10-letter words containing q
- babelesque — resembling the situation at Babel, confused, impeding communication
- back quote — (character) "`" ASCII code 96. Common names: left quote; left single quote; open quote; ITU-T: grave accent; grave. Rare: backprime; INTERCAL: backspark; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; ITU-T: opening single quotation mark; quasiquote. Back quote is used in Unix shells to invoke command substitution.
- bad cheque — A bad cheque is a bank cheque that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the cheque.
- bananaquit — A small songbird with a curved bill, typically with a white stripe over the eye, a sooty gray back, and yellow underparts. It is common in the West Indies and Central and South America.
- banqueters — Plural form of banqueter.
- banqueting — A banqueting hall or room is a large room where banquets are held.
- banquettes — Plural form of banquette.
- barquettes — a small, boat-shaped pastry shell filled with a savory or sweet mixture and served as an hors d'oeuvre or dessert.
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- bequeathal — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bequeathed — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- biquadrate — the fourth power
- biquintile — the aspect of planets when they are at an angle of 144° to one another
- blanquette — a French stew made of meat, usually veal, and white sauce
- blanquillo — any of several game fishes of the genus Caulolatilus, related to the tilefishes.
- blottesque — (of a painting) crudely executed, often characterized by blots and smears
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- 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
- cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
- chautauqua — (in the US, formerly) a summer school or educational meeting held in the summer
- 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
- chinquapin — a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
- cinquefoil — any plant of the N temperate rosaceous genus Potentilla, typically having five-lobed compound leaves
- clioquinol — An antifungal and antiprotozoal hydroxyquinoline drug, neurotoxic in large doses.
- cliquishly — In a cliquish manner.
- coenzyme q — a quinone derivative, present in biological cells, that functions as an electron carrier in the electron transport chain
- coequality — The condition of being coequal.
- colliquant — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- colliquate — to melt or cause to melt
- colloquial — of or relating to conversation
- colloquies — a conversational exchange; dialogue.
- colloquist — a participant in a colloquy
- colloquium — an informal gathering for discussion
- colloquize — to engage in colloquy
- communique — A communiqué is an official statement or announcement.
- compound q — trichosanthin: an antiviral drug derived from the root of a Chinese cucumber plant, used in the treatment of AIDS.
- 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.