16-letter words containing n, q
- riccati equation — a differential equation, dy/dx + fy 2 + gy + h = 0, where f, g, and h are functions of x.
- root mean square — the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the numbers in a given set of numbers. Abbreviation: rms.
- sandstone quarry — a quarry from which sand is extracted
- self-consequence — self-important character or quality; self-importance.
- self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
- self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
- semiquantitative — partially quantitative.
- sesquicentennial — pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
- snoqualmie falls — falls of the Snoqualmie River, in W Washington. 270 feet (82 meters) high.
- sports equipment — gear used to play sport
- tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
- terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
- the virgin queen — another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England
- tiananmen square — a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.
- tienanmen square — Tiananmen Square.
- torque converter — a fluid coupling in which three or more rotors are used, one of which can be checked so that output torque is augmented and output speed diminished.
- twenty questions — an oral game in which one player selects a word or object whose identity the other players attempt to guess by asking up to twenty questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
- unknown quantity — mathematics: amount not known
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- without question — If you do something without question, you do it without arguing or asking why it is necessary.