14-letter words containing que
- pre-delinquent — (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
- priority queue — (programming) A data structure with three operations: insert a new item, return the highest priority item, and remove the highest priority item. The obvious way to represent priority queues is by maintaining a sorted list but this can make the insert operation very slow. Greater efficiency can be achieved by using heaps.
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- queen's bounty — king's bounty.
- queen's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
- queen-size bed — bed: larger than double
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- queensland nut — macadamia.
- queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
- querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
- query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- quetzaltenango — a city in SW Guatemala: earthquake 1902.
- queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
- quinquelingual — Written in five languages.
- quinquennially — Every five years.
- quinquepartite — divided into or consisting of five parts.
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.
- safety squeeze — squeeze play (def 1b).
- saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
- sequestrectomy — the removal of dead spicules or portions, especially of bone.
- settecentesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the art and literature of 18th-century Italy.
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
- squeezed joint — a joint between two members cemented or glued together under pressure.
- the snow queen — a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1845; a young boy, Kay, falls under a troll's spell and his heart is turned to ice. He is carried off by the Snow Queen, who holds him captive until he is rescued by his devoted friend, Gerda
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- unquestionable — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- vexed question — an issue that is much debated and discussed