12-letter words containing s, e, q, u, o
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- quota system — a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- request stop — a point on a route at which a bus will stop only if signalled to do so
- scare quotes — quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
- sine qua non — an indispensable condition; requisite.
- soliloquised — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
- the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
- uncoquettish — not flirtatious
- unquestioned — not open to doubt or question; undisputed: Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
- vision quest — (especially among some North American Indians) the ritual seeking of personal communication with the spirit world through visions that are induced by fasting, prayer, and other measures during a time of isolation: typically undertaken by an adolescent male.