9-letter words containing q, a
- quantitie — Obsolete spelling of quantity.
- quantized — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quantizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantize.
- quantrill — William Clarke, 1837–65, Confederate guerrilla leader.
- quarenden — a dark-red dessert apple
- quarreled — Simple past tense and past participle of quarrel.
- quarreler — One who quarrels or is disposed to do so. An arguer or disputer.
- quarriers — Plural form of quarrier.
- quarrying — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quarryman — a person who quarries stone; quarrier.
- quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
- quartered — being one of four equal or approximately equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
- quarterer — (historical) One of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.
- quarterly — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- quartette — Alternative spelling of quartet.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quartzite — a granular metamorphic rock consisting essentially of quartz in interlocking grains.
- quartzose — 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.
- quasi-gay — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
- quasimodo — Salvatore [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
- quatrains — Plural form of quatrain.
- quavering — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- quaysides — Plural form of quayside.
- queasiest — Superlative form of queasy.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
- queencake — a small light cake containing currants
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- quellable — able to be quelled
- querencia — (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. (from 1930s).
- queretaro — a state in central Mexico. 4432 sq. mi. (11,480 sq. km).
- quickbeam — a rowan tree
- quickdraw — (climbing) A set of two carabiners connected by a strap.
- quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
- quillback — a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.
- quinarius — a denomination of ancient Roman coinage, issued in silver or gold at various times and undergoing many changes of value.
- quinellas — Plural form of quinella.
- quinoidal — of or resembling quinone.
- quintains — Plural form of quintain.
- quitclaim — a transfer of all one's interest, as in a parcel of real estate, especially without a warranty of title.
- quittance — recompense or requital.
- quizzical — odd, queer, or comical.
- quoad hoc — as much as this; to this extent.
- quotation — something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
- quotative — (linguistics) Form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
- quotidian — daily: a quotidian report.
- reacquire — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- relacquer — to apply a new coat of lacquer to (something)