6-letter words containing i, q
- quasi- — Quasi- is used to form adjectives and nouns that describe something as being in many ways like something else, without actually being that thing.
- qubits — Plural form of qubit.
- quibdo — a city in W Colombia.
- quiche — a Mayan language of Guatemala.
- quick- — quick- is added to words, especially present participles, to form adjectives which indicate that a person or thing does something quickly.
- quicke — Obsolete spelling of quick.
- quicks — Plural form of quick.
- quicky — Alternative spelling of quickie.
- quidam — an unspecified or inconsequential person
- quidde — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, German historian and pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
- quiets — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quight — Obsolete form of quite.
- quills — Plural form of quill.
- quilts — Plural form of quilt.
- quilty — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a quilt.
- quince — either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- quincy — Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
- quined — Simple past tense and past participle of quine.
- quines — Plural form of quine.
- quino- — indicating cinchona, cinchona bark, or quinic acid
- 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.
- quinol — hydroquinone.
- quinsy — a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
- quinta — an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- quinte — the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- quints — a quintuplet.
- quinua — quinoa.
- quinze — An old French card game of Spanish origin, players attempting to make fifteen points.
- quippy — Joky; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
- quipus — Plural form of quipu.
- quired — Simple past tense and past participle of quire.
- quires — a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quirks — Plural form of quirk.
- quirky — having or full of quirks.
- quirts — Plural form of quirt.
- quitch — couch grass.
- quitly — (obsolete) quite (used by Geoffrey Chaucer).
- quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- quizzy — Odd; eccentric.
- quoins — an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- quoits — quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- requit — to quit or leave again
- risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
- sequin — a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- sqribe — (company) The company formerly known as MITI which bought SQR from Sybase.
- squail — to throw sticks (at) or hit with sticks
- squibb — Edward Robinson, 1819–1900, U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer and medical reformer.
- squill — the bulb of the sea onion, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, cut into thin slices and dried, and used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- squint — to look with the eyes partly closed.
- squire — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.