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Putney
- unknown - an affluent district in southwest London
Pyinma
- noun - relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous
Pyknic
- adjective - having a squat and fleshy build; "a pyknic practical joke"
Quango
- noun - a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
Quanta
- noun - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
- a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
- large or dramatic, as in quantum leap
Quench
- 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"
Quince
- noun - aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
- small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
Quincy
- noun - American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)