7-letter words containing q, a
- quavery — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- quayage — quays collectively.
- queachy — unwell
- quechan — Yuma (defs 1, 2).
- quechua — the language of the Inca civilization, presently spoken by about 7 million people in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
- queneau — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–76. French writer, influenced in the 1920s by surrealism. His novels include Zazie dans le métro (1959)
- quercia — Jacopo Della [yah-kaw-paw del-lah] /ˈyɑ kɔ pɔ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1374?–1438, Italian sculptor.
- querida — Darling.
- quesnay — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1694–1774, French economist and physician.
- quetzal — any of several large Central and South American trogons of the genus Pharomachrus, having golden-green and scarlet plumage, especially P. mocino (resplendent quetzal) the national bird of Guatemala: rare and possibly endangered.
- quichua — Quechua.
- quillai — soapbark (def 1).
- quinary — pertaining to or consisting of five.
- quinate — arranged in groups of five.
- 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.
- quinnat — Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.
- 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.
- quite a — intensifier before noun
- quittal — repayment, requital
- quokkas — Plural form of quokka.
- quondam — former; onetime: his quondam partner.
- quorate — A quorum.
- qur--an — Koran.
- quranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- racquet — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- rorqual — any of several whales of the genus Balaenoptera; finback.
- s quark — strange quark.
- sadaqat — zakat.
- salique — Salic.
- saqqara — a village in S Egypt, S of Cairo: site of the necropolis of ancient Memphis; step pyramids; mastabas.
- sequela — an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
- sequoia — either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- sequoya — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- siliqua — a silver coin of the later Roman Empire, the 24th part of a solidus, first issued by Constantine.
- squabby — short and stout; squat.
- squacco — a S European heron, Ardeola ralloides, with a short thick neck and a buff-coloured plumage with white wings
- squalid — foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
- squally — characterized by squalls.
- squalor — the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.
- squamae — a scale or scalelike part, as of epidermis or bone.
- squamo- — squama
- squanto — died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
- squared — having four equal sides
- squares — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- squashy — easily squashed; pulpy.
- squatty — short and thick; low and broad.
- squawky — unpleasantly discordant or harsh in sound; cacophonous.
- squeaky — squeaking; tending to squeak: His squeaky shoes could be heard across the lobby.
- squilla — mantis shrimp.