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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
Quartzite
- noun - hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
Quatrains
- noun - a stanza of four lines
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
Queenfish
- noun - silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
Queenlier
- adjective - having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"
Queenlike
- adjective - having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"
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"