11-letter words containing q, u, a, l
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.
- malt liquor — beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8 percent.
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- namaqualand — an arid coastal region in the S part of Namibia, extending into the Cape of Good Hope province of the Republic of South Africa, divided by the Orange River into two regions, one in Namibia (Great Namaqualand) the other in South Africa (Little Namaqualand) inhabited by the Nama.
- obliquation — the fact or process of veering or moving in an oblique or slantwise direction
- patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quadratical — (rare) quadratic.
- quadrennial — occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quadrillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quadripedal — Four-footed.
- quadrupedal — four-footed.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
- quail clock — a clock that announces the hours by a sound resembling that of a quail.
- quail-brush — a salt-tolerant, silvery gray shrub, Atriplex lentiformis breweri, of the amaranth family, native to southern California.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- qualifiable — capable of being qualified: qualifiable statements.
- qualifiedly — With qualification; conditionally.
- qualitative — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quarrellous — argumentative or given to complaint
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quartz lamp — a lamp consisting of an ultraviolet light source, as mercury vapor, contained in a fused-silica bulb that transmits ultraviolet light with little absorption.
- quasi-adult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- quasi-equal — as great as; the same as (often followed by to or with): The velocity of sound is not equal to that of light.
- quasi-ideal — a conception of something in its perfection.
- quasi-latin — an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- quasi-legal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- quesadillas — Plural form of quesadilla.
- quinagolide — A dopamine agonist used to treat elevated levels of prolactin.
- quinazoline — a colorless, crystalline, heterocyclic compound, C 8 H 6 N 2 .
- quincuncial — consisting of, arranged, or formed like a quincunx or quincunxes.
- quincunxial — Alternative spelling of quincuncial.
- quinoxaline — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 8 H 6 N 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
- quizzically — odd, queer, or comical.
- quotability — The degree to which a person, literature, or a speech is useful or relevant for being quoted.
- quotidianly — daily: a quotidian report.