7-letter words containing q, a
- qinghai — a province in W central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Capital: Xining.
- qintars — Plural form of qintar.
- qiqihar — a city in W Heilongjiang province, in NE China.
- qlambda — (language) A LISP by Richard Gabriel and John McCarthy.
- qtrader — (application) Analytical software for stock and commodity trading, released in July 1995 by Caribou CodeWorks. QTRADER allows dynamic automated analysis of current trends and features "Paper Trade" plotting, as well as "TradeSignal Bands" and "StudyMatrix" filter to screen potential trades. Projected ranges are handled with a "Tomorrow's Bar". QTRADER version 3.0 runs on IBM PC-compatibles, a Macintosh version is not available until late 1996.
- qu yuan — Ch'ü Yüan.
- quacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quack.
- quacker — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- quadded — Also called quadrat. a piece of type metal of less height than the lettered types, serving to cause a blank in printed matter, used for spacing.
- quadrat — Printing. quad2 (def 1).
- quadrel — a square stone, brick, or tile.
- quadri- — four
- quadric — of the second degree (said especially of functions with more than two variables).
- quaeres — Plural form of quaere.
- quaffed — to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
- quaffer — to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
- quaggas — Plural form of quagga.
- quahaug — An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, Venus mercenaria.
- quahogs — Plural form of quahog.
- quailed — to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
- quailer — One who hunts quail.
- quaking — (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
- qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- quality — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- quamash — camass.
- quamish — queasy; having an upset stomach; qualmish.
- quandry — Misspelling of quandary.
- quangos — Plural form of quango.
- quannet — a flat file or rasp with a handle at one end, used as a plane
- quantal — of or relating to quanta or quantum mechanics.
- quantic — a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
- quantum — time slice
- quarles — Francis, 1592–1644, English poet.
- quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
- quartan — (of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted.
- quarter — crumb
- quartes — the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- quartet — any group of four persons or things.
- quartic — of or relating to the fourth degree.
- quartos — Plural form of quarto.
- quartzy — resembling quartz
- quasars — one of over a thousand known extragalactic objects, starlike in appearance and having spectra with characteristically large redshifts, that are thought to be the most distant and most luminous objects in the universe.
- quashed — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- quashee — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- quasher — someone who quells or suppresses
- quashes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quash.
- quassia — a shrub or small tree, Quassia amara, of tropical America, having pinnate leaves, showy red flowers, and wood with a bitter taste. Compare quassia family.
- quassin — a bitter crystalline substance
- quatrin — (obsolete) Any of several small, copper coins, similar to a farthing, in any of several countries.
- quavers — (of a person's voice) Shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.