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Several words have English spellings using Q but not QU, but these are almost exclusively variants of Proper Nouns, stemming from the Anglicizing of Arabic or other Asian spoken sounds (which normally use a "K" or "G" spelling)

qabala - a rare non-capitalized variant of Kabbalah

qadarite - more commonly the proper name Qadarite

qat (khat) - a flowering plant, or an Oceania deity

qepiq - the 'penny' fractional monetary value of Azerbaijan (from 'kopek')

qiang - a Sichuan language related to Tibetan and Burmese

qiblah - (kibla, esp. Ka'ba) the direction of Mecca in Islamic prayer

qigong - (Qi Gong) Chinese exercise related to one's 'chi'

*Words with U not following the Q :

qiviut - (qiveut) the Inuit term for musk-ox wool

suq - (souk) an Arab market or trading quarter

umiaq - (umiak) a type of Eskimo boat

More examples :

FAQIR -- Muslim or Hindu monk (fakir)

QABALA -- body of mystical teachings

QADI -- Islamic judge

QAID -- a Muslim tribal chief or senior official

QANAT -- gently sloping underground tunnel for irrigation

QAT -- leaf of the shrub Catha edulis

QI -- a circulating life energy in Chinese philosophy

QINDAR -- Albanian currency

QINDARKA -- plural of QINDAR

QINDARS -- plural of QINDAR

QINTAR -- Albanian currency

QOPH -- 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

QWERTY -- the traditional configuration of computer keyboard keys

SHEQEL -- any of several ancient units of weight

SHEQELIM -- plural of SHEQEL

TRANQ -- sedative

There is a place called Iqaluit, which is the capital of Nunavut in Canada.

Here is the whole list :

FAQIRS

NIQABS

FAQIR -- Muslim or Hindu monk

FAQIRS -- plural of FAQIR

INQILAB

NIQUABS

QABALA -- body of mystical teachings (Kaballa)

QADI -- Islamic judge

QADIS -- plural of QADI

QAID -- a Muslim tribal chief or senior official

QAIDS -- plural of QAID

QANAT -- gently sloping underground tunnel for irrigation

QANATS -- plural of QANAT

QASIDA (S)

QAWWAL

QUAWWALI

QAWWALS

QAT -- leaf of the shrub Catha edulis

QATS -- plural of QAT

QI -- a circulating life energy in Chinese philosophy

QINDAR -- Albanian currency

QINDARKA -- plural of QINDAR

QINDARS -- plural of QINDAR

QIGONG (S)

QINTAR -- Albanian currency

QINTARS -- plural of QINTAR

QOPH -- 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

QOPHS -- plural of QOPH

QORMA (S)

QWERTY -- the traditional configuration of computer keyboard keys

QWERTYS -- plural of QWERTY

SHEQEL -- any of several ancient units of weight

SHEQELIM -- plural of SHEQEL

TRANQ -- sedative

TRANQS -- plural of TRANQ

TZADDIQ

WAQF (S)

YAQONAS

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