6-letter words containing qu
- quills — Plural form of quill.
- quilts — Plural form of quilt.
- quilty — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a quilt.
- quince — either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- quincy — Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
- quined — Simple past tense and past participle of quine.
- quines — Plural form of quine.
- quino- — indicating cinchona, cinchona bark, or quinic acid
- quinoa — a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
- quinol — hydroquinone.
- quinsy — a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.
- quinta — an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- quinte — the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- quints — a quintuplet.
- quinua — quinoa.
- quinze — An old French card game of Spanish origin, players attempting to make fifteen points.
- quippy — Joky; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
- quipus — Plural form of quipu.
- quired — Simple past tense and past participle of quire.
- quires — a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quirks — Plural form of quirk.
- quirky — having or full of quirks.
- quirts — Plural form of quirt.
- quitch — couch grass.
- quitly — (obsolete) quite (used by Geoffrey Chaucer).
- quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- quizzy — Odd; eccentric.
- qumran — Khirbet Qumran.
- quohog — quahog
- quoins — an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- quoits — quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- quokka — a small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, inhabiting islands and swampy areas in southwestern Australia.
- quooke — (obsolete, nonce) Simple past tense and past participle of quake.
- quorum — the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority.
- quotas — Plural form of quota.
- quoted — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- quotee — Somebody whose words are being quoted.
- quoter — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- quotes — Plural form of quote.
- quotha — (archaic) Indeed; forsooth.
- quotum — A part or proportion; a fraction; quota.
- qur'an — Koran.
- qurush — plural of qirsh.
- requit — to quit or leave again
- risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
- roquet — to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball).
- sacque — sack1 (def 6).
- sequel — a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
- sequin — a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- squail — to throw sticks (at) or hit with sticks