12-letter words containing q, i, o
- quasilogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- querimonious — Complaining; querulous. (from 17th c.).
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionings — Plural form of questioning.
- questionless — unquestionable; doubtless: a questionless fact.
- quid pro quo — something that is given or taken in return for something else.
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- quinacridone — Any of a group of synthetic organic compounds whose molecules contain three benzene and two pyridine rings arranged alternately. They include a number of red to violet pigments.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- quintana roo — a sparsely populated state in SE Mexico, on the E Yucatán peninsula. 19,435 sq. mi. (50,335 sq. km). Capital: Chetumal.
- quintillions — Plural form of quintillion.
- quixotically — In a quixotic manner.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- sine qua non — an indispensable condition; requisite.
- soliloquised — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- somniloquism — sleep-talking
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
- ubiquitously — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- uncoquettish — not flirtatious
- unloquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- unquestioned — not open to doubt or question; undisputed: Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
- unubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- vision quest — (especially among some North American Indians) the ritual seeking of personal communication with the spirit world through visions that are induced by fasting, prayer, and other measures during a time of isolation: typically undertaken by an adolescent male.
- white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.