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14-letter words containing q, c

  • inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
  • jacques necker — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
  • john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
  • liquid compass — wet compass.
  • liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
  • liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
  • loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
  • microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
  • mosquito coast — a coastal region in Central America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, E of Honduras and Nicaragua.
  • multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
  • nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
  • nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
  • opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
  • parquet circle — parterre (def 1).
  • perfect square — a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.
  • polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • public inquiry — an official enquiry, usually into a serious accident or other disaster, or into planning applications. Interested parties can attend, and contribute.
  • qabalistically — Alternative spelling of cabalistically.
  • quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.
  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
  • quality circle — a group of workers performing similar duties who meet periodically to discuss work-related problems, offer suggestions for improved production or product quality, etc.
  • quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
  • quantification — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
  • quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quartz crystal — a thin plate or rod cut in certain directions from a piece of piezoelectric quartz and accurately ground so that it vibrates at a particular frequency
  • quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
  • quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
  • quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • quasi-constant — not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable: All conditions during the three experiments were constant.
  • quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
  • quasi-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
  • quasi-economic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
  • quasi-judicial — noting, pertaining to, or exercising powers or functions that resemble those of a court or a judge: a quasi-judicial agency.
  • quasi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • quasi-official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
  • quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
  • quasi-periodic — almost periodic
  • quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
  • quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
  • quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
  • queen's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
  • quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
  • quick response — fast reaction time
  • quick thinking — problem-solving in an emergency
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