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Queerness
- noun - a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
- a strange attitude or habit
Quellings
- noun - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
Quellungs
- noun - the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung"
Quenching
- 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"
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
Quenelles
- unknown - Mixture of creamed fish or meat,combined with bread crumbs with a light egg binding
Quercitin
- - A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as in apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin.
Querimony
- - A complaint or complaining.
Querulous
- adjective - habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
Quest For
- verb - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"