6-letter words containing a, q
- queach — a thicket
- queans — Plural form of quean.
- queasy — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- queazy — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- quelea — any of several African weaverbirds of the genus Quelea, especially Q. quelea (red-billed quelea) noted for its vast flocks that destroy grain crops.
- quetta — a city in W central Pakistan: the capital of Baluchistan; almost totally destroyed by an earthquake 1935.
- quezal — quetzal
- quidam — an unspecified or inconsequential person
- quinoa — a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- quinta — an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- quinua — quinoa.
- qumran — Khirbet Qumran.
- quokka — a small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, inhabiting islands and swampy areas in southwestern Australia.
- quotas — Plural form of quota.
- quotha — (archaic) Indeed; forsooth.
- qur'an — Koran.
- qwaqwa — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa; the only Bantu homeland without exclaves: abolished in 1994
- raqqah — a city in N Syria on the north bank of the Euphrates, inhabited since antiquity: captured by Islamic State in 2013. Pop: 220 488 (2004)
- sacque — sack1 (def 6).
- squail — to throw sticks (at) or hit with sticks
- squall — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- squama — a scale or scalelike part, as of epidermis or bone.
- square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- squark — strange quark.
- squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- squawk — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squeak — a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
- squeal — a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
- taqlid — the acceptance of authority in religious matters.
- yangqu — former name of Taiyuan.
- yanqui — (in Latin America) Yankee; a citizen of the U.S.
- yaqona — a Polynesian shrub (Piper methysticum) from which an intoxicating drink is made from the roots
- \sqcap — (character) LaTeX inverted square U. The symbol for greatest lower bound.