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13-letter words containing r, e, q, u

  • quarter-miler — an athlete who specializes in running the quarter mile or the 400 metres
  • quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
  • quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
  • quarterdecker — an officer who serves on the quarterdeck; a gun situated on the quarterdeck
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • quartermaster — Military. an officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, fuel, transportation, etc., for a body of troops.
  • quarterstaves — Plural form of quarterstaff.
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
  • quasi-private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
  • quasi-retired — withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker.
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
  • quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
  • queen consort — the wife of a ruling king.
  • queen dowager — the widow of a king.
  • queen regnant — a queen who reigns on her own behalf
  • queen's award — either of two awards instituted by royal warrant (1976) for a sustained increase in export earnings by a British firm (Queen's Award for Export Achievement) or for an advance in technology (Queen's Award for Technological Achievement)
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance
  • querulousness — The quality of being querulous.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
  • questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
  • queue fourche — (of a lion) having a single tail divided in two partway along its length so as to have two complete ends.
  • quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
  • quiller-couch — Sir Arthur Thomas ("Q") 1863–1944, English novelist and critic.
  • quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
  • quinine water — carbonated water containing lemon, lime, sweetener, and quinine, often used as a mixer.
  • quinquagenary — a 50th anniversary.
  • quitted trick — a trick the cards of which have been collected by the taker and turned face down, further examination being prohibited.
  • 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.
  • requisitioner — the act of requiring or demanding.
  • rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
  • rubber cheque — a cheque that bounces
  • sculpturesque — suggesting sculpture: the sculpturesque beauty of her face.
  • sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  • sesquiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • 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
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