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.