11-letter words containing a, q, u
- bunco squad — an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad
- bunyanesque — of immense size or stature, as ascribed to Paul Bunyan or to the other characters, exploits, etc., in the legends about him.
- cacqueteuse — a narrow, upright armchair of 16th-century France, having widely splayed arms and a very narrow back.
- catafalques — Plural form of catafalque.
- charm quark — charmed quark
- cheque card — In Britain, a cheque card or a cheque guarantee card is a small plastic card given to you by your bank and which you have to show when you are paying for something by cheque or when you are cashing a cheque at another bank.
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- chinquapins — Plural form of chinquapin.
- colliquable — capable of dissolving
- conquerable — Capable of being conquered or subdued.
- crazy quilt — If you describe something as a crazy quilt of other things, you mean that it is a mixture of those things without any pattern or order.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- cry quarter — to beg for mercy
- death squad — Death squads are groups of people who operate illegally and carry out the killing of people such as their political opponents or criminals.
- demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
- desquamated — Simple past tense and past participle of desquamate.
- dhu el-qada — Islam. the eleventh month of the Muslim calendar.
- disquantity — to diminish in quantity; make less.
- dotted quad — dot notation
- drama queen — Informal. a person who often has exaggerated or overly emotional reactions to events or situations: You're such a drama queen! You always have to have all the attention.
- earthquakes — Plural form of earthquake.
- enquiration — an inquiry
- equableness — The state or quality of being equable.
- equatorward — toward the equator
- equestrians — Plural form of equestrian.
- equiangular — Having equal angles.
- equibalance — an equal weight or balance
- equicaloric — equal in terms of calories
- equidistant — At equal distances.
- equilateral — Having all its sides of the same length.
- equilibrant — a force capable of balancing another force and producing equilibrium
- equilibrate — Bring into or keep in equilibrium.
- equinoctial — Happening at or near the time of an equinox.
- equity card — a card proving membership of an actors' trade union
- equivalence — The condition of being equal or equivalent in value, worth, function, etc.
- equivalency — (countable) An equivalent thing.
- equivalents — Plural form of equivalent.
- equivocally — With ambiguity.
- equivocated — Simple past tense and past participle of equivocate.
- equivocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate.
- equivocator — Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
- esquamulose — Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin.
- fairy queen — the queen of the fairies
- fatiloquent — Prophetic; speaking of fate.
- forequarter — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- four-square — To stand four-square behind someone or something means to be firm in your support of that person or thing.
- fraud squad — law: police department
- giant squid — any squid of the genus Architeuthis, inhabiting deep ocean bottoms and sometimes attaining an arm span of 65 feet (20 meters) or more.
- gigantesque — of a huge or gigantic size; of or suited to a giant.
- hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink