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9-letter words containing q, u, i, t

  • quit-rent — rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
  • quitclaim — a transfer of all one's interest, as in a parcel of real estate, especially without a warranty of title.
  • quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
  • quittance — recompense or requital.
  • quivertip — A flexible tip to a fishing rod that bends when a fish takes the bait.
  • quixotism — (sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.
  • quodlibet — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • quotation — something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
  • quotative — (linguistics) Form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
  • quotidian — daily: a quotidian report.
  • quotients — Plural form of quotient.
  • quotition — division by repeated subtraction
  • rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
  • requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
  • requiting — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
  • requoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
  • sequacity — following with smooth or logical regularity.
  • sobriquet — a nickname.
  • squattily — in a somewhat squat manner or shape
  • squatting — occupying a property illegally
  • squinting — designating a modifier, as an adverb, that can be interpreted as modifying either the preceding or the following part of the construction in which it appears (Ex.: often in “those who lie often are found out”); also, designating the construction itself
  • tarquinii — an ancient city of Etruria, in central Italy, NW of Rome: present-day Tarquinia on site.
  • technique — the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.
  • totaquine — a mixture of quinine and other alkaloids derived from cinchona bark, used as a substitute for quinine in treating malaria
  • triptyque — a customs permit for the temporary importation of a motor vehicle
  • triquetra — a geometrical figure having three points, especially one formed of three intersecting ellipses: The triquetra was often used in ancient art to symbolize a triune deity.
  • turquoise — Also, turquois. an opaque mineral, a basic hydrous copper aluminum phosphate often containing a small amount of iron, sky-blue or greenish-blue in color, cut cabochon as a gem. Compare bone turquoise.
  • ubiquitin — a small protein, present in all eukaryotic cells, that participates in the destruction of defective proteins and in the synthesis of new proteins.
  • utraquist — Calixtine.
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