8-letter words containing q, u, a, n
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- quantify — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- 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.
- quantity — a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
- quantize — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantong — quandong.
- quanzhou — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- quarnero — Gulf of, an arm of the Adriatic Sea, in Croatia.
- quarrian — a cockatiel, Leptolophus hollandicus, of scrub and woodland regions of inland Australia, that feeds on seeds and grasses
- quarrion — A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
- quartern — a quarter, or a fourth part, especially of certain weights and measures, as of a pound, ounce, peck, or pint.
- quartine — (botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
- quashing — Present participle of quash.
- quatrain — a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
- quechuan — of or relating to the Quechua language or people.
- questant — a person who quests
- quiddany — a type of quince jelly
- quiktran — Fortran-like, interactive with debugging facilities. Sammet 1969, p.226.
- quillman — (archaic) One who writes with a quill.
- quinella — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor, in order to win, must select the first- and second-place finishers without specifying their order of finishing.
- quiniela — quinella.
- quintain — an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- quintant — a sextant having an arc equal to one fifth of a circle.
- quirinal — one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
- ramequin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- squalene — an oil, C 3 0 H 5 0 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- squarson — a clergyman who is also main local landowner
- squawman — a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
- tanaquil — a legendary queen of Rome who prophesied the future greatness of Servius Tullius and helped him to gain the throne after the murder of her husband by a political faction.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
- vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- yangquan — a city in E Shanxi province, in NE China.