6-letter words containing qu
- quarto — a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- quarts — Plural form of quart.
- quartz — 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.
- quasar — one of over a thousand known extragalactic objects, starlike in appearance and having spectra with characteristically large redshifts, that are thought to be the most distant and most luminous objects in the universe.
- quashi — an unsophisticated or gullible male Black peasant
- quasi- — Quasi- is used to form adjectives and nouns that describe something as being in many ways like something else, without actually being that thing.
- quatch — a sound
- quater — (in prescriptions) four times.
- quatre — the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- quatro — a small guitar with four or five strings or pairs of strings, used in Latin American and Caribbean music.
- quaver — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- quayle — James Danforth ("Dan") born 1947, vice president of the U.S. 1989–93.
- quazzy — unwell
- qubits — Plural form of qubit.
- qubyte — a quantum byte, or eight quantum bits, a sequence processed as a unit.
- queach — a thicket
- queans — Plural form of quean.
- queasy — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- queazy — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- quebec — a province in E Canada. 594,860 sq. mi. (1,540,685 sq. km).
- queens — a female sovereign or monarch.
- queeny — (slang) Like a queen; effeminately homosexual.
- queers — Plural form of queer.
- queest — Archaic form of cushat.
- quelea — any of several African weaverbirds of the genus Quelea, especially Q. quelea (red-billed quelea) noted for its vast flocks that destroy grain crops.
- quells — Plural form of quell.
- quemoy — an island off the SE coast of China, in the Taiwan Strait: controlled by Taiwan. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- quench — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- querns — Plural form of quern.
- querry — Obsolete form of equerry.
- quests — Plural form of quest.
- quetch — Alternative form of quitch.
- quethe — (obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
- quetta — a city in W central Pakistan: the capital of Baluchistan; almost totally destroyed by an earthquake 1935.
- queued — a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- queuer — a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- queues — Plural form of queue.
- queys' — a heifer.
- quezal — quetzal
- quezon — Maˈnuel Luˈis (mɑnˈwɛl luˈis ) ; mänwelˈ lo̅oēsˈ) 1878-1944; Philippine statesman: 1st president of the Philippines (1935-44)
- quibdo — a city in W Colombia.
- quiche — a Mayan language of Guatemala.
- quick- — quick- is added to words, especially present participles, to form adjectives which indicate that a person or thing does something quickly.
- quicke — Obsolete spelling of quick.
- quicks — Plural form of quick.
- quicky — Alternative spelling of quickie.
- quidam — an unspecified or inconsequential person
- quidde — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, German historian and pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
- quiets — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quight — Obsolete form of quite.