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11-letter words containing q, e

  • menaquinone — a form of vitamin K synthesized by bacteria in the intestine or in putrefying organic matter
  • mesquinerie — meanness or shabbiness
  • metasequoia — a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China.
  • milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
  • monchiquite — a type of rock made up of large crystals of, among other constituents, olivine and amphibole and which is found in an analcite groundmass
  • montesquieu — (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu) 1689–1755, French philosophical writer.
  • nonsequitur — Alternative form of non sequitur.
  • normanesque — in the style of Norman architecture, a variety of Romanesque architecture.
  • obliqueness — The characteristic of being oblique.
  • obliquities — Plural form of obliquity.
  • on the q.t. — secretly
  • open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
  • perquisitor — the first person to own property that has subsequently been handed down to his heirs
  • petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
  • picturesque — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
  • plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
  • potteresque — resembling or suggestive of scenes and situations described in the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling
  • pre-request — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
  • preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
  • preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
  • pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
  • q clearance — (in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) the highest level of security clearance, permitting access to secret information, documents, etc., relating to nuclear research.
  • quacksalver — a quack doctor.
  • quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
  • quadratures — Plural form of quadrature.
  • quadrennial — occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.
  • quadrennium — a period of four years.
  • quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
  • quadripedal — Four-footed.
  • quadrupedal — four-footed.
  • quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
  • quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
  • qualifiable — capable of being qualified: qualifiable statements.
  • qualifiedly — With qualification; conditionally.
  • qualitative — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
  • quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quantitated — Simple past tense and past participle of quantitate.
  • quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
  • quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
  • quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
  • quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
  • quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
  • quarrellous — argumentative or given to complaint
  • quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
  • quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
  • quarter bar — a strut for bracing the central post of a windmill.
  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quarter day — (in England, Ireland, and Wales) one of the four days, Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas, or Christmas, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which quarterly payments are due, tenancies begin and end, etc.
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