13-letter words containing q, u, a
- quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
- quindecennial — of or relating to a period of 15 years or the 15th occurrence of a series, as an anniversary.
- quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
- quinine water — carbonated water containing lemon, lime, sweetener, and quinine, often used as a mixer.
- quinquagenary — a 50th anniversary.
- quinquagesima — the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
- quinquevalent — pentavalent.
- quintuplicate — a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
- reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
- saint-quentin — a city in N France, on the Somme: retaken from the Germans 1918.
- sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
- sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- squandermania — an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
- square matrix — a matrix in which the number of rows is equal to the number of columns.
- square number — a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
- square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
- square-rigged — having square sails as the principal sails.
- square-rigger — having square sails as the principal sails.
- squared paper — graph paper with a pattern of squares formed by lines crossing at right angles.
- squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
- squash player — a person who plays squash
- squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
- squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
- squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
- squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
- squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
- state banquet — a formal banquet given for the head of a country
- strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- summer squash — any of several squashes of the variety Cucurbita pepo melopepo, that mature in the late summer or early autumn and are used as a vegetable in an unripe state, before the rind and seeds become hard.
- tahrir square — a large square in central Cairo, in Egypt. The name, meaning ‘liberation’, was used informally after the 1919 revolution and then officially after the 1952 revolution. Scene of mass demonstrations in 2011 against the government of president Hosni Mubarak
- three-quarter — consisting of or involving three quarters of a whole or of the usual length: a blouse with a three-quarter sleeve.
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
- tranquillizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
- turban squash — a turban-shaped variety of winter squash, Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis.
- unconquerable — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- unconquerably — in an invincible manner
- unequivocally — in a way that is clear and unambiguous: The theme is unequivocally religious.
- unqualifiedly — not qualified; not fit; lacking requisite qualifications: unqualified for the job.
- unquarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.