8-letter words containing r, e, q, u
- quarried — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quarrier — a person who quarries stone.
- quarries — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quartern — a quarter, or a fourth part, especially of certain weights and measures, as of a pound, ounce, peck, or pint.
- quarters — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- quartets — Plural form of quartet.
- quartier — a city district
- quartile — Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies. Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
- quartine — (botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
- quartzes — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- quatorze — a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.
- quavered — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- queasier — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- quebecer — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- quebrada — Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
- queerdom — the state of being a homosexual
- queerest — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- queering — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- queerish — Somewhat queer.
- queerity — queerness or peculiarity
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- quencher — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quercine — of or relating to an oak.
- querists — Plural form of querist.
- querries — Plural form of querry.
- querying — a question; an inquiry.
- questers — Plural form of quester.
- quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- quiberon — a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- quiddler — someone who quiddles
- quilters — Plural form of quilter.
- quintero — Álvarez Quintero.
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- quirites — the citizens of ancient Rome
- quitrent — rent paid by a freeholder or copyholder in lieu of services that might otherwise have been required.
- quitters — Plural form of quitter.
- quivered — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- quizzery — mockery; derision
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- ramequin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- re-equip — to furnish (someone or something) with new supplies, equipment, etc
- remarque — Erich Maria [er-ik muh-ree-uh;; German ey-rikh mah-ree-ah] /ˈɛr ɪk məˈri ə;; German ˈeɪ rɪx mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1970, German novelist in the U.S.
- required — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- requited — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- requiter — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- requoted — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- roquette — arugula.
- rufisque — a city in W Senegal, E of Dakar.
- sequitur — a conclusion that follows from the premises