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11-letter words containing q, c

  • equicaloric — equal in terms of calories
  • equinoctial — Happening at or near the time of an equinox.
  • equipotency — The condition of being equipotent.
  • equity card — a card proving membership of an actors' trade union
  • equivalence — The condition of being equal or equivalent in value, worth, function, etc.
  • equivalency — (countable) An equivalent thing.
  • equivocally — With ambiguity.
  • equivocated — Simple past tense and past participle of equivocate.
  • equivocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate.
  • equivocator — Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
  • frequencies — Plural form of frequency.
  • infrequency — state of being infrequent.
  • lacquerware — Articles that have a decorative lacquer coating, viewed collectively.
  • lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
  • liquescency — The quality or state of being liquescent.
  • microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
  • monchiquite — a type of rock made up of large crystals of, among other constituents, olivine and amphibole and which is found in an analcite groundmass
  • non-aquatic — of, in, or pertaining to water.
  • open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
  • patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
  • picturesque — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
  • preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
  • q clearance — (in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) the highest level of security clearance, permitting access to secret information, documents, etc., relating to nuclear research.
  • quack grass — a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.
  • quack-quack — a duck
  • quacksalver — a quack doctor.
  • quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadratical — (rare) quadratic.
  • quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
  • quail clock — a clock that announces the hours by a sound resembling that of a quail.
  • quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
  • quarterpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
  • quebec city — French Canadian capital
  • quebecoises — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
  • quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara
  • quezon city — a city on W central Luzon Island, in the Philippines, NE of Manila: former national capital (1948–76).
  • quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
  • quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
  • quick march — a march in quick time.
  • quick money — money that you make easily or quickly
  • quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
  • quick study — someone who is able to learn a new job or adjust to a new social environment in a short time.
  • quick trick — a card, or group of cards, that will probably win the first or second trick in a suit, regardless of who plays it or at what declaration.
  • quick-hatch — a wolverine.
  • quick-march — a march in quick time.
  • quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
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