English words starting with inq

Meanings of Inqilab:

noun

A revolution or uprising (often used as a political slogan)

Usage examples:

‘inquilab!’ shouted ravi all of a sudden. ‘zindabad!’ the crowd responded hesitatingly

Meanings of Inquest:

noun

A judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident.

Usage examples:

The costs could continue to rise as the ministry of defence is considering applying for a judicial …

Meanings of Inquests:

noun

A judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident.

Usage examples:

The costs could continue to rise as the ministry of defence is considering applying for a judicial …

Meanings of Inquestual:

noun

A judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident.

Usage examples:

The costs could continue to rise as the ministry of defence is considering applying for a judicial …

Meanings of Inquietude:

noun

Physical or mental restlessness or disturbance.

Usage examples:

We are already in the twentieth century with its restlessness, its inquietude, ‘the age of anxiety’.

Meanings of Inquietudes:

noun

Physical or mental restlessness or disturbance.

Usage examples:

We are already in the twentieth century with its restlessness, its inquietude, ‘the age of anxiety’.

Meanings of Inquiline:

noun

An animal exploiting the living space of another, e.g. an insect that lays its eggs in a gall produced by another.

Usage examples:

An inquiline insect

Meanings of Inquire:

verb

Ask for information from someone.

Usage examples:

He inquired about cottages for sale

Meanings of Inquire-after:

phrasal verb

To ask for information about someone, especially about their health, in order to be polite

Usage examples:

She inquired after his grandfather's health.

Meanings of Inquire-into:

phrasal verb

To try to discover the facts about something

Usage examples:

The committee had no right to inquire into his politics.

Meanings of Inquired:

verb

Ask for information from someone.

Usage examples:

He inquired about cottages for sale

Meanings of Inquirer:

noun

A person who asks for information about something

Usage examples:

The company's head office in london can direct inquirers to their nearest outlet.

Meanings of Inquirers:

noun

A person who asks for information about something

Usage examples:

The company's head office in london can direct inquirers to their nearest outlet.

Meanings of Inquires:

verb

Ask for information from someone.

Usage examples:

He inquired about cottages for sale

Meanings of Inquiries:

noun

An act of asking for information.

Usage examples:

The police were making inquiries in all the neighbouring pubs

Meanings of Inquiring:

adjective

Showing an interest in learning new things.

Usage examples:

An open, inquiring mind

verb

Ask for information from someone.

Usage examples:

He inquired about cottages for sale

Meanings of Inquiringly:

adverb

In a way that shows you want to know something

Usage examples:

She looked at her mother inquiringly., he turned inquiringly to the others.

Meanings of Inquiry:

noun

An act of asking for information.

Usage examples:

The police were making inquiries in all the neighbouring pubs

Meanings of Inquisition:

noun

A period of prolonged and intensive questioning.

Usage examples:

She relented in her determined inquisition and offered help

Meanings of Inquisitions:

noun

A period of prolonged and intensive questioning.

Usage examples:

She relented in her determined inquisition and offered help

Meanings of Inquisitive:

adjective

Having or showing an interest in learning things; curious.

Usage examples:

His poems reveal an intensely inquisitive mind

Meanings of Inquisitively:

adverb

In a way that shows that you want to discover as much as you can about something, or want to know something

Usage examples:

The mouse looked around the room inquisitively., "who's rosie?" asked danny inquisitively.

Meanings of Inquisitiveness:

noun

The quality of wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people

Usage examples:

Children have an inquisitiveness about the world., his inquisitiveness bordered on rudeness.

Meanings of Inquisitor:

noun

A person making an inquiry, especially one seen to be excessively harsh or searching.

Usage examples:

The professional inquisitors of the press

Meanings of Inquisitorial:

adjective

Of or like an inquisitor, especially in questioning someone in a harsh or intensive manner.

Usage examples:

He was questioning her in a cold, inquisitorial voice