13-letter words containing q
- empty quarter — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
- equalitarians — Plural form of equalitarian.
- equestrianism — The skill or sport of horse riding . As an Olympic sport it is divided into three disciplines: show jumping, dressage, and the three-day event (combining show jumping, dressage, and cross-country riding).
- equestriennes — Plural form of equestrienne.
- equidifferent — equilateral; having differences that are equal
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
- equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
- equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
- equilibristic — Of or pertaining to equilibristics.
- equimolecular — (chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds).
- equinoctially — In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
- equipartition — the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
- equipollently — With equal power.
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- equipotential — (of a surface or line ) composed of points all at the same potential.
- equisetaceous — belonging to the family Equisetaceae
- equitableness — The state or quality of being equitable; equitability.
- equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- exquisiteness — The degree or property of being exquisite.
- faerie queene — a chivalric romance in verse (1590–96) by Edmund Spenser.
- film sequence — a short piece of film or extract from a film, depicting a specific action or event
- first quarter — the instant, approximately one week after a new moon, when one half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.
- fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- frequentative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing repetition of an action.
- gene sequence — the arrangement of the nucleotides of a particular gene
- giant sequoia — big tree.
- good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
- grand quarter — a quartered coat of arms, itself one of the quarters of a coat of arms.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
- grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
- grotesqueness — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grotesqueries — Plural form of grotesquery.
- gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
- half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- headquartered — to situate in headquarters.
- heat equation — a partial differential equation the solution of which gives the distribution of temperature in a region as a function of space and time when the temperature at the boundaries, the initial distribution of temperature, and the physical properties of the medium are specified.
- hong xiu quan — 1814–64, Chinese religious leader and revolutionary. Claiming (1851) to be Christ's brother, he led the Taiping rebellion; committed suicide when it was defeated
- inacquiescent — Not acquiescent.
- inconquerable — That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
- inconsequence — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- indigo squill — wild hyacinth.