10-letter words containing n, q
- quarantine — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quartation — the adding of silver to a mixture of gold and silver until the ratio is about one to three, at which point the silver can be removed using nitric acid
- quartering — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- quaternary — consisting of four.
- quaternate — arranged in or consisting of four parts, as the leaves of certain plants.
- quaternion — a group or set of four persons or things.
- quaternity — a group or set of four.
- quatorzain — a verse of fourteen lines
- queasiness — The state of being queasy; nausea.
- queen anne — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in England in the early 18th century, characterized by simplicity and refinement of forms, with increasing attention to French and Italian models.
- queen city — Toronto.
- queen palm — a feather palm, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, of South America, having leaves from 7 to 12 feet (2 to 3½ meters) in length, and large, hanging clusters of small fruit.
- queen post — either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.
- queen-anne — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in England in the early 18th century, characterized by simplicity and refinement of forms, with increasing attention to French and Italian models.
- queen-size — (of a bed) larger than a double bed, but smaller than king-size, usually 60 inches (152 cm) wide and 80 inches (203 cm) long.
- queencraft — the art of queenly rule
- queensland — a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Capital: Brisbane.
- queenstown — former name of Cóbh.
- queensware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
- quenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- quercitrin — A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
- quercitron — an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.
- quernstone — Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
- quersprung — a jump turn in which a skier lands at right angles to the pole or poles.
- queryingly — in a querying manner
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- questionee — a person who is questioned
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quickening — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quickthorn — hawthorn, esp when planted as a hedge
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- quiet down — stop talking so loudly
- quietening — Present participle of quieten.
- quinacrine — an alkaloid, C 2 3 H 3 0 ClN 3 O, similar in its properties to pamaquine, used in the treatment of malaria.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quinoidine — a brownish-black, resinous substance consisting of a mixture of alkaloids, obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of quinine and formerly used as a cheap substitute for it.
- quinolones — Plural form of quinolone.
- quinquefid — cleft into five parts or lobes.
- quintefoil — cinquefoil (def 2).
- quintilian — (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus) a.d. c35–c95, Roman rhetorician.
- quintipara — A female that has borne five offspring.
- quintupled — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuple.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- quintuplet — any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.