11-letter words containing r, e, q, u
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quarrellous — argumentative or given to complaint
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quarter bar — a strut for bracing the central post of a windmill.
- quarter cif — (communications, standard) (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
- quarter day — (in England, Ireland, and Wales) one of the four days, Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas, or Christmas, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which quarterly payments are due, tenancies begin and end, etc.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quarterpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
- quarterpipe — Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- quaver rest — a musical rest or silence that lasts for the equivalent of a quaver or eighth note
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara
- queen truss — a truss having queen posts with no king post.
- queensberry — John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquis of, 1844–1900, Scottish nobleman and sponsor of modern boxing rules.
- querquedule — (rare) teal (of the genus Querquedula).
- querulously — full of complaints; complaining.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
- quinhydrone — a dark green, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 1 0 O 4 , used in solution, together with a platinum wire, as an electrode (quinhy·drone elec·trode)
- quinquereme — (history, nautical) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having five banks of oars.
- quinternion — five gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- quiveringly — While quivering, or as if quivering.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- quoteworthy — quotable.
- racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
- re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- requalified — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- requirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- requisitory — a demand, usually in writing, made by a prosecutor that a sentence be passed against an accused party, and stating reasons for the demand
- requiteless — without requital; unrequited
- requitement — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
- sequestered — A sequestered place is quiet and far away from busy places.
- sequestrant — any substance used to bring about sequestration, often by chelation. They are used in horticulture to counteract lime in the soil
- sequestrate — Law. to sequester (property). to confiscate.
- sesquialter — in the ratio of 3:2
- soho square — a formerly fashionable residential district of London, England.
- square away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- square deal — the stated policy of President Theodore Roosevelt, originally promising fairness in all dealings with labor and management and later extended to include other groups.