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16-letter words containing q, u, i, e

  • oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
  • pique oneself on — to be proud of
  • pop the question — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
  • put the question — to require members of a deliberative assembly to vote on a motion presented
  • quadricentennial — of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
  • quadrimillennial — Occurring every four thousand years.
  • quantitativeness — The state or quality of being quantitative.
  • quarter sessions — an English court of general criminal jurisdiction for crimes less than homicide, held quarterly.
  • quarter-finalist — A quarter-finalist is a person or team that is competing in a quarter-final.
  • quasi-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • quasi-equivalent — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
  • quasi-legitimate — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
  • quasi-scientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • quatercentennial — pertaining to or marking a period of 400 years.
  • queen's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
  • queen's evidence — evidence for the crown given by an accused person against his or her alleged accomplices.
  • queen's shilling — king's shilling.
  • question of fact — a question concerning the reality of an alleged event or circumstance in a trial by jury, usually determined by the jury.
  • 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
  • quinquagenarians — Plural form of quinquagenarian.
  • quinquefoliolate — (botany) Having five leaflets.
  • quintessentially — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
  • required reading — If you say that something is required reading for a particular group of people, you mean that you think it is essential for them to read it because it will give them information which they should have.
  • 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.
  • snoqualmie falls — falls of the Snoqualmie River, in W Washington. 270 feet (82 meters) high.
  • 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.
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