentennial | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentenary |
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quatern | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
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quaternary | (adjective) consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four | Synonyms: quaternate |
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(adjective) coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 4th, fourth |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
quaternate | (adjective) consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four | Synonyms: quaternary |
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quaternion | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternity, tetrad |
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quaternity | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, tetrad |
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quatrain | (noun) a stanza of four lines | - |
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quattrocento | (noun) the 15th century in Italian art and literature | - |
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semiaquatic | (adjective) partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water | Synonyms: subaquatic |
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(adjective) having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form | Synonyms: amphibiotic |
squat | (adjective) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground | Synonyms: underslung |
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(adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy |
(noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | Synonyms: squatting |
(noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles | Synonyms: knee bend, squatting |
(noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit |
(verb) to perform the squat weightlifting exercise | - |
(verb) sit on one's heels | Synonyms: crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up |
(verb) occupy (a dwelling) illegally | - |
(verb) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide | - |
squatness | (noun) the property of being short and broad | Synonyms: stubbiness |
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squatter | (noun) someone who settles on land without right or title | - |
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(noun) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it | Synonyms: homesteader, nester |
squattiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: dumpiness |
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squatting | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | Synonyms: squat |
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(noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles | Synonyms: knee bend, squat |
squatty | (adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, stumpy |
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subaquatic | (adjective) partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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(adjective) growing or remaining under water | Synonyms: subaqueous, submerged, submersed, underwater |