14-letter words containing t, o, u, a, i
- quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- quasi-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- quasi-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- quinnat salmon — chinook salmon.
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
- quizzification — mockery
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radioacoustics — the science and technology of the production, transmission, and reproduction of sounds carried by radio waves.
- radioautograph — autoradiograph.
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- re-enumeration — an act of enumerating.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- rearticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- route flapping — flapping router
- rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- semi-automated — partially automated.
- semi-automatic — partly automatic.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semiautonomous — partially self-governing, especially with reference to internal affairs.