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14-letter words containing q, e

  • equity capital — Finance
  • essay question — an examination question that requires an answer in the form of an essay
  • ewe equivalent — the basic measure for calculating stock unit
  • exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
  • farey sequence — the increasing sequence of fractions in which numerator and denominator have no common divisor other than one and in which the denominator is less than or equal to a given positive integer p. For p = 4, the Farey sequence of order 4 is 0/1, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 1/1.
  • first quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the smallest quartile; the twenty-fifth percentile; the value of the variable below which one quarter of the elements are located.
  • framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
  • frequency band — band2 (def 9).
  • frequent flier — an airline passenger registered with a program that provides bonuses, as upgrades or free flights, based especially on distance traveled.
  • frequent flyer — a person who regularly makes air journeys
  • frequent-flier — designating or related to a program in which an airline awards points to customers for miles flown or for other approved expenditures and then redeems them for free air travel when sufficient points have been accumulated
  • garcia marquez — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1927–2014, Colombian novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1982.
  • gene frequency — the frequency of occurrence of a particular allele in a population
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
  • harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
  • honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
  • Îles marquises — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
  • in consequence — the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
  • inadequateness — Inadequacy.
  • inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
  • inconsequently — In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.
  • iniquitousness — Quality of being iniquitous.
  • inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
  • inquisiturient — keen to act as an inquisitor
  • jacques necker — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
  • japanese quail — any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.
  • khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
  • lemon squeezer — tool for extracting juice from lemons
  • letter quality — of or producing printed characters similar in quality and clarity to typewritten characters
  • letter-quality — (of computer printers and their output) pertaining to an appearance equal in legibility and resolution to copy typed on an electric typewriter: A letter-quality printer produces sharper copy than a dot-matrix model.
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
  • liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
  • liquiritigenin — (organic compound) A flavanone found in a variety of plants including liquorice.
  • 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.
  • louis quatorze — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.
  • magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
  • microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
  • mosquito fleet — a group or fleet of PT boats or other small, armed boats.
  • multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
  • naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
  • nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
  • nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
  • nonequilibrium — The condition of not being in equilibrium.
  • nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
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