14-letter words containing q, u, a, n
- quintessential — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
- quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
- quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
- quizzification — mockery
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- reacquaintance — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
- roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.
- sequaciousness — the condition or quality of being sequacious
- sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
- square oneself — to make amends for damage, a wrong, hurt, etc. done by oneself to another
- square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- 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
- thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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)