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1: a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens

1: a state in northeastern Australia

1: large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia [syn: {narrow-leaved bottletree}, {Brachychiton rupestris}, {Sterculia rupestris}...

1: Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth [syn: {Pipturus argenteus}]

1: herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed [syn: {jellyleaf}, {Sid...

1: Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer [syn: {dundathu pine}, {smooth bark kauri}, {Agathis robusta}]

1: bushy tree with pink to purple flowers [syn: {Macadamia tetraphylla}]

1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of ...

1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: {kook}, {odd fellow}, {odd fish}, {queer duck}, {odd man out}]

1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: {kook}, {odd fellow}, {odd fish}, {queer bird}, {odd man out}]

1: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny" [syn: {strangely}, {oddly}, {funnily}, {funny}] 2: in a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly...

1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {oddity}, {quirk}, {quirkiness}, {crotchet}]

1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: {squelch}, {quench}] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: {stay}, {appease}]

1: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor" [syn: {quenched}, {squelched}]

1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: {suppression}, {crushing}, {stifling}]

1: the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung" [syn: {quellung reaction}...

1: the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung" [syn: {quellung}]

1: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: {slake}, {allay}, {assuage}] 2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best c...

1: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: {satisfied}, {slaked}] 2: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched ru...

1: steel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool it

1: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" [syn: {extinction}, {extinguishing}]

1: impossible to quench; "unquenchable thirst" [syn: {unquenchable}]

1: United States filmmaker (born in 1963) [syn: {Tarantino}, {Quentin Tarantino}]

1: United States filmmaker (born in 1963) [syn: {Tarantino}, {Quentin Jerome Tarantino}]

1: a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree 2: medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark...

1: medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad 5-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped [sy...

1: oaks [syn: {genus Quercus}]

1: highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves [syn: {coast live oak}, {California live oak}]

1: large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood [syn: {American white oak...

1: semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups [syn: {Arizona white oak}]

1: large flaky-barked deciduous oak of the eastern United States with leaves having fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil [syn: {swamp w...

1: large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that o...

1: large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having oblong-lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes [syn: {European turkey oak}, {turkey oak}]

1: medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves [syn: {canyon oak}, {canyon live oak}, {maul oak}, {iron oak}]

1: medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply 7-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn [syn: {scarle...

1: small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes [syn: {jack oak}, {northern pin oak}]

1: large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward ...

1: small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale gray bark [syn: {Oregon white oak}, {Oregon oak}, {Garry oak}]

1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn: {Japanese oak}, {Quercus mongolica}]

1: evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood [syn: {holm oak}, {holm tree}, {holly-leaved oak}, {evergreen oak}]

1: shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets [syn: {bear oak}]

1: small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles [syn: {shingle oak}, {laurel oak}]

1: small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point [syn: {bluejack oak}, {turkey oak}]

1: large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves [syn: {California black oak}]

1: small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes [syn: {American turkey oak}, {turkey oa...

1: large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil [syn: {laurel oak}, {pin oak}]

1: tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns [syn: {California white oak}, {valley oak}, {valley white oak}, {roble}]

1: medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year [syn: {overcup oak}]

1: medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood [syn: {bur oak}, {burr oak}, {mossy-cup o...

1: a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad 3-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets [syn: {blackjack oak}, {blackjack}, {...

1: medium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oak [syn: {swamp chestnut oak}]

1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn: {Japanese oak}, {Quercus grosseserrata}]

1: medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats [syn: {basket oak}, {cow oak}, {Quercus prinus}]

1: medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood [syn: {chinquapin oak}, {chinkapin oak}, {yellow chestnut oak}]

1: small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas [syn: {myrtle oak}, {seaside scrub oak}]

1: relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil [syn: {water oak}, {possum oak}]

1: similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin [syn: {Nuttall oak}, {Nuttall's oak}]

1: fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil [syn...

1: deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood [syn: {durmast}, {Quercus sessiliflora}]

1: medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood [syn: {willow oak}]