19-letter words containing e, q, u
- recording equipment — devices used for sound reproduction
- republique malgache — French name of Malagasy Republic.
- resplendent quetzal — See under quetzal (def 1).
- rhetorical question — a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as “What is so rare as a day in June?”.
- room-temperature iq — (abuse) (IBM) 80 or below. Used in describing the expected intelligence range of the luser. "Well, but how's this interface going to play with the room-temperature IQ crowd?" This is a much more insulting phrase in countries that use Celsius thermometers. See drool-proof paper.
- safety-squeeze-play — Baseball. Also called suicide squeeze, suicide squeeze play. a play executed when there is a runner on third base and usually not more than one out, in which the runner starts for home as soon as the pitcher makes a motion to pitch, and the batter bunts. Also called safety squeeze, safety squeeze play. a similar play in which the runner on third base waits until the batter has successfully bunted before trying to score.
- school of the squad — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- sea of tranquillity — Astronomy. Mare Tranquillitatis.
- secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- sequential analysis — the analysis of data obtained from a sample the size of which is not fixed in advance, but is selected based on the outcome of the sampling as it proceeds.
- sequential scanning — a system of scanning a television picture along the lines in numerical sequence
- spin quantum number — the quantum number that designates the total angular momentum associated with electron spin and has a value of ½ in units of h /2π.
- sql module language — A language used to interface other languages (Ada, C, COBOL) to SQL-based DBMSes. It is an ANSI standard. Version: Ada/SAME by Informix.
- squamous epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of scalelike cells.
- squirrel-tail grass — any of various grasses having long fruiting stalks.
- superhigh frequency — any frequency between 3000 and 30,000 megahertz. Abbreviation: SHF.
- system requirements — specifications needed to run a program
- theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
- thermal equilibrium — the relationship between two systems connected only by a diathermic wall.
- three-quarter armor — plate armor that leaves the legs exposed below the knees.
- to be headquartered — to be based; to have headquarters (in a place)
- to pop the question — If you pop the question, you ask someone to marry you.
- triangle inequality — the theorem that the absolute value of the sum of two quantities is less than or equal to the sum of the absolute values of the quantities.
- ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
- very high frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 megahertz. Abbreviation: VHF.