Absque Hoc :: Absque hoc () The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated..

Alhambresque :: Alhambresque (a.) Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture..

Arabesque :: Arabesque (n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together..

Arabesque :: Arabesque (a.) Arabian.

Arabesque :: Arabesque (a.) Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes..

Arabesqued :: Arabesqued (a.) Ornamented in the style of arabesques.

Barbaresque :: Barbaresque (a.) Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture..

Basque :: Basque (a.) Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language..

Basque :: Basque (n.) One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France..

Basque :: Basque (n.) The language spoken by the Basque people.

Basque :: Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques..

Bisque :: Bisque (n.) Unglazed white porcelain.

Bisque :: Bisque (n.) A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet..

Bisque :: Bisque (n.) A white soup made of crayfish.

Blottesque :: Blottesque (a.) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation.

Bosquet :: Bosquet (n.) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed..

Bosquet :: Bosquet (n.) See Bosket.

Brusque :: Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style..

Brusqueness :: Brusqueness (n.) Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque.

Burlesqued :: Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesqu.

Burlesquer :: Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.

Casque :: Casque (n.) A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.

Dantesque :: Dantesque (a.) Dantelike; Dantean.

Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

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