10-letter words containing s, q, n
- queen post — either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.
- 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.
- queensland — a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Capital: Brisbane.
- queenstown — former name of Cóbh.
- queensware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- quernstone — Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
- quersprung — a jump turn in which a skier lands at right angles to the pole or poles.
- 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.
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- 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.
- quizziness — unusualness, eccentricity
- quoin post — the vertical post at the side of a lock gate, about which the gate swings
- quotations — Plural form of quotation.
- quotidians — Plural form of quotidian.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- rainsquall — squall1 (def 1).
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- 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.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- rubenesque — of or relating to the painter Peter Paul Rubens or his works, which feature full-figured women.
- sequencing — the following of one thing after another; succession.
- sequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- si-ma qian — ?145–?85 bc, Chinese historian, author of the Shih-chi, a history of China from earliest times to the 2nd century bc, usually considered the greatest historical work in Chinese
- sinarquist — a member or advocate of an ultrareactionary, semifascist movement organized in Mexico about 1937.
- size queen — a man or woman who prefers a sexual partner with a large penis
- somniloquy — the act of talking in one's sleep
- sqlwindows — (programming, product) A package used to graphically develop MS-Windows client-server applications. Sold by Gupta Corporation.
- squabbling — act of quarrelling
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- squamation — the state of being squamate.
- squanderer — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- square tin — a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base
- squareness — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- squiggling — a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
- squinteyed — squinting
- squireling — a landowner of a small estate.
- squirt can — an oilcan with a flexible body that ejects oil when compressed.