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12-letter words containing t, o, r, q, u

  • autocritique — the examination of factors guiding one's thoughts, beliefs and actions; self-criticism
  • banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
  • barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
  • bottom quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 4.7 to 5.3 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
  • cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
  • conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
  • corequisites — Plural form of corequisite.
  • croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
  • croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
  • crown quarto — a size of book, about 7½ × 10 inches (19 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 4to.
  • desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
  • disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
  • equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
  • equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
  • equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
  • equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
  • forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
  • grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
  • import quota — the maximum amount of a product that can be imported into a country within a given period of time
  • inquartation — (in assaying) the addition of silver to a gold-silver alloy in order to facilitate the parting of the gold by nitric acid.
  • liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
  • mousquetaire — musketeer.
  • non sequitur — Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
  • out-quarters — the outlying area of a building or district
  • pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
  • perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
  • pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
  • quack doctor — an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
  • qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
  • quarter note — a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.
  • quarter tone — an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.
  • quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
  • quarter-hour — a period of 15 minutes.
  • quartz clock — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
  • quattrocento — the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.
  • queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
  • quintana roo — a sparsely populated state in SE Mexico, on the E Yucatán peninsula. 19,435 sq. mi. (50,335 sq. km). Capital: Chetumal.
  • quo warranto — (formerly, in England) a writ calling upon a person to show by what authority he or she claims an office, franchise, or liberty.
  • quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
  • request stop — a point on a route at which a bus will stop only if signalled to do so
  • royal quarto — a book size, 10 by 121⁄2 inches
  • scare quotes — quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
  • smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
  • squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
  • squattocracy — squatters collectively, regarded as rich and influential
  • topaz quartz — citrine (def 2).
  • torque meter — a device designed to determine the torque or torsion in a shaft, usually by measuring the twist in a calibrated length of shafting
  • white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.

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