14-letter words containing q, a
- squash-blossom — indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- 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 quaternary — the Quaternary period or rock system, divided into Pleistocene and Holocene (Recent) epochs or series
- the status quo — the existing state of affairs
- third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
- thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- three-quarters — Three-quarters is an amount that is three out of four equal parts of something.
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- unacquaintance — the state of being unaware or ignorant
- underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- unequivalently — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- unequivocating — to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
- unquantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- 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
- vernal 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)
- well-qualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.