12-letter words containing n, q
- tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
- the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
- tranquilizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
- tranquillity — quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
- tranquillize — To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.
- ubiquitarian — of or relating to the doctrine, especially as advocated by Luther, that the body of Christ is omnipresent and therefore exists in the Eucharistic bread.
- unacquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- unacquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- uncoquettish — not flirtatious
- unequivalent — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- unfrequented — not habitually visited, traveled, or occupied: an unfrequented side street.
- unfrequently — in an unfrequent manner
- uniquenesses — existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
- unliquidated — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- unloquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- unnilquadium — rutherfordium.
- unquantified — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- unquenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- unquenchably — in an unquenchable manner
- unquestioned — not open to doubt or question; undisputed: Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
- unrequitable — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- unrequitedly — in an unrequited or unreciprocated manner
- unsequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- unubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- unvanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- verd antique — a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes.
- virgin queen — Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- vision quest — (especially among some North American Indians) the ritual seeking of personal communication with the spirit world through visions that are induced by fasting, prayer, and other measures during a time of isolation: typically undertaken by an adolescent male.
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.