6-letter words containing ue
- jerque — to search (a ship) for contraband or undeclared goods
- langue — the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- 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
- league — a unit of distance, varying at different periods and in different countries, in English-speaking countries usually estimated roughly at 3 miles (4.8 kilometers).
- lemuel — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “devoted to God.”.
- li xue — Li Hsüeh.
- luebke — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1894–1972, German statesman: president of West Germany 1959–69.
- luella — a female given name.
- luetic — syphilitic.
- lvalue — (programming) A reference to a location, an expression which can appear as the destination of an assignment operator indicating where a value should be stored. For example, a variable or an array element are lvalues but the constant 42 and the expression i+1 are not. A constant string may or may not be an lvalue (it usually is in C).
- maguey — any of several plants of the genus Agave, of the agave family, especially the cantala, A. cantala.
- 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.
- manuel — a male given name.
- 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.
- mckuen — Rod, 1933–2015, U.S. poet and songwriter.
- minuet — a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- miscue — a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
- morgue — a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- mosque — a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
- muesli — a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- mutuel — pari-mutuel (def 1).
- niuean — of or relating to the S Pacific island of Niue or its inhabitants
- nueces — a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- ogooué — a river in W central Africa, rising in SW Congo-Brazzaville and flowing generally northwest and north through Gabon to the Atlantic. Length: about 970 km (683 miles)
- on cue — (in the theatre, films, music, etc) anything spoken or done that serves as a signal to an actor, musician, etc, to follow with specific lines or action
- opaque — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- perdue — hidden; concealed; obscured.
- 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.
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- 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.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- prague — a republic in central Europe: includes the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and part of Silesia; formerly part of Czechoslovakia; independent since 1993. 30,449 sq. mi. (78,864 sq. km). Capital: Prague.
- prevue — to view or show beforehand or in advance.
- puebla — a state in S central Mexico. 13,124 sq. mi. (33,990 sq. km).
- pueblo — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- pulque — a fermented milky drink made from the juice of certain species of agave in Mexico.
- pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- 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.