9-letter words containing q, a
- fantasque — a fantasy, a fancy
- gastrique — A syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar.
- grassquit — any of several tiny finches, especially of the genus Tiaris, of tropical America and the West Indies.
- guayaquil — a seaport in W Ecuador, on the Gulf of Guayaquil.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- harquebus — any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
- hit squad — a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
- inequable — uneven
- inequally — In an inequal manner.
- inquinate — to corrupt or defile
- inquorate — (of an assembly) unable to proceed effectively because not enough members are present to make up a quorum.
- iroquoian — a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
- isoquants — Plural form of isoquant.
- jacquards — Plural form of jacquard.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- la marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- lacquered — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquerer — One who lacquers.
- laquearia — a ceiling made of panels
- liquation — (metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
- liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- macquarie — a river in SE Australia, in New South Wales, flowing NW to the Darling River. 750 miles (1210 km) long.
- maiquetia — a city in the Federal District, in N Venezuela.
- mannequin — a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
- maquettes — Plural form of maquette.
- maquisard — maquis (def 2).
- marquesan — a Polynesian native of the Marquesas Islands.
- marquetry — inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
- marquette — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), ("Père Marquette") 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.
- marquises — Plural form of marquis.
- marsquake — a tremor, similar to an earthquake, on Mars
- may queen — a girl or young woman crowned with flowers and honored as queen in the festivities of May Day.
- megaquake — an earthquake of exceptional destructive power, esp one with a magnitude of 8 or greater, which may generate a tsunami
- moonquake — a seismic vibration of the moon's surface.
- newsqueak — A concurrent applicative language with synchronous channels.
- obloquial — having a relation or connection to obloquy
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- odalisque — a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
- old squaw — a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of arctic and subarctic regions.
- oldsquaws — Plural form of oldsquaw.
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- palanquin — (formerly in India and other Eastern countries) a passenger conveyance, usually for one person, consisting of a covered or boxlike litter carried by means of poles resting on the shoulders of several men.
- paranaque — a city on Luzon, in the N Philippines, on the S of Manila Bay.
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- paycheque — a payment for work done
- pipsqueak — a contemptibly small or unimportant person; a twerp.