10-letter words containing q, u, e
- bouquetier — a small container for holding flowers in a bouquet or nosegay.
- brusquerie — brusqueness; curtness
- by request — in accordance with someone's desire
- capraesque — relating to or in the style of the movies of Frank Capra, focusing on courage and its positive effects and the triumph of the underdog.
- caqueteuse — cacqueteuse.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- catafalque — a temporary raised platform on which a body lies in state before or during a funeral
- chequebook — a book containing detachable blank cheques and issued by a bank or building society to holders of cheque accounts
- chequeless — Without cheques (financial instruments).
- chequering — Present participle of chequer.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- cinquefoil — any plant of the N temperate rosaceous genus Potentilla, typically having five-lobed compound leaves
- coequality — The condition of being coequal.
- colliquate — to melt or cause to melt
- colloquies — a conversational exchange; dialogue.
- colloquize — to engage in colloquy
- communique — A communiqué is an official statement or announcement.
- conquerers — Plural form of conquerer.
- conqueress — a woman who conquers or is victorious
- conquering — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- conquerors — a person who conquers or vanquishes; victor.
- consequent — Consequent means happening as a direct result of an event or situation.
- coquelicot — corn poppy
- coquetting — to coquet.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- coquillage — an ornamental shell motif.
- coquimbite — hydrated ferric sulphate found in certain rocks and in volcanic fumaroles
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- craquelure — a network of fine cracks on old paintings caused by the deterioration of pigment or varnish
- croquettes — Plural form of croquette.
- cut square — a stamp cut from the envelope on which it has been printed so as to leave a square margin.
- de quincey — Thomas. 1785–1859, English critic and essayist, noted particularly for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821)
- delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
- deliquesce — (esp of certain salts) to dissolve gradually in water absorbed from the air
- demiquaver — a sixteenth note; semiquaver.
- desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- disquieted — lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
- disquieten — (transitive) To disquiet; to make uneasy.
- disquietly — In a disquiet manner.
- dole queue — When people talk about the dole queue, they are talking about the state of being unemployed, especially when saying how many people are unemployed.
- domestique — Cycling. a member of a bicycle-racing team who assists the leader, as by setting a pace, preventing breakaways by other teams, or supplying food during a race.
- drag queen — Slang. a male transvestite, especially a performer who dresses as a woman to entertain the public.
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- eloquently — In an eloquent manner; stated well.
- equability — A condition of being equable; uniformity.
- equal sign — mathematics symbol: =
- equal time — a policy stating that opposing political candidates must be offered the same amount of broadcasting time for television and radio campaigns
- equal-area — (of a map projection) showing area accurately and therefore distorting shape and direction
- equalisers — Plural form of equaliser.
- equalities — Plural form of equality.