10-letter words containing q, l
- non liquet — (of evidence, a cause, etc.) not clear or evident.
- obloquious — Containing obloquy; reproachful.
- odalisques — Plural form of odalisque.
- outqualify — (sports) To qualify in a higher position than another.
- pasquilant — the writer of a pasquinade
- postgresql — (database) /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the POSTGRES database system. PostgreSQL is an advanced relational database management system with some object oriented approaches. PostgreSQL is developed and distributed as free software, and while retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial alternatives. It was also one of the first databases to offer MVCC as opposed to row-level locking or table locking, thereby greatly improving multi-user performance. PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of ANSI SQL and runs on many platforms. It also has interfaces to many different programming languages and database protocols, like ODBC and JDBC.
- pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- pull-quote — (in a magazine or newspaper) an excerpted line or phrase, in a larger or display typeface, run at the top of a page or in a mid-column box to draw attention to the text of the article or story from which it is quoted; blurb.
- qabalistic — Alternative spelling of cabalistic.
- qu'appelle — a river in S Saskatchewan and SW Manitoba, Canada, flowing E to the Assiniboine River. 270 miles (434 km) long.
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.
- quadrangle — a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
- quadrantal — a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
- quadrifoil — Alternative form of quadrifoliate.
- quadriller — a person who dances quadrilles
- quadrilles — Plural form of quadrille.
- quadrilogy — (nonstandard) A tetralogy.
- quadriplex — A building divided into four self-contained residences.
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
- quadrivial — having four ways or roads meeting in a point.
- quadrupled — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
- quadruplet — any group or combination of four.
- quadruplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- quadrupole — a set of four associated positive and negative electric charges or two associated magnetic dipoles
- quail dove — any of several tropical American pigeons of the genera Starnoenas or Geotrygon.
- qualifiers — Plural form of qualifier.
- qualifying — Present participle of qualify.
- qualmishly — In a qualmish manner.
- quarrelers — Plural form of quarreler.
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quarrelled — Simple past tense and past participle of quarrel.
- quarreller — Alternative spelling of quarreler.
- quarrelous — (now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
- quarriable — Capable of being quarried.
- quathlamba — Drakensberg.
- quatrefoil — a leaf composed of four leaflets.
- queen palm — a feather palm, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, of South America, having leaves from 7 to 12 feet (2 to 3½ meters) in length, and large, hanging clusters of small fruit.
- queensland — a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Capital: Brisbane.
- quenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- queryingly — in a querying manner
- quesadilla — a tortilla folded over a filling of shredded cheese, onions, and chilies and broiled or fried.
- quick clay — a water-saturated clay that changes rapidly to a fluid state when jarred or crushed, as by an earthquake or pile driver
- quillbacks — Plural form of quillback.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quinolones — Plural form of quinolone.
- quintefoil — cinquefoil (def 2).
- quintilian — (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus) a.d. c35–c95, Roman rhetorician.