7-letter words containing q, u, e
- equably — In an equable manner.
- equaled — Simple past tense and past participle of equal.
- equally — In the same manner.
- equated — Simple past tense and past participle of equate.
- equates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equate.
- equator — An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0 °.
- equerry — An officer of the British royal household who attends or assists members of the royal family.
- equines — Plural form of equine.
- equinia — glanders (disease)
- equinox — The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).
- equites — the cavalry
- esquire — A title appended to a lawyer's surname.
- exquire — (obsolete) To search into or out.
- fouquet — Jean or Jehan [both French zhahn] /both French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1420–c80, French painter.
- giauque — William Francis, 1895–1982, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1949.
- grecque — a fret of Greek origin
- inequal — Not equal.
- inquest — a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
- inquiet — to destroy the peace of; disturb; disquiet.
- inquire — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- iquique — a seaport in N Chile.
- jacques — a male given name, French form of Jacob or James.
- jerquer — a customs officer or other official responsible for searching ships for contraband or undeclared goods
- lacquer — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquey — a servile follower; toady.
- lalique — René Jules [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rə neɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1860–1945, French jewelry and glassware designer.
- laqueus — lemniscus.
- liquate — to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin.
- liquefy — Make or become liquid.
- liqueur — any of a class of alcoholic liquors, usually strong, sweet, and highly flavored, as Chartreuse or curaçao, generally served after dinner; cordial.
- macaque — any monkey of the genus Macaca, chiefly of Asia, characterized by cheek pouches and, usually, a short tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- marquee — a tall rooflike projection above a theater entrance, usually containing the name of a currently featured play or film and its stars.
- marques — A make of car, as distinct from a specific model.
- masquer — a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.
- masques — Plural form of masque.
- mcqueen — Alexander. 1969–2011, British fashion designer
- mesquin — mean or shabby
- mesquit — Dated form of mesquite.
- mosques — Plural form of mosque.
- musique — Obsolete form of music.
- oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- obsequy — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- opaqued — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- opaques — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opaque.
- optique — Obsolete form of optic.
- parquet — a floor composed of short strips or blocks of wood forming a pattern, sometimes with inlays of other woods or other materials.
- perique — a strong, rich-flavored tobacco produced in Louisiana, usually blended with other tobaccos.
- picquet — a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.
- prequel — a literary, dramatic, or filmic work that prefigures a later work, as by portraying the same characters at a younger age.
- q gauge — O gauge (def 2).