6-letter words containing q
- quirky — having or full of quirks.
- quirts — Plural form of quirt.
- quitch — couch grass.
- quitly — (obsolete) quite (used by Geoffrey Chaucer).
- quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- quizzy — Odd; eccentric.
- qumran — Khirbet Qumran.
- quohog — quahog
- quoins — an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- quoits — quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- quokka — a small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, inhabiting islands and swampy areas in southwestern Australia.
- quooke — (obsolete, nonce) Simple past tense and past participle of quake.
- quorum — the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority.
- quotas — Plural form of quota.
- quoted — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- quotee — Somebody whose words are being quoted.
- quoter — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- quotes — Plural form of quote.
- quotha — (archaic) Indeed; forsooth.
- quotum — A part or proportion; a fraction; quota.
- qur'an — Koran.
- qurush — plural of qirsh.
- qwaqwa — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa; the only Bantu homeland without exclaves: abolished in 1994
- qwerty — of or relating to a keyboard having the keys in traditional typewriter arrangement, with the letters q, w, e, r, t, and y being the first six of the top row of alphabetic characters, starting from the left side.
- raqqah — a city in N Syria on the north bank of the Euphrates, inhabited since antiquity: captured by Islamic State in 2013. Pop: 220 488 (2004)
- requit — to quit or leave again
- risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
- roquet — to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball).
- sacque — sack1 (def 6).
- sequel — a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
- sequin — a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- sheqel — shekel (def 1).
- sq. cm — square centimeter; square centimeters.
- sq. km — square kilometer; square kilometers.
- sq. mm — square millimeter; square millimeters.
- sqribe — (company) The company formerly known as MITI which bought SQR from Sybase.
- squail — to throw sticks (at) or hit with sticks
- squall — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- squama — a scale or scalelike part, as of epidermis or bone.
- square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- squark — strange quark.
- squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- squawk — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squeak — a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
- squeal — a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
- squibb — Edward Robinson, 1819–1900, U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer and medical reformer.
- squill — the bulb of the sea onion, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, cut into thin slices and dried, and used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- squint — to look with the eyes partly closed.
- squire — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- squirm — to wriggle or writhe.