14-letter words containing e, s, q
- quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
- quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
- quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- quintessential — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
- quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- requisitioning — the act of requiring or demanding.
- requisitionist — a person who requisitions; a person who makes a requisition
- safety squeeze — squeeze play (def 1b).
- saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
- sauve qui peut — a state of panic or disorder; rout
- sequaciousness — the condition or quality of being sequacious
- sequestrectomy — the removal of dead spicules or portions, especially of bone.
- sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
- sesquipedalism — given to using long words.
- sesquipedality — given to using long words.
- sesquisulphide — a sulphide containing three sulphur atoms to two of some other element
- settecentesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the art and literature of 18th-century Italy.
- spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- square measure — a system of units for the measurement of surfaces or areas.
- square oneself — to make amends for damage, a wrong, hurt, etc. done by oneself to another
- square shooter — an honest, fair person.
- square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- squared circle — a wrestling ring
- squared splice — square splice.
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
- squeezed joint — a joint between two members cemented or glued together under pressure.
- string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
- terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
- the snow queen — a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1845; a young boy, Kay, falls under a troll's spell and his heart is turned to ice. He is carried off by the Snow Queen, who holds him captive until he is rescued by his devoted friend, Gerda
- the status quo — the existing state of affairs
- three-quarters — Three-quarters is an amount that is three out of four equal parts of something.
- tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- ubiquitousness — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- unquestionable — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed