9-letter words containing u, q
- banqueter — A guest at a banquet.
- banquette — A banquette is a long, low, cushioned seat. Banquettes are usually long enough for more than one person to sit on at a time.
- bar-b-que — barbecue
- barbequed — Alternative spelling of barbecued.
- barbeques — Plural form of barbeque.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barquette — a boat-shaped pastry shell
- becquerel — Antoine Henri (ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ri). 1852–1908, French physicist, who discovered the photographic action of the rays emitted by uranium salts and so instigated the study of radioactivity: Nobel prize for physics 1903
- bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
- boobquake — a Facebook campaign created to disprove the contention of an Iranian cleric that immodestly dressed women cause earthquakes
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- bourasque — a tempest
- boutiquey — having the characteristics of a boutique
- briquette — a small brick made of compressed coal dust, sawdust, charcoal, etc, used for fuel
- brusquely — abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
- burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
- caciquism — (esp in Spanish America) government by local political bosses
- cauquenes — a city in central Chile.
- chechaquo — Alternative form of cheechako.
- chequable — (finance, of an account) On which cheques can be drawn.
- chequered — If a person or organization has had a chequered career or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- claqueurs — Plural form of claqueur.
- clinquant — glittering, esp with tinsel
- co-equals — equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.
- coenesque — reminiscent of the work US film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen (born 1954 and 1957 respectively), featuring bizarre and involved plots, use of irony and black humour, and allusions to film classics
- coequally — In a coequal manner.
- colloquia — a conference at which scholars or other experts present papers on, analyze, and discuss a specific topic.
- conquered — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- conquerer — One who conquers.
- conqueror — The conquerors of a country or group of people are the people who have taken complete control of that country or group's land.
- conquests — Plural form of conquest.
- coquetted — to coquet.
- coquettes — Plural form of coquette.
- coquilles — any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
- cot-quean — Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.
- critiqued — Simple past tense and past participle of critique.
- critiques — Plural form of critique.
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- croqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of croquet.
- croquette — Croquettes are small amounts of mashed potato or meat rolled in breadcrumbs and fried.
- cry quits — to give up a task, fight, etc
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- daiquiris — Plural form of daiquiri.
- daliesque — of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the surrealist art of Salvador Dali: giant advertising posters depicting Daliesque distortions of everyday objects.
- damasquin — decorate metal
- dantesque — in the style of Dante; characterized by impressive elevation of style with deep solemnity or somberness of feeling.
- deliquium — loss of consciousness; fainting
- demipique — a military saddle of the18th century, with its peak roughly half the height of the older war-saddle
- detraquee — female insane person