12-letter words containing t, s, q
- inequalities — Plural form of inequality.
- iniquitously — In an iniquitous manner.
- inquisitions — Plural form of inquisition.
- inquisitress — a woman who makes an inquisition.
- just quietly — between you and me; confidentially
- last quarter — the instant, approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.
- latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
- metasequoias — Plural form of metasequoia.
- milquetoasts — Plural form of milquetoast.
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- misquotation — the act of misquoting.
- miter square — an instrument for laying out miter joints, consisting of two straightedges joined at a 45° angle.
- mitre square — a tool with two blades that are at a fixed angle to one another, used to bevel a mitre joint
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- mosquito net — a screen, curtain, or canopy of net, gauze, or the like, for keeping out mosquitoes.
- mosquitofish — any of several fishes that feed on mosquito larvae, as Gambusia affinis, found in the southeastern U.S., now introduced into other parts of the world for mosquito control.
- mousquetaire — musketeer.
- multiloquous — Very talkative.
- 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
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- postconquest — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period of time after a conquest, esp with regard to the period after the Norman Conquest
- prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quantisation — Alternative spelling of quantization.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- quarter rest — a rest equal in time value to a quarter note.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- quarterlies' — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- quarterstaff — a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
- quartz glass — lechatelierite.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- quaternities — Plural form of quaternity.
- queer street — a condition of financial instability or embarrassment: Such extravagance will surely put them in Queer Street.
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionings — Plural form of questioning.
- questionless — unquestionable; doubtless: a questionless fact.
- quick assets — assets readily convertible into cash; liquid current assets
- quickstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep.
- quiesce time — (jargon) The length of time taken to quiesce a system (to render it inactive), or the length of time between periods of inactivity.
- quintessence — the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
- quintillions — Plural form of quintillion.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.