11-letter words containing q, u, e, r, i
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quadripedal — Four-footed.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quarter cif — (communications, standard) (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quarterpipe — Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
- quinhydrone — a dark green, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 1 0 O 4 , used in solution, together with a platinum wire, as an electrode (quinhy·drone elec·trode)
- quinquereme — (history, nautical) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having five banks of oars.
- quinternion — five gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- quiveringly — While quivering, or as if quivering.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- requalified — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- requirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- requisitory — a demand, usually in writing, made by a prosecutor that a sentence be passed against an accused party, and stating reasons for the demand
- requiteless — without requital; unrequited
- requitement — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- sesquialter — in the ratio of 3:2
- square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
- square mile — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one mile on each side; 2.59 square kilometers. 2 , sq. mi. Abbreviation: mi.
- square sail — a sail set beneath a horizontal yard, the normal position of which, when not trimmed to the wind, is directly athwartships.
- square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- squirearchy — the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country.
- squirreling — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- téléférique — a cableway
- tranquilize — calm sb with drugs
- triquetrous — three-sided; triangular.
- unquivering — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- unrequisite — not essential; unnecessary
- unrequiting — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- ventriloquy — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.