9-letter words containing a, r, q, u
- marquette — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), ("Père Marquette") 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.
- marquises — Plural form of marquis.
- marsquake — a tremor, similar to an earthquake, on Mars
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- paranaque — a city on Luzon, in the N Philippines, on the S of Manila Bay.
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- quadrants — Plural form of quadrant.
- quadrated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrate.
- quadrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadrate.
- quadratic — square.
- quadratus — Any of several roughly square or rectangular muscles, e.g., in the abdomen, thigh, and eye socket.
- quadrella — four nominated horse races in which the punter bets on selecting the four winners
- quadricep — Quadriceps.
- quadrifid — cleft into four parts or lobes.
- quadrigae — Plural form of quadriga.
- quadrille — a card game played by four persons.
- quadrivia — Plural form of quadrivium.
- quadroons — Plural form of quadroon.
- quadruman — a monkey or ape with all four feet specialized for use as hands
- quadruped — four-footed.
- quadruple — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- quadruply — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- quadwords — Plural form of quadword.
- quaeritur — the question is asked
- quaestors — Plural form of quaestor.
- quagmires — Plural form of quagmire.
- quakeress — a woman or girl who is a Quaker.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quantrill — William Clarke, 1837–65, Confederate guerrilla leader.
- quarenden — a dark-red dessert apple
- quarreled — Simple past tense and past participle of quarrel.
- quarreler — One who quarrels or is disposed to do so. An arguer or disputer.
- quarriers — Plural form of quarrier.
- quarrying — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quarryman — a person who quarries stone; quarrier.
- quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
- quartered — being one of four equal or approximately equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
- quarterer — (historical) One of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.
- quarterly — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- quartette — Alternative spelling of quartet.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quartzite — a granular metamorphic rock consisting essentially of quartz in interlocking grains.
- quartzose — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- quatrains — Plural form of quatrain.