11-letter words containing u, q, a
- harquebuses — Plural form of harquebus.
- headquarter — to situate in headquarters.
- hindquarter — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- illaqueable — capable of being ensnared
- illiquation — the melting of one thing into another
- inequitable — not equitable; unjust or unfair: an inequitable decision.
- inequitably — not equitable; unjust or unfair: an inequitable decision.
- inequivalve — (of a bivalve mollusk) having the valves of the shell unequal in shape and size.
- inquination — the act of corrupting or defiling, or the condition of being corrupted or defiled
- inquiration — an inquiry
- lacquerware — Articles that have a decorative lacquer coating, viewed collectively.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- lesquerella — any of various plants of the genus Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having rosettes of simple, hairy leaves, small yellow flowers, and inflated pods, and yielding a seed oil similar to castor oil.
- line squall — a squall advancing along a front that forms a more or less definite line.
- liquefiable — Able to be liquefied.
- liquid load — A liquid load is a liquid which is going into or coming out of a distillation stage.
- liquidambar — any tree of the genus Liquidambar, including the sweet gum.
- liquidating — Present participle of liquidate.
- liquidation — the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
- liquidators — Plural form of liquidator.
- liu shao qi — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist statesman; chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959–68); deposed during the Cultural Revolution
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.
- malt liquor — beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8 percent.
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marquessate — The territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank.
- marquisates — Plural form of marquisate.
- marquisette — a lightweight open fabric of leno weave in cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon.
- masqueraded — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masquerader — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masquerades — Plural form of masquerade.
- mean square — the mean of the squares of a set of numbers.
- menaquinone — a form of vitamin K synthesized by bacteria in the intestine or in putrefying organic matter
- metasequoia — a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China.
- microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- namaqualand — an arid coastal region in the S part of Namibia, extending into the Cape of Good Hope province of the Republic of South Africa, divided by the Orange River into two regions, one in Namibia (Great Namaqualand) the other in South Africa (Little Namaqualand) inhabited by the Nama.
- non-aquatic — of, in, or pertaining to water.
- normanesque — in the style of Norman architecture, a variety of Romanesque architecture.
- obliquation — the fact or process of veering or moving in an oblique or slantwise direction
- patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- qinhuangdao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- quack grass — a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.
- quack-quack — a duck
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.