9-letter words containing l, i, q, u
- liquifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquify.
- liquiform — Resembling a liquid.
- liquor up — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
- liquorice — licorice.
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- liquorish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- nonliquid — Having a form other than liquid.
- obliquely — in an oblique manner or direction.
- obliquity — the state of being oblique.
- obloquial — having a relation or connection to obloquy
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- odalisque — a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
- ololiuqui — a woody vine, Turbina corymbosa, of the morning glory family, native to Central America, having seeds that are hallucinogenic and are used in some Indian rituals.
- palanquin — (formerly in India and other Eastern countries) a passenger conveyance, usually for one person, consisting of a covered or boxlike litter carried by means of poles resting on the shoulders of several men.
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- qizil qum — Kyzyl Kum.
- quadrille — a card game played by four persons.
- quakingly — In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- qualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
- qualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of qualify.
- qualitied — possessing a quality or qualities
- qualities — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- quantical — relating to quantics
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- quantrill — William Clarke, 1837–65, Confederate guerrilla leader.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- quibbling — characterized by or consisting of quibbles; carping; niggling: quibbling debates.
- quicklier — (rare, literary, dated) More quickly; with greater rapidity.
- quicklime — lime1 (def 1).
- quill pen — dip pen made from feather
- quillback — a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.
- quillfish — a fish, Ptilichthys goodei, of the Bering Sea, having an eellike body with long, many-rayed fins.
- quillwork — a type of decoration using softened and usually dyed porcupine or bird quills.
- quillwort — any fernlike, aquatic marsh plant of the genus Isoëtes, characterized by clustered, quill-like leaves bearing sporangia in their bases.
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- quinellas — Plural form of quinella.
- quinoidal — of or resembling quinone.
- quinoline — a colorless, liquid, water-immiscible, nitrogenous base, C 9 H 7 N, having a disagreeable odor, occurring in coal tar, and usually prepared by oxidizing a mixture of glycerol and aniline: used as a solvent and reagent and to make dyes.
- quinology — The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
- quinolone — Any of a class of antibiotics used in treating a variety of mainly Gram-negative infections, and thought to be responsible for antibiotic resistance in some microbes.
- quintiles — Plural form of quintile.
- quintuple — fivefold; consisting of five parts.
- quintuply — in a quintuple manner; involving five times as much
- quislings — Plural form of quisling.