10-letter words containing s, i, q, u, e
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrilles — Plural form of quadrille.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quaintness — (obsolete) Cunning; craftiness.
- qualifiers — Plural form of qualifier.
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantities — Plural form of quantity.
- quasi-free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- quasiorder — (set theory) A preorder.
- queasiness — The state of being queasy; nausea.
- queen-size — (of a bed) larger than a double bed, but smaller than king-size, usually 60 inches (152 cm) wide and 80 inches (203 cm) long.
- queer fish — strange person
- quesadilla — a tortilla folded over a filling of shredded cheese, onions, and chilies and broiled or fried.
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- questionee — a person who is questioned
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quicksteps — Plural form of quickstep.
- quiddities — Plural form of quiddity.
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- quietistic — Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quinolones — Plural form of quinolone.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- quirkiness — having or full of quirks.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- quiverfuls — Plural form of quiverful.
- quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
- quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
- quizziness — unusualness, eccentricity
- quodlibets — Plural form of quodlibet.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- red squill — a variety of squill whose bulbs are red, used chiefly as a rat poison.
- relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- requesting — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- requestion — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- requisites — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
- sea squill — sea onion (def 1).
- sea squirt — any tunicate, especially a sessile ascidian, so called from its habit of contracting its body and ejecting streams of water when disturbed.
- seaquarium — an area of salt water where sea animals are kept so people can look at them
- semicirque — an opening in the shape of a semicircle amongst trees or hills
- semiliquid — having a thick consistency between liquid and solid
- semiopaque — partly or nearly opaque.
- semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
- sequacious — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- sequencing — the following of one thing after another; succession.