8-letter words containing q, a, t
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- q factor — See Q (def 6).
- q rating — a figure, based on opinion polls, intended to reflect how relatively popular and recognizable a given TV performer is with audiences
- q-factor — See Q (def 6).
- qadarite — a member of the Qadariyah.
- quadrant — a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
- quadrate — square or rectangular.
- quadrats — Plural form of quadrat.
- quaestor — one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- quaintly — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- quantify — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantile — one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
- quantise — Alternative spelling of quantize.
- quantity — a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
- quantize — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantong — quandong.
- quartern — a quarter, or a fourth part, especially of certain weights and measures, as of a pound, ounce, peck, or pint.
- quarters — 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.
- quartets — Plural form of quartet.
- quartier — a city district
- quartile — Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies. Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
- quartine — (botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
- quartzes — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- quatorze — a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.
- quatrain — a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- questant — a person who quests
- quetzals — Plural form of quetzal.
- quiktran — Fortran-like, interactive with debugging facilities. Sammet 1969, p.226.
- quintain — an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- quintant — a sextant having an arc equal to one fifth of a circle.
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
- quotably — in a quotable manner
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- squamate — provided or covered with squamae or scales; scaly.
- squatted — to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
- squatter — the act or fact of squatting.
- squattle — to settle (oneself) in a squat manner
- t square — a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.
- t-square — a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.
- 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.
- taqueria — a restaurant or stand specializing in Mexican dishes, as tacos and burritos.
- torquate — ringed about the neck, as with feathers or a color; collared.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
- urquhart — Sir Thomas, 1611–60, Scottish author and translator.