8-letter words containing n, q
- quisling — a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; fifth columnist.
- quitrent — rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
- quitting — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- quizzing — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- quoining — The stone or brick used to form a quoin of a wall or building.
- quotient — the result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another.
- ramequin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- sequence — the following of one thing after another; succession.
- sequency — consecutiveness
- sequined — a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- squalene — an oil, C 3 0 H 5 0 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- squarson — a clergyman who is also main local landowner
- squawman — a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
- squinted — to look with the eyes partly closed.
- squireen — the landowner of a small estate; a squire of a small domain.
- squiring — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- tanaquil — a legendary queen of Rome who prophesied the future greatness of Servius Tullius and helped him to gain the throne after the murder of her husband by a political faction.
- torquing — Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
- uniquely — existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
- unquoted — 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.
- vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- yangquan — a city in E Shanxi province, in NE China.