9-letter words containing q, u, e, r
- inquiries — a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
- inquorate — (of an assembly) unable to proceed effectively because not enough members are present to make up a quorum.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- jequirity — the rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, of the legume family.
- jonquiere — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- la marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- lacquered — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquerer — One who lacquers.
- laquearia — a ceiling made of panels
- liquefier — A device used to liquify gases (by cooling and compression).
- liquorice — licorice.
- macquarie — a river in SE Australia, in New South Wales, flowing NW to the Darling River. 750 miles (1210 km) long.
- marquesan — a Polynesian native of the Marquesas Islands.
- marquetry — inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
- marquette — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), ("Père Marquette") 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.
- marquises — Plural form of marquis.
- marsquake — a tremor, similar to an earthquake, on Mars
- misquoter — a person who quotes others inaccurately or incorrectly
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- overequip — to equip, furnish with, or supply excessively
- overquick — too quick: Let's not be overquick to criticize.
- paranaque — a city on Luzon, in the N Philippines, on the S of Manila Bay.
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pre-quote — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- quadrated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrate.
- quadrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadrate.
- quadrella — four nominated horse races in which the punter bets on selecting the four winners
- quadricep — Quadriceps.
- quadrigae — Plural form of quadriga.
- quadrille — a card game played by four persons.
- quadruped — four-footed.
- quadruple — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- quaeritur — the question is asked
- quaestors — Plural form of quaestor.
- quagmires — Plural form of quagmire.
- quakeress — a woman or girl who is a Quaker.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quarenden — a dark-red dessert apple
- quarreled — Simple past tense and past participle of quarrel.
- quarreler — One who quarrels or is disposed to do so. An arguer or disputer.
- quarriers — Plural form of quarrier.
- quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
- quartered — being one of four equal or approximately equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
- quarterer — (historical) One of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.
- quarterly — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.