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12-letter words containing e, s, q

  • equinumerous — having the same number of members
  • equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
  • equity issue — the sale of new stocks to an investor by a company
  • felliniesque — referring to or reminiscent of the films of Federico Fellini
  • file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
  • forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
  • fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
  • fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
  • gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
  • grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
  • harquebusier — a soldier armed with a harquebus.
  • has no equal — If you say that someone or something has no equal, you think that there is nothing that is as good as them or that reaches the same standard.
  • headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
  • hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
  • inadequacies — Plural form of inadequacy.
  • inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
  • inequalities — Plural form of inequality.
  • inquiry desk — a section of an office, business etc, which deals with inquiries nor requests for information
  • inquisitress — a woman who makes an inquisition.
  • isoquinoline — (organic compound) An isomer of quinoline many of whose derivatives occur as alkaloids and are synthesized for use as dyes, pharmaceuticals etc.
  • just quietly — between you and me; confidentially
  • last quarter — the instant, approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.
  • latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
  • lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
  • leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
  • lincolnesque — like or characteristic of Abraham Lincoln: a Lincolnesque compassion.
  • liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
  • louis quinze — noting or pertaining to the rococo style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early and mid-18th century, characterized by fantasy, lightness, elegance, and comfort.
  • macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
  • magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
  • masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  • metasequoias — Plural form of metasequoia.
  • milquetoasts — Plural form of milquetoast.
  • milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
  • miter square — an instrument for laying out miter joints, consisting of two straightedges joined at a 45° angle.
  • mitre square — a tool with two blades that are at a fixed angle to one another, used to bevel a mitre joint
  • mosquito net — a screen, curtain, or canopy of net, gauze, or the like, for keeping out mosquitoes.
  • mousquetaire — musketeer.
  • murder squad — the section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with murders
  • non sequitur — Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
  • obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
  • out-quarters — the outlying area of a building or district
  • pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  • perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
  • postconquest — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period of time after a conquest, esp with regard to the period after the Norman Conquest
  • prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
  • presque isle — a city in NE Maine.
  • quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
  • quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
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