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Meanings of Quieted:

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

Usage examples:

There are ways of quieting kids down

adjective

Making little or no noise.

Usage examples:

The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

Usage examples:

The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

Meanings of Quieten:

verb

Make or become quiet and calm.

Usage examples:

Her mother was trying to quieten her

Meanings of Quietener:

noun

A substance that quiets or soothes; a sedative or narcotic drug.

Meanings of Quietens:

verb

Make or become quiet and calm.

Usage examples:

Her mother was trying to quieten her

Meanings of Quieter:

adjective

Making little or no noise.

Usage examples:

The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

Usage examples:

The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

Usage examples:

There are ways of quieting kids down

Meanings of Quietism:

noun

(in the christian faith) devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will as a form of religious mysticism.

Usage examples:

The interaction between buddhism and taoism gave rise to the ch'an school of contemplative quietism…

Meanings of Quietly:

adverb

In a quiet manner.

Usage examples:

He worked quietly and diligently

Meanings of Quietness:

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; calm.

Usage examples:

He loved the quietness and stillness of early summer days

Meanings of Quiets:

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

Usage examples:

There are ways of quieting kids down

adjective

Making little or no noise.

Usage examples:

The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

Usage examples:

The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

Meanings of Quietus:

noun

Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.

Usage examples:

Then there are those who brim with passion not just for the state-approved quietus, but with fury f…

Meanings of Quietuses:

noun

Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.

Usage examples:

Then there are those who brim with passion not just for the state-approved quietus, but with fury f…

Meanings of Quiff:

noun

A piece of hair brushed upwards and backwards from a man's forehead.

Usage examples:

A boy with a floppy quiff

Meanings of Quiffs:

noun

A piece of hair brushed upwards and backwards from a man's forehead.

Usage examples:

A boy with a floppy quiff

Meanings of Quila:

noun

A fort or fortress.

Meanings of Quill:

noun

Any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird.

Usage examples:

Outside the banquet hall there was a small oak table, upon which rested a yellowed parchment and a …

verb

Another term for penne.

Usage examples:

A dish of pasta quills tossed in a spicy tomato sauce

Meanings of Quillaias:

noun

Any of various south american trees constituting the genus quillaja (family rosaceae); especially the soapbark tree, q. saponaria, of the chilean and peruvian andes; (in form quillaja) the genus itself. also: the saponin-rich inner bark of this tree or an extract made from it, used as a substitute for soap, a food additive, etc.

Meanings of Quillback:

noun

Any of various deep-bodied north american freshwater suckerfish of the genus carpiodes (family catostomidae), especially carpiodes cyprinus which has the first ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.

Meanings of Quillbacks:

noun

Any of various deep-bodied north american freshwater suckerfish of the genus carpiodes (family catostomidae), especially carpiodes cyprinus which has the first ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.

Meanings of Quilleted:

adjective

Of land: divided into quillets.

Meanings of Quilling:

noun

A piece of quilled lace or other fabric used as a trim.

Usage examples:

A quilling of the punched flannel is put round the face

verb

Form (fabric) into small cylindrical folds.

Meanings of Quillon:

noun

Either of the two arms forming the cross-guard of a sword or dagger; usually in plural.

Meanings of Quillwort:

noun

A plant related to the clubmosses, with a dense rosette of long slender leaves, the bases of which contain the spore-producing organs, occurring typically as a submerged aquatic.

Usage examples:

Liverworts, hornworts, mosses, clubmosses, resurrection plants, quillworts, horsetails, ferns, cyca…

Meanings of Quilly:

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling a quill or quills.

Meanings of Quilting:

noun

The making of quilts as a craft or leisure activity.

Usage examples:

She's taken up quilting again

verb

Join together (layers of fabric or padding) with lines of stitching to form a warm bed covering or garment, or for decorative effect.

Usage examples:

We quilted the covers with parallel lines of stitching

Meanings of Quinacrine:

noun

A synthetic compound derived from acridine, used as an anthelmintic and antimalarial drug.

Usage examples:

The medical research council, which will oversee the trials, said national guidelines for studies o…