6-letter words containing u, q
- griqua — (in South Africa) a person of mixed African and European descent, especially a native of Griqualand.
- jaques — a disillusioned and satirical observer of life, in Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- jequie — a city in E Brazil.
- jerque — to search (a ship) for contraband or undeclared goods
- laquey — (networking) [LaQuey, T. (with J. Ryer), "The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking", Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1992]
- lasque — a thin, flat-cut diamond, often of irregular shape
- liquid — composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid.
- liquor — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
- loquat — a small evergreen tree, Eriobotrya japonica, native to China and Japan, cultivated as an ornamental and for its yellow, plumlike fruit.
- manque — having failed, missed, or fallen short, especially because of circumstances or a defect of character; unsuccessful; unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used postpositively): a poet manqué who never produced a single book of verse.
- maquis — the French underground movement, or Resistance, that combatted the Nazis in World War II.
- marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- masque — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- mequon — a town in E Wisconsin.
- mosque — a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
- ofqual — Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation: a government body regulating examinations, assessments, and qualifications in England and vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland
- opaque — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- pequot — a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
- piqued — to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
- piquet — a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.
- plaque — a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
- pulque — a fermented milky drink made from the juice of certain species of agave in Mexico.
- qiviut — the soft, dense, light-brown woolly undercoat of the musk ox, used in making fabrics.
- quacks — Plural form of quack.
- quacky — sounding like a quack
- quadr- — quadri-
- quadra — a small molding, as a fillet.
- quaere — a query or question.
- quaffs — Plural form of quaff.
- quagga — an extinct equine mammal, Equus quagga, of southern Africa, related to and resembling the zebra, but striped only on the forepart of the body and the head.
- quaggy — of the nature of or resembling a quagmire; marshy; boggy.
- quagma — Theorized phase of matter occurring at extremely high temperature and density, composed of free quarks.
- quahog — an edible clam, Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast, having a relatively thick shell.
- quaich — a Scottish drinking cup of the 17th and 18th centuries having a shallow bowl with two or three flat handles.
- quaigh — A traditional, shallow, two-handled Scottish cup symbolising friendship.
- quails — Plural form of quail.
- quaint — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
- quaked — Simple past tense and past participle of quake.
- quaker — a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
- quakes — Plural form of quake.
- qualia — a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- qualms — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- qualmy — Queasy; nauseous.
- quamin — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- quanah — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
- quango — (especially in Great Britain) a semi-public advisory and administrative body supported by the government and having most of its members appointed by the government.
- quanta — plural of quantum.
- quants — Plural form of quant.
- quantz — Johann Joachim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/ (Show IPA), 1697–1773, German flutist and composer: teacher of Frederick the Great.
- quapaw — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Arkansas, now living mostly in northeastern Oklahoma.