9-letter words containing q, e
- queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
- queenside — the side of the board on which the queen is positioned at the start of a game, left for white and right for black.
- queercore — a type of gay-oriented punk music
- queerness — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- quellable — able to be quelled
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- quenching — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quenelles — Plural form of quenelle.
- quercetin — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 5 H 1 0 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the quercitron and other vegetable substances, used as a yellow dye; flavin.
- quercetum — a group of oak trees
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- 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).
- querimony — a complaint
- querulous — full of complaints; complaining.
- questions — Plural form of question.
- questrist — one who quests
- quickbeam — a rowan tree
- quickened — Simple past tense and past participle of quicken.
- quickener — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quickfire — Alternative form of quick-fire.
- quicklier — (rare, literary, dated) More quickly; with greater rapidity.
- quicklime — lime1 (def 1).
- quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quicksets — Plural form of quickset.
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quicktime — (graphics, standard, file format, product) Apple Computer's software for playing audio and video. The QuickTime application is a free media player. QuickTime Pro is a paid-for version with editing ability. QuickTime's native format for audio and video is .mov but it can handle many others.
- quiescent — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiesence — Misspelling of quiescence.
- quiet sun — the sun at the minimum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- quietened — Simple past tense and past participle of quieten.
- quietener — a thing which quiets or sedates
- quietness — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quietsome — still, calm, quiet
- quill pen — dip pen made from feather
- quinellas — Plural form of quinella.
- quinidine — a colorless, crystalline alkaloid, C 2 0 H 2 4 N 2 O 2 , isomeric with quinine, obtained from the bark of certain species of cinchona trees or shrubs, used chiefly to regulate heart rhythm and to treat malaria.
- quinoline — a colorless, liquid, water-immiscible, nitrogenous base, C 9 H 7 N, having a disagreeable odor, occurring in coal tar, and usually prepared by oxidizing a mixture of glycerol and aniline: used as a solvent and reagent and to make dyes.
- quinolone — Any of a class of antibiotics used in treating a variety of mainly Gram-negative infections, and thought to be responsible for antibiotic resistance in some microbes.
- quintette — Alternative spelling of quintet A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
- quintiles — Plural form of quintile.
- quintuple — fivefold; consisting of five parts.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
- quit-rent — rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
- quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
- quittance — recompense or requital.
- quiverful — The amount held by a quiver.
- quivering — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.