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Purveying
- verb - supply with provisions
Puttering
- verb - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
- move around aimlessly
- work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
Pyongyang
- noun - capital of North Korea and an industrial center; "Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved"
Quarrying
- verb - extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"
- the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry
Quavering
- verb - (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice"
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
- sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
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"
Quetching
- verb - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Quibbling
- verb - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
- evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
Quiescing
- verb - become quiet or quieter;
Quivering
- verb - a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
- move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
- shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
- the act of vibrating