7-letter words containing n, q
- queenly — belonging or proper to a queen: queenly propriety.
- queneau — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–76. French writer, influenced in the 1920s by surrealism. His novels include Zazie dans le métro (1959)
- quentin — a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “fifth.”.
- querent — (legal, historical) A complainant; a plaintiff.
- quesnay — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1694–1774, French economist and physician.
- questin — (organic compound) The substituted anthraquinone 3-methyl, 1,6-dihydroxy, 8-methoxy 9,10-anthraquinone found in some species of Rubiaceae.
- queuing — a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- quicken — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quieten — to become quiet (often followed by down).
- quillon — either of two transverse projecting members forming the cross guard of a sword.
- quinary — pertaining to or consisting of five.
- 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.
- quinnat — Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.
- quinnet — Alternative form of quinnat.
- quinoid — a quinonoid substance.
- 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.
- quintal — a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
- quintan — (of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every fifth day.
- quintet — any set or group of five persons or things.
- quintic — of the fifth degree.
- quintin — a masculine name: dim. Quint
- quiring — Present participle of quire.
- quodlin — a cooking apple
- quondam — former; onetime: his quondam partner.
- quoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- qur--an — Koran.
- quranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- ronquil — any of several percoid fishes of the family Bathymasteridae, ranging along the Pacific coast of North America.
- sequent — following; successive.
- sqn ldr — squadron leader
- squanto — died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
- squinch — a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire.
- squinny — to squint.
- squinty — characterized by or having a squint.
- tarquin — (Lucius Tarquinius Priscus) died 578 b.c, king of Rome 616–578.
- unequal — not equal; not of the same quantity, quality, value, rank, ability, etc.: People are unequal in their capacities.
- unqueen — to depose from the position of queen
- unquiet — agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent: unquiet times.
- unquote — to close a quotation (often used with the word quote, which notes the opening of the quotation): The senator said, quote, I am unalterably opposed to this policy, unquote.
- wanaque — a town in NE New Jersey.