14-letter words containing e, q, u, i
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- Îles marquises — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
- in consequence — the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
- inadequateness — Inadequacy.
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- inconsequently — In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.
- iniquitousness — Quality of being iniquitous.
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- inquisiturient — keen to act as an inquisitor
- japanese quail — any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- letter quality — of or producing printed characters similar in quality and clarity to typewritten characters
- letter-quality — (of computer printers and their output) pertaining to an appearance equal in legibility and resolution to copy typed on an electric typewriter: A letter-quality printer produces sharper copy than a dot-matrix model.
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- liquiritigenin — (organic compound) A flavanone found in a variety of plants including liquorice.
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- louis quatorze — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
- mosquito fleet — a group or fleet of PT boats or other small, armed boats.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
- nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- nonequilibrium — The condition of not being in equilibrium.
- nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
- oblique motion — the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obsequiousness — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- parquet circle — parterre (def 1).
- perez esquivel — Adolfo [uh-dol-foh;; Spanish ah-th awl-faw] /əˈdɒl foʊ;; Spanish ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Argentine sculptor and human rights activist: Nobel prize 1980.
- polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
- pre-delinquent — (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- priority queue — (programming) A data structure with three operations: insert a new item, return the highest priority item, and remove the highest priority item. The obvious way to represent priority queues is by maintaining a sorted list but this can make the insert operation very slow. Greater efficiency can be achieved by using heaps.
- private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
- quadragenarian — 40 years of age.
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quadrilaterals — Plural form of quadrilateral.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.