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  • equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
  • equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
  • equimultiple — one of a series of amounts or numbers that each consist of another amount or number an equal number of times
  • equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
  • equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
  • equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
  • equitability — The quality of being equitable; equitableness.
  • equity issue — the sale of new stocks to an investor by a company
  • equivalently — In an equivalent manner; equally.
  • equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
  • equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
  • equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
  • equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
  • file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
  • forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
  • frequentable — Accessible.
  • fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
  • gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
  • grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
  • headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
  • hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
  • illaqueation — the act of ensnaring
  • inadequately — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
  • inaniloquent — Tending to speak inanely; loquacious; garrulous.
  • inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
  • ineloquently — Without eloquence.
  • inequalities — Plural form of inequality.
  • inequipotent — not equally powerful or potent
  • inequivalent — Not equivalent.
  • infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
  • inquisitress — a woman who makes an inquisition.
  • just quietly — between you and me; confidentially
  • lacquer tree — any of several trees yielding a resin used as lacquer, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
  • last quarter — the instant, approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.
  • latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
  • liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
  • liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
  • liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
  • magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • matthew quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
  • melliloquent — Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
  • metasequoias — Plural form of metasequoia.
  • methaqualone — a nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotic substance, C 1 6 H 1 4 N 2 O, used to induce sleep: also widely used as an illicit drug.
  • milquetoasts — Plural form of milquetoast.
  • milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
  • miter square — an instrument for laying out miter joints, consisting of two straightedges joined at a 45° angle.
  • mitre square — a tool with two blades that are at a fixed angle to one another, used to bevel a mitre joint
  • mosquito net — a screen, curtain, or canopy of net, gauze, or the like, for keeping out mosquitoes.
  • mousquetaire — musketeer.
  • multiloquent — Talkative.
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