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16 Letter Words Starting With Q

Explore 71 English words that start with Q and contain exactly 16 letters. Common examples include quadricentesimal, quinquavigesimal, quadranucleotide, quadriarticulate, quadricentennial.

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quadranucleotide(genetics) a codon containing four nucleotidesquadriarticulate(entomology) Having four joints.quadricentennialRelating to a 400th anniversary.quadricentesimalBased upon the number four hundredquadricepsplasty(surgery) corrective surgery to the quadriceps musclequadrichotomizedsimple past and past participle of quadrichotomizequadriflagellateHaving four flagellaquadrilateralityThe quality of being quadrilateral.quadrilateralizeTo quadrangulate.quadrilaterationThe determination of the location of a point based on its distance from four other points.quadrilingualismThe condition of being quadrilingual; the ability to speak four languages.quadriliteralismThe quality of being quadriliteral.quadrimillennialOccurring every four thousand years.quadringentenaryA 400th anniversary.quadrisyllabicalquadrisyllabicquadritubercularHaving four tubercles or cuspsquadruelectronic(physics) Of or pertaining to four electrons.quadrupedantical(obsolete) quadrupedalquadruplicationsplural of quadruplicationquantifiableness(rare) Quantifiability.quantificationalOf, pertaining to, or involving quantification, or the use of a quantifier.quantitativenessThe state or quality of being quantitative.quantomechanicalAlternative form of quantum mechanical.quartermasteringThe duties of a quartermaster.quasianalyticityThe property of being quasianalytic.quasibrittlenessThe quality of being quasibrittle.quasiconformallyIn a quasiconformal mannerquasicontractualHaving certain elements of a contract.quasicrystallineOf or relating to quasicrystalsquasideterminant(mathematics) The equivalent of a determinant in matrices that have noncommutative entriesquasidiagonalityThe property of being quasidiagonal.quasidocumentarySomewhat or partially documentary.quasiequilibriumAn approximate equilibriumquasiequivalenceThe quality or condition of being quasiequivalent.quasiferromagnet(physics) An analogue of a ferromagnet produced in a spintronic environment.quasigeostrophicHaving some geostrophic characteristicsquasihomogeneous(mathematics, physics) Having some homogeneous characteristics.quasihydrostaticTreated as hydrostatic in nature, by ignoring other effectsquasilegislativeHaving a resemblance to a legislative system or process.quasimeromorphic(mathematics) Describing a mapping that has some characteristics of a meromorphic onequasimesenchymalApparently mesenchymalquasimicroscopicApparently microscopicquasimonomorphicApparently monomorphicquasipalindromic(biochemistry, of a DNA sequence) Approximately palindromic (containing inverted repeats)quasiparticulateOf or relating to quasiparticles.quasiperiodicity(uncountable) The condition of being quasiperiodicquasiprobabilityAlternative spelling of quasi-probability.quasiprogressiveAlternative spelling of quasi-progressive.quasisymmetricalAlternative form of quasisymmetric.quasisynchronousDescribing asynchronous communication that is almost indistinguishable from synchronousquasitopological(mathematics, of a group) Semitopological, and such that the function mapping elements to their inverses is also continuous.quatercentennialAlternative form of quatercentenary.quaternarization(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which a tertiary amine is converted to a quaternary ammonium compoundquaternionicallyIn terms of quaternions.queernormativityNormalization of queer people, identities, and relationships, especially in a manner that centers or privileges some forms of queerness over others.queersploitation(film, rare) A genre of exploitation films dealing with queer or homosexual people.quellenforschungThe study of the sources of, or influences upon, a literary work.querimoniousness(archaic) The quality of being querimonious, of tending to complain.questionablenessThe state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.questionlessnessAbsence of questions.quinazolinedione(organic chemistry) A derivative of a quinazoline having two carbonyls groups in the pyrimidine ring, but especially the parent compound 2,4-quinazolinedionequindecasyllabic(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.quinohemoprotein(biochemistry) A quinoprotein form of a hemoproteinquinoxalinedioneAn organic compound with the formula C₆H₄(NH)₂(CO)₂.quinquadecillion(rare) Synonym of quindecillion.quinquavigesimalBased upon the number twenty-fivequinquefoliolate(botany) Having five leaflets.quinqueloculinidAny foraminifera of the genus QuinqueloculinaquinquethiophenepentathiophenequintessentiallyIn a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.quintocubitalismThe property of being quintocubital.

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