14-letter words containing e, t, s, q
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- quickie strike — a labor strike that has not been called or sanctioned by the officials of the union.
- quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- 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
- sequestrectomy — the removal of dead spicules or portions, especially of bone.
- sesquipedality — given to using long words.
- settecentesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the art and literature of 18th-century Italy.
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- square shooter — an honest, fair person.
- 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.
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed