7-letter words containing e, q
- questin — (organic compound) The substituted anthraquinone 3-methyl, 1,6-dihydroxy, 8-methoxy 9,10-anthraquinone found in some species of Rubiaceae.
- questor — one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- quetsch — Horticulture. a variety of plum.
- quetzal — any of several large Central and South American trogons of the genus Pharomachrus, having golden-green and scarlet plumage, especially P. mocino (resplendent quetzal) the national bird of Guatemala: rare and possibly endangered.
- queuers — a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- queuing — a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- quibble — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- quiches — Plural form of quiche.
- quicken — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quicker — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quickie — a book, story, movie, etc., usually trivial in quality, requiring only a short time to produce.
- quiddle — a person concerned with trivialities
- quiesce — Become quiet or quieter.
- quieted — Simple past tense and past participle of quiet.
- quieten — to become quiet (often followed by down).
- quieter — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quietly — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quietus — a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.
- quiffed — Simple past tense and past participle of quiff.
- quilled — rolled or incurved into a narrow tubular form.
- quiller — a machine for quilling yarn.
- quillet — a subtlety or quibble.
- quilmes — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- quilted — resembling a quilt, as in texture, design, stitching, etc.
- quilter — a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- quimper — a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- quinate — arranged in groups of five.
- quinces — Plural form of quince.
- quinche — to move, to wince
- quincke — Angioedema.
- quinela — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor, in order to win, must select the first- and second-place finishers without specifying their order of finishing.
- quinine — a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C 2 0 H 2 4 N 2 O 2 , having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant forms of malaria.
- quinnet — Alternative form of quinnat.
- quinone — a yellow, crystalline, cyclic unsaturated diketone, C 6 H 4 O 2 , formed by oxidizing aniline or hydroquinone: used chiefly in photography and in tanning leather.
- quintet — any set or group of five persons or things.
- quipped — a clever or witty remark or comment.
- quipper — One who quips; a jester.
- quirked — Having, or formed with, a quirk.
- quirker — a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
- quirted — Simple past tense and past participle of quirt.
- quite a — intensifier before noun
- quitted — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- quitter — a person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty, danger, etc.
- quivers — Plural form of quiver.
- quivery — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- quixote — Don, Don Quixote.
- quizzed — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- quizzer — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- quizzes — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- quodque — (medicine) each, every.