quick grass
1: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: {dog grass}, {couch grass}, {quackgrass}, {quack grass}, {witch grass}, {witchgrass}, {Agropyron ...
quick study
1: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge" [syn: {sponge}]
quick temper
1: a feeling of resentful anger [syn: {irascibility}, {short temper}, {spleen}]
quick time
1: a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
quick-change
1: adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes; "a quick-change artist" [syn: {quick-change(a)}]
quick-eared
1: having keen hearing [syn: {sharp-eared}]
quick-freeze
1: freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors; "quick-freeze the shrimp" [syn: {flash-freeze}] [also: {quick-frozen}, {quick-froze}]
quick-sighted
1: having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat" [syn: {argus-eyed}, {hawk-eyed}, {keen-sighted}, {lynx-eyed}, {sharp-eyed}, {sharp-sighted}] 2: keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the...
quick-tempered
1: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: {choleric}, {irascible}, {hotheaded}, {hot-tempered}, {short}, {short-tempered}]
quick-witted
1: mentally nimble and resourceful; "quick-witted debater"; "saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact"
quick-wittedness
1: intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay [syn: {mental quickness}, {quickness}]
quicken
1: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: {accelerate}, {speed up}, {speed}] [ant: {decelerate}] 2: make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" [syn: {whet}] 3: give life or energy to; "The cold wat...
quickener
1: an agent that gives or restores life or vigor; "the soul is the quickener of the body" [syn: {invigorator}, {enlivener}]
quickening
1: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain" 2: the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels movements of the fetus 3: the act of acceleratin...
quicker
1: more quickly [syn: {faster}]
quickest
1: most quickly [syn: {fastest}]
quickie
1: hurried repair [syn: {band aid}, {quick fix}, {quicky}]
quicklime
1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: {calcium oxide}, {lime}, {calx}, {calcined lime}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}]
quickly
1: with rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: {rapidly}, {speedily}, {chop-chop}, {apace}] [ant: {slowly}] 2: with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn...
quickness
1: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: {adeptness}, {adroitness}, {deftness}, {f...
quicksand
1: a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy 2: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
quickset
1: grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a quickset hawthorn hedge" [syn: {quickset(a)}] n : cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; "a quickset of...
quicksilver
1: liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" [...
quickstep
1: military march accompanying quick time 2: a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps v : perform a quickstep [also: {quickstepping}, {quickstepped}]
quicky
1: hurried repair [syn: {band aid}, {quick fix}, {quickie}]
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quid
1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence [syn: {British pound}, {pound}, {pound sterling}] 2: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for...
quid pro quo
1: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises [syn: {quid}]
quiddity
1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: {quibble}, {cavil}] 2: the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different ...
quiesce
1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiet}, {quiet down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]
quiescence
1: a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" [syn: {dormancy}, {quiescency}] 2: quiet and inactive restfulness [syn: {quiescency}, {dormancy...
quiescency
1: a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" [syn: {dormancy}, {quiescence}] 2: quiet and inactive restfulness [syn: {quiescence}, {dormancy...
quiescent
1: not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation" 2: marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town" 3: being quiet or still or i...
quiet
1: characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years" [...
quiet down
1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiet}, {quiesce}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]
quieten
1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" [syn: {hush}, {quiet}, {quiesce}, {quiet down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}] 2: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons o...
quietening
1: causing to become tranquil [syn: {calming}, {lulling}]
quietism
1: a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
quietist
1: a religious mystic who follows quietism
quietly
1: with low volume; "speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly" [syn: {softly}] [ant: {loudly}] 2: with little or no sound; "the class was li...
quietness
1: the property of making no sound [syn: {soundlessness}] 2: a state of peace and quiet [syn: {tranquillity}, {tranquility}, {quietude}]
quietude
1: a state of peace and quiet [syn: {tranquillity}, {tranquility}, {quietness}]
quietus
1: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn: {rest}, {eternal rest},...
quiff
1: a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)
quill
1: pen made from a bird's feather [syn: {quill pen}] 2: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog 3: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn: {flight feather}, {pinion}...
quill feather
1: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn: {flight feather}, {pinion}, {quill}]
quill pen
1: pen made from a bird's feather [syn: {quill}]
quillwort
1: any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia
quillwort family
1: quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes [syn: {Isoetaceae}, {family Isoetaceae}]
quilt
1: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together [syn: {comforter}, {puff}] v 1: stitch or sew together; "quilt the skirt" 2: create by stitching together
quilted
1: made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching
quilting
1: stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design 2: a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric
quin
1: one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy [syn: {quintuplet}, {quint}]
quinacrine
1: a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria [syn: {quinacrine hydrochloride}, {mepacrine}, {Atabrine}]
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