8-letter words containing e, q, u, i
- equitant — (of a leaf) having its base folded and partly enclosing the leaf next above it, as in an iris.
- equities — Plural form of equity.
- equitize — To divide (real estate or other assets) among several investors and placed into publicly traded stock.
- equivoke — Alternative form of equivoque.
- esquimau — Eskimo
- esquires — Plural form of esquire.
- esquisse — (art) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
- exequial — of or relating to exequies
- exequies — (obsolete) Plural form of exequy.
- filioque — (theology) The use of the Latin word filioque (and the son) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
- icequake — a disturbance, especially a vibration or series of vibrations, caused by the breaking up of large ice masses.
- inequity — lack of equity; unfairness; favoritism or bias.
- inquests — Plural form of inquest.
- inquired — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- inquirer — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- inquires — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- limequat — a hybrid citrus tree produced by crossing the lime and the kumquat.
- liquable — able to be melted
- liquated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquate.
- liquesce — to become liquid
- liqueurs — Plural form of liqueur.
- liquored — Simple past tense and past participle of liquor.
- manequin — Dated form of mannequin.
- marquise — the wife or widow of a marquis.
- mesquite — a city in NE Texas, E of Dallas.
- miquelet — (in the Peninsular War) a Spanish guerrilla who fought against the French.
- miquelon — St. Pierre and Miquelon.
- misquote — a quotation that is incorrect.
- mystique — a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning: the mystique of Poe.
- obliqued — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- obliques — Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
- péquiste — in Canada, member or supporter of the Parti Québécois
- physique — physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development: the physique of an athlete.
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- quantile — one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
- quantise — Alternative spelling of quantize.
- quantize — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quarried — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quarrier — a person who quarries stone.
- quarries — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quartier — a city district
- quartile — Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies. Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
- quartine — (botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
- quaylike — resembling a quay
- quayside — the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
- queasier — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- queasily — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- queefing — Present participle of queef.