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Quashing
- verb - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
- put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Queening
- verb - become a queen; "her pawn queened"
- promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
Queering
- verb - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
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"
Questing
- verb - bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
- express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
- make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"
- search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"
- seek alms, as for religious purposes
Queueing
- unknown - The act of waiting in an orderly fashion.
Quieting
- verb - become quiet or quieter;
- make calm or still;
Quilling
- - A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills. (b) One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.