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9-letter words containing n, q

  • quill pen — dip pen made from feather
  • quinarius — a denomination of ancient Roman coinage, issued in silver or gold at various times and undergoing many changes of value.
  • quinellas — Plural form of quinella.
  • quinidine — a colorless, crystalline alkaloid, C 2 0 H 2 4 N 2 O 2 , isomeric with quinine, obtained from the bark of certain species of cinchona trees or shrubs, used chiefly to regulate heart rhythm and to treat malaria.
  • 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.
  • quinonoid — of or resembling quinone.
  • quintains — Plural form of quintain.
  • quintette — Alternative spelling of quintet A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
  • quintiles — Plural form of quintile.
  • quintroon — a person having one octoroon and one White parent and therefore having one-sixteenth Black blood
  • quintuple — fivefold; consisting of five parts.
  • quintuply — in a quintuple manner; involving five times as much
  • quislings — Plural form of quisling.
  • quit-rent — rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
  • quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
  • quittance — recompense or requital.
  • quivering — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
  • quotation — something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
  • quotidian — daily: a quotidian report.
  • quotients — Plural form of quotient.
  • quotition — division by repeated subtraction
  • reconquer — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
  • rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
  • requicken — to restore or come back to life or vigour
  • requiring — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  • requiting — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
  • requoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
  • sequencer — a device for the automatic determination or regulation of a sequence.
  • sequently — following; successive.
  • sequinned — A sequinned piece of clothing is decorated or covered with sequins.
  • squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
  • squadsman — a member of a squad or team.
  • squalling — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
  • squashing — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
  • squatting — occupying a property illegally
  • squaw man — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.
  • squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
  • squillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
  • squinancy — a prostrate Eurasian plant, Asperula cynanchica, of the madder family, having smooth, weak stems and sparse white or pink flowers, formerly believed to be a cure for quinsy.
  • squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
  • squinting — designating a modifier, as an adverb, that can be interpreted as modifying either the preceding or the following part of the construction in which it appears (Ex.: often in “those who lie often are found out”); also, designating the construction itself
  • squirming — to wriggle or writhe.
  • tarquinii — an ancient city of Etruria, in central Italy, NW of Rome: present-day Tarquinia on site.
  • technique — the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.
  • totaquine — a mixture of quinine and other alkaloids derived from cinchona bark, used as a substitute for quinine in treating malaria
  • ubiquitin — a small protein, present in all eukaryotic cells, that participates in the destruction of defective proteins and in the synthesis of new proteins.
  • unequable — unstable, varying, or unsteady
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