10-letter words containing s, q
- 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.
- queer fish — strange person
- 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.
- 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.
- quikscript — Simulation language derived from SIMSCRIPT, based on 20-GATE.
- quillbacks — Plural form of quillback.
- 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.
- quitclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim.
- 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
- quo vadis? — where are you going?
- quodlibets — Plural form of quodlibet.
- quoin post — the vertical post at the side of a lock gate, about which the gate swings
- quotations — Plural form of quotation.
- quotatious — using or involving many quotations
- quotidians — Plural form of quotidian.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- rainsquall — squall1 (def 1).
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- red square — a large, open square in central Moscow, adjacent to the Kremlin: site of military parades, Lenin's tomb, and St. Basil's cathedral.
- 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.
- riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
- 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.