16-letter words containing q, u, i, e, t
- questionableness — The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
- quiet revolution — a period during the 1960s in Quebec, marked by secularization, educational reforms, and rising support for separation from the rest of Canada
- quinquefoliolate — (botany) Having five leaflets.
- quintessentially — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
- return on equity — the amount of profit computed by dividing net income before taxes less preferred dividends by the value of stockholders' equity, usually expressed as a percentage. Abbreviation: ROE.
- riccati equation — a differential equation, dy/dx + fy 2 + gy + h = 0, where f, g, and h are functions of x.
- saturated liquid — a liquid whose temperature and pressure are such that any decrease in pressure without change in temperature causes it to boil.
- self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
- self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
- semiquantitative — partially quantitative.
- sesquicentennial — pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
- spaghetti squash — a variety of a widely cultivated squash, Cucurbita pepo, having edible flesh in the form of spaghettilike strands.
- sports equipment — gear used to play sport
- square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
- squatter's right — a claim to real property, especially public land, that may be granted to a person who has openly possessed and continuously occupied it without legal authority for a prescribed period of years.
- squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
- striped squirrel — any squirrel with stripes on its back, as a chipmunk.
- terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
- the virgin queen — another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England
- tiananmen square — a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.
- tienanmen square — Tiananmen Square.
- twenty questions — an oral game in which one player selects a word or object whose identity the other players attempt to guess by asking up to twenty questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- without question — If you do something without question, you do it without arguing or asking why it is necessary.