8-letter words containing q, e
- quackery — the practice or methods of a quack.
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- quadcore — (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of four cores.
- quadplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- quadrate — square or rectangular.
- quaestor — one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- quakerly — like a Quaker.
- quantile — one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
- quantise — Alternative spelling of quantize.
- quantize — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quarnero — Gulf of, an arm of the Adriatic Sea, in Croatia.
- quarrels — Plural form of quarrel.
- quarried — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quarrier — a person who quarries stone.
- quarries — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quartern — a quarter, or a fourth part, especially of certain weights and measures, as of a pound, ounce, peck, or pint.
- quarters — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- quartets — Plural form of quartet.
- quartier — a city district
- quartile — Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies. Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
- quartine — (botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
- quartzes — 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.
- quasheba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- quatorze — a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.
- quavered — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- quaylike — resembling a quay
- quayside — the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
- queasier — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- queasily — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- quebecer — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- quebrada — Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
- quechuan — of or relating to the Quechua language or people.
- queefing — Present participle of queef.
- queen it — a female sovereign or monarch.
- queendom — the position or status of a queen.
- queening — a female sovereign or monarch.
- queenite — a supporter of a queen
- queenlet — a queen of a small realm
- queerdom — the state of being a homosexual
- queerest — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- queering — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- queerish — Somewhat queer.
- queerity — queerness or peculiarity
- quelling — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- quenched — Simple past tense and past participle of quench.
- quencher — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quenches — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quenelle — French Cookery. a dumpling of finely chopped fish or meat that is poached in water or stock and usually served with a sauce.