9-letter words containing q
- frequents — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
- gastrique — A syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar.
- grassquit — any of several tiny finches, especially of the genus Tiaris, of tropical America and the West Indies.
- grotesque — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- guayaquil — a seaport in W Ecuador, on the Gulf of Guayaquil.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- harquebus — any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
- henequens — Plural form of henequen.
- hit squad — a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
- in liquor — drunk; intoxicated
- inequable — uneven
- inequally — In an inequal manner.
- inquiline — Zoology. an animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.
- inquinate — to corrupt or defile
- inquirers — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- inquiries — a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
- inquiring — seeking facts, information, or knowledge: an inquiring mind.
- inquorate — (of an assembly) unable to proceed effectively because not enough members are present to make up a quorum.
- iroquoian — a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
- isoquants — Plural form of isoquant.
- jacquards — Plural form of jacquard.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- jequirity — the rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, of the legume family.
- job queue — a list of documents that are waiting to be printed
- jonquiere — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- junoesque — (of a woman) stately; regal.
- la marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- lacquered — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lacquerer — One who lacquers.
- laquearia — a ceiling made of panels
- lionesque — a man of great strength, courage, etc.
- liquation — (metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components.
- liquefied — Alternative spelling of liquified.
- liquefier — A device used to liquify gases (by cooling and compression).
- liquefies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquefy.
- liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- liquidise — (British) alternative spelling of liquidize.
- liquidity — a liquid state or quality.
- liquidize — to make liquid; liquefy.
- liquified — Converted into a liquid state.
- liquifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquify.
- liquiform — Resembling a liquid.
- liquor up — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
- liquorice — licorice.
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- liquorish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- macquarie — a river in SE Australia, in New South Wales, flowing NW to the Darling River. 750 miles (1210 km) long.
- maiquetia — a city in the Federal District, in N Venezuela.