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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"
Querimony
- - A complaint or complaining.
Questions
- noun - a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"
- an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
- Ask
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
- pose a question
- pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the d
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
Quicksand
- noun - a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
- a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
Quiescent
- adjective - (pathology) causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"
- being quiet or still or inactive
- marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town"
- not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
Quiescing
- verb - become quiet or quieter;
Quinicine
- - An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
Quinidine
- noun - cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias