Q with no U
There are few words that have a Q that isn't followed by a U. These are all the words in the English dictionary with the lonely Q from buqsha to zindiq.
buqsha - an aluminum copper coin, and the unit of the Yemen Arab Republic.
faqih - an Arabic expert in Islamic law (fiqh)
faqir - a religious Muslim (or Hindu) ascetic that lives on alms.
fiqh - Islamic law
Qaddafi - Libyan statesman qadi A judge of Islamic law (fiqh)
Inupiaq - a member of an Eskimo group in northwest Alaska, also the name of the language of this people.
Miqra - a book in the teachings of the Jewish Torah (Hebrew Bible) (also Tanach)
nastaliq - Islamic calligraphy niqab a veil for covering the hair and face except for the eyes that is worn by some Muslim women Qaid 11th century ruler of Algeria qaimaqam governor
qanat - a sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water to a village below.
qantar - unit of weight
Qatari - an Arab community on a peninsula on the western coast of the Persian Qulf a populated city in Yemen
Qaraghandy - an industrial city in eastern Kazakhstan Qaraqalpaq a Turkish language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan
Qarmatian - a member of a religious group of Ismaili origin. qashqai a Turkic people living in Iran qasida written praise of a king or nobleman
Qat - the god of oral mythology Qatabanian an old Yemen language from 100 B.C.E to 600 A.C.E
qawwal - a performer of qawwali ( Muslim devotional music) qazaq independent; free qi the circulating life force that is the basis of Chinese philosophy and medicine
qibla - the direction of the Kaabla (the sacred building at Mecca), to which Muslims turn to prayer qigong - an ancient Chinese healing art involving meditation, controlled breathing, and movement exercises
Qin - a dynasty that ruled China that was the first to rule over a united China. qinah an Israeli funeral song
qintar, qindar, or qindarka - (Albanian unit)
Qing - a dynasty that ruled China from 1644- 1912 by Sun Yat-sen
Qingdao - a port in eastern China on the Yellow Sea coast in Shandong.
Qinghai - a mountainous providence in north central China.
qinghaosu - an anti-malaria substance used in Chinese medicine
qiviut - (inuit) the wool of the undercoat of the musk ox qiyas teachings of the Quran qere famous marginal that indicates a correction in the Masoretico Text. qeri traditional way of reading the Torah ( Hebrew Bible)
Qiqihar - a port on the Nen river, in Heilongjiang, in northeastern China
qyrghyz - a widespread people of Mongolian race
qwerty - standard typewriter or computer keyboard
taqlid - the custom of honoring someone with a sword
tariqa - the path of spiritual learning
taqiya - self protection
yaqona - a kava drink
zindiq - those Muslims who have swayed so far from mainstream
