Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z squaddie A private in the army. squadmate A member of the same squad. squadoosh Nothing at all; zip; zilch. squadra A Fascist military cadre squadrilla A squadron, whether of boats or of airplanes. squadrism A policy of violence by squads of Fascists in Italy after the First World War. squadrista A member of an Italian fascist squad; a blackshirt. squadrol A squad car that also serves as an ambulance. squadron A body of troops drawn up in a square. squadroned Formed into squadrons. squadronmate One who is in the same squadron. squaffle A slice of squash impressed with a grid pattern in the manner of a waffle. squail To throw weighted sticks at small animals, usually cockerels, played as a game. squailer A weighted stick used to throw, usually at small animals. squails An old parlour game in which small discs (called squails) are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process. squalamine A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from the livers of dogfish squalane A saturated triterpene hydrocarbon made by hydrogenating squalene; used in cosmetics etc. squalene A linear triterpene hydrocarbon found in shark liver oil and in human sebum; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of steroids. squalenoyl A univalent radical derived from squalenoic acid squalenoylate To react with a squalenoyl group squalenoylated Modified by addition of a squalenoyl group squalenoylation Reaction with a squalenoyl group squalestatin Any of a group of fungal inhibitors of carotenoid biosynthesis squalid Extremely dirty and unpleasant. squalidity The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness. squalidly In a squalid manner. squalidness The state of being squalid. squaliform Shaped like a shark. squall To cry or wail loudly. squaller One who squalls; a crier, complainer, or bad singer. squallery squalling squalliness The state or quality of being squally. squalling The act of one who squalls; a crying or wailing. squallish Characterised by squalls; stormy. squally Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty. squalodelphinid Any platanistoid river dolphin of the family Squalodelphinidae squalodon Any of a genus of extinct whales with serrated teeth, belonging to the family Squalodontidae. squalodont Any of the extinct genus Squalodon of whales. squalodontid Any in the family Squalodontidae of extinct toothed whales. squaloid Characteristic of a shark or dogfish squalomorph Any member of the Squalomorphii, a superorder of cartilaginous fishes. squalor Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty squalorajid Any extinct chimaera in the family Squalorajidae. squalorous Of or pertaining to squalor. squam An oilskin hat; a southwester. squama A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium. squamaceous squamous squamal Synonym of squamosal. squamate Covered in scales. squamated squamose squamation The condition or character of being covered with scales. squamatization The formation of squamous cells. squame The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean. squamella A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea. squamellate Having small scales; squamulose. squamelliferous Bearing a squamella. squamelliform Resembling a squamella. squamiferous Scaly; covered in scales. squamiform Having the shape or structure of a scale. squamigerous Bearing scales. Squamish An indigenous people of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. squammy Synonym of squamous (“Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.”). squamoadenocarcinoma squamous adenocarcinoma squamocellular Relating to or composed of squamous cells. squamocolumnar Of or pertaining to a junction between stratified squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium squamodisc An epidermal structure found only in certain monogeneans of the family Diplectanidae, made up of scales embedded in the epidermis. squamoid Resembling a scale. squamoproliferative The proliferates squamous cells squamosal Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone squamosamide The stilbenoid (~{E})-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-~{N}-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]prop-2-enamide whose derivatives are used to fight Parkinson's disease squamosely In a squamose manner. squamosin An acetogenin found in Annona squamosa. squamosity The quality of being squamose. squamosomaxillary Squamosal and maxillary. squamosoparietal Squamosal and parietal. squamosopostorbital squamosal and postorbital squamotympanic Relating to the squamous part of the temporal bone and to the tympanic cavity. squamous Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly. squamously In a squamous way. squamousness The quality of being squamous. squamozygomatic Relating to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; applied to a bone, or a centre of ossification, in some foetal skulls. Squamscott A tidal river in Rockingham County, southeastern New Hampshire, United States. squamula One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule. squamulate Having small scales; squamulose. squamulation The condition of being squamulate; the presence of small scales. squamule A small scale. squamuliform Resembling a squamula or little scale. squamulose Having small scales. squamulosely In a squamulose manner. squander To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. squanderable Capable of being squandered. squanderation The act or process of squandering; the state or quality of being squandered; dissipation; wastefulness. squanderer One who squanders. Squandergate Synonym of Vouchergate. squandering The act by which something is squandered; wastage. squanderingly So as to squander; wastefully. squanderlust A strong desire to waste one's financial resources. squandermania Excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project. squandermaniac A person exhibiting squandermania; a member of government who spends excessive money on a project. squandersome Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful. squantersquash Squash (the plant or vegetable). squantum A picnic on the beach, a clambake. squarable Capable of being squared squaraine Any of a class of organic dyes derived from squaric acid. squaramide The amide of squaric acid squarate Any salt or ester of squaric acid. square A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral. squared Covered with a grid of squares. squaredly Having been squared (again). squaredness The condition of being squared (or having a squared shape) squareflipper Synonym of bearded seal. squarefree Not divisible by a nontrivial square. squarefreed Converted into a squarefree form squarefreeness The state or quality of being squarefree. squareful Synonym of powerful (“being a powerful number”). squaregraph a type of undirected graph that can be drawn in the plane in such a way that every bounded face is a quadrilateral and every vertex with three or fewer neighbors is incident to an unbounded face. squarehead An honest person; a non-criminal. squareless Without a square or squares (in various senses). squarelike Resembling a square. squarely In the shape of a square; at right angles. squareman A stonecutter. squareneck Having a square-shaped neck. squareness The condition of being square squarer One who, or that which, squares. Squaresville A fictional or generic location occupied by unfashionable people. squaretail A perciform fish of the genus Tetragonurus, found in tropical and subtropical oceans. squaretoes A stuffy or precise person. squarewise Laid out or moving in a square. squarial A flat, diamond-shaped aerial (antenna) for receiving satellite television signals; it became obsolete in the 1990s. squaric Of or pertaining to squaric acid or its derivatives. Squariel An Ariel Square Four motorcycle. squaring The act or process by which something is squared (in various senses). squarish Approximately square. squarishly In a squarish way. squarishness The state or quality of being squarish. squark A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of one-half. squarkonium A meson whose constituents are a squark and its own antisquark. squaroid Roughly a square; a square-like shape squarrose Rough or scaly. squarrosely In a squarrose manner; scabbily. squarrosity The quality of being squarrose. squarrulose Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose. squarson A squire who is also the local rector. squarsonage A squarson's residence. squary neat and compact squarylium An aromatic quaternary ammonium cation, derived from squaric acid, that is the basis of some fluorescent dyes squash A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets. squashability The quality of being squashable. squashable Capable of being compressed or squeezed. squashberry A pembina or lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).