| angelique | (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelica |
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| antique | (adjective) made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age | - |
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| (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
| (adjective) belonging to or lasting from times long ago | Synonyms: age-old |
| (noun) any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity | - |
| (noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: gaffer, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer |
| (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antiquate |
| (verb) shop for antiques | - |
| applique | (noun) a decorative design made of one material sewn over another | - |
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| (verb) sew on as a decoration | - |
| arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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| (noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
| arboresque | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| barbeque | (noun) a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors | Synonyms: barbecue |
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| (noun) a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit | Synonyms: barbecue |
| (noun) meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce | Synonyms: barbecue |
| (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbecue, cook out |
| baroque | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 | Synonyms: Baroque |
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| (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: churrigueresco, churrigueresque |
| (noun) elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century | Synonyms: baroqueness |
| barque | (noun) a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts | Synonyms: bark |
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| bezique | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: penuchle, pinochle, pinocle |
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| bisque | (noun) a thick cream soup made from shellfish | - |
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| boutique | (noun) a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry | Synonyms: dress shop |
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| brusque | (adjective) marked by rude or peremptory shortness | Synonyms: brusk, curt, short |
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| burlesque | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a burlesque | - |
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| (noun) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) | - |
| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: parody, spoof |
| cacique | (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | Synonyms: cazique |
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| calque | (noun) an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language | Synonyms: calque formation, loan translation |
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| casque | (noun) (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor | - |
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| catafalque | (noun) a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral | - |
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| cazique | (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | Synonyms: cacique |
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| cheque | (noun) a written order directing a bank to pay money | Synonyms: bank check, check |
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| (verb) withdraw money by writing a check | Synonyms: check out |
| churrigueresque | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco |
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| cinque | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
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| cirque | (noun) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake | Synonyms: corrie, cwm |
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| claque | (noun) a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance | - |
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| clique | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
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| communique | (noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch |
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| critique | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: criticism |
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| (noun) an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | Synonyms: critical review, review, review article |
| (verb) appraise critically | Synonyms: review |
| discotheque | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: disco |
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| grotesque | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastic, fantastical |
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| (adjective) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous | Synonyms: monstrous |
| (noun) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants | - |
| kafkaesque | (adjective) characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger | - |
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| macaque | (noun) short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa | - |
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| manque | (adjective) unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition | Synonyms: would-be |
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| marque | (noun) a name given to a product or service | Synonyms: brand, brand name, trade name |
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| masque | (noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: mask, masquerade, masquerade party |
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| mosque | (noun) (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret | - |
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| mystique | (noun) an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing | - |
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| neobaroque | (noun) art or architecture based on study of 17th century baroque. | Synonyms: neo-baroque |
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| oblique | (adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled | - |
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| (adjective) indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading | Synonyms: devious |
| (noun) a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso | Synonyms: abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis |
| (noun) any grammatical case other than the nominative | Synonyms: oblique case |
| odalisque | (noun) a woman slave in a harem | - |
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| opaque | (adjective) not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight | - |
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| (adjective) hard or impossible to understand | Synonyms: unintelligible |
| physique | (noun) constitution of the human body | Synonyms: body-build, build, habitus |
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| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, shape, soma |
| picaresque | (adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction | - |
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| picturesque | (adjective) suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture | - |
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| (adjective) strikingly expressive | - |
| pique | (noun) tightly woven fabric with raised cords | - |
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| (noun) a sudden outburst of anger | Synonyms: irritation, temper |
| (verb) cause to feel resentment or indignation | Synonyms: offend |
| plaque | (noun) a memorial made of brass | Synonyms: brass, memorial tablet |
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| (noun) (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body | - |
| plastique | (noun) an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy | Synonyms: plastic explosive |
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| pulque | (noun) fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey | - |
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| radiopaque | (adjective) not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation | Synonyms: radio-opaque |
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| risque | (adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, spicy |
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| sacque | (noun) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket | Synonyms: sack |
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| sculpturesque | (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptural, sculptured |
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| semiopaque | (adjective) partially opaque | - |
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| silique | (noun) narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: siliqua |
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| statuesque | (adjective) suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: Junoesque |
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| (adjective) of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: stately |
| technique | (noun) a practical method or art applied to some particular task | - |
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| (noun) skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity | Synonyms: proficiency |
| toque | (noun) a small round woman's hat | Synonyms: pillbox, turban |
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| (noun) a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs | - |
| torque | (noun) a twisting force | Synonyms: torsion |
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| unique | (adjective) radically distinctive and without equal | Synonyms: alone, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled |
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| (adjective) the single one of its kind | Synonyms: singular |
| (adjective) (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality | - |
| (adjective) highly unusual or rare but not the single instance | - |
| unpicturesque | (adjective) without beauty or charm | Synonyms: unlovely |
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