12-letter words containing q, u, e
- murder squad — the section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with murders
- non sequitur — Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
- non-equation — the act of equating or making equal; equalization: the symbolic equation of darkness with death.
- nonqualified — unqualified (def 1).
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- on the quiet — If something is done on the quiet, it is done secretly or in such a way that people do not notice it.
- out-quarters — the outlying area of a building or district
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overequipped — having too much equipment
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- pearly queen — the female London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- postconquest — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period of time after a conquest, esp with regard to the period after the Norman Conquest
- prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
- presque isle — a city in NE Maine.
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriennial — quadrennial.
- quadriennium — quadrennium.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
- quality time — time devoted exclusively to nurturing a cherished person or activity.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quantivalent — relating to quantivalence
- quantum cell — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum dot cell") A structure comprising four quantum dots arranged in a square, with two diagonally opposed dots containing electron charges. One diagonal containing charges is arbitrarily defined as representing a value of '1', the other as '0'. In a five-dot cell, the fifth, central dot contains no charge. See also: quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- quaquaversal — (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
- quarry-faced — rock-faced.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- quarter mile — an event in which competitors run a quarter mile or 400 metres
- quarter note — a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.
- quarter rest — a rest equal in time value to a quarter note.
- quarter tone — an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.
- quarter turn — 90-degree rotation
- quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
- quarter-hour — a period of 15 minutes.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.