8-letter words containing q, a
- squashed — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- 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
- squawked — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squawker — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squawman — a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
- squeaker — a person or thing that squeaks.
- squealer — a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
- squirage — squires considered as a whole group
- subequal — not quite equal
- 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.
- up quark — the quark having electric charge 2/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness and charm equal to 0.
- urquhart — Sir Thomas, 1611–60, Scottish author and translator.
- vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- yangquan — a city in E Shanxi province, in NE China.