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Queerish
- - Rather queer; somewhat singular.
Quelling
- verb - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
- suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
Quellung
- noun - the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung"
Quenched
- verb - allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue"
- cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
- electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
- reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
- subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"
- suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
Quencher
- - One who, or that which, quenches.
Quenches
- verb - cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
- electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
- reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
- suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
Quenelle
- - A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.
Quercite
- - A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, found in acorns, the fruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol.
Queriers
- noun - someone who asks a question