The concussion that occurs when large masses of ice break up due to contraction.
jackquelin
jackqueline
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
overquick
overquick
adj
Too quick; overly quick.
overquickly
overquickly
adv
In an overquick manner; too quickly.
psychoquackeries
quackeries
quackeries
noun
plural of quackery
quackier
quackier
adj
comparative form of quacky: more quacky
quackiest
quackiest
adj
superlative form of quacky: most quacky
quacking
quacking
adj
Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so.
noun
The sound made by a group of ducks; quacks.
verb
present participle of quack
quackish
quackish
adj
Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
quackishly
quackishly
adv
In a quackish manner.
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quackism
quackism
noun
Behaviour of a quack; quackery.
quackisms
quackisms
noun
plural of quackism
quakeric
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quarterdeckish
quick
quick
adj
(archaic) Alive, living.
(mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
(now rare, archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
Burning, flammable, fiery.
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
Of water: flowing.
adv
Answer quickly.
Quickly, in a quick manner.
noun
(cricket) A fast bowler.
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
Quitchgrass.
Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
verb
(transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
(transitive, archaic, poetic) To quicken.
quickbeam
quickbeam
noun
The European rowan tree.
quickborn
quickborn
adj
(archaic) born alive; not stillborn
quicked
quicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quick
quickel
quicken
quicken
noun
(chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
verb
(also figuratively) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
(archaic) To make or help (something) to burn.
(construction, nautical (shipbuilding), archaic) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
(intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
(literary, also figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
(passive) Of a pregnant woman: to be in the state of reaching the stage of pregnancy at which the movements of the foetus are first felt.
(rare) To inspire or stimulate.
(transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
To come back to life, to receive life.
To give life; to make alive.
To grow bright; to brighten.
To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
To make (a drug, liquor, etc.) more effective or stimulating.
To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
quickenance
quickenance
noun
quickening
quickenbeam
quickened
quickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quicken
quickener
quickener
noun
One who, or that which, quickens, hastens, or speeds up an object or action.
That which gives life, animates, or nourishes.
quickening
quickening
noun
An increase of speed.
Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
The action of bringing someone or something to life.
The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
verb
present participle of quicken
quickens
quickens
noun
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken
quicker
quicker
adj
comparative form of quick: more quick
quickest
quickest
adj
superlative form of quick: most quick
quickfoot
quickhatch
quickhatch
noun
(Canada) The wolverine.
quickhearted
quickie
quickie
noun
(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.
(colloquial, by extension) A brief sexual encounter.
quickies
quickies
noun
plural of quickie
quicking
quicking
verb
present participle of quick
quicklime
quicklime
noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
verb
(transitive) To treat with quicklime.
quickly
quickly
adv
If we go this way, we'll get there quickly.
Rapidly; with speed; fast.
Very soon.
quickman
quickness
quickness
noun
rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
quicknesses
quicknesses
noun
plural of quickness
quicks
quicks
noun
plural of quick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quick
quicksand
quicksand
noun
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
quicksburg
quickset
quickset
adj
(of a hedge etc) Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground
noun
The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method
quicksets
quicksets
noun
plural of quickset
quickside
quicksilver
quicksilver
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
noun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
The metal mercury.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
quicksilverish
quicksilverish
Adjective
Like quicksilver.
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
quicksilvery
quicksilvery
adj
Like quicksilver.
quickstep
quickstep
noun
A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork.
verb
To dance the quickstep.
To move with a hurried step.
quicksteps
quicksteps
noun
plural of quickstep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quickstep
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
quickwater
quickwater
noun
(canoeing) Water with limited currents or rapids, less turbulent than white water.
quickwittedness
quickwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being quickwitted.
quickwork
quickwork
noun
(nautical, archaic) All of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
(nautical, archaic) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
(nautical, archaic) The short planks between the portholes.
quillback
quillback
noun
Carpiodes cyprinus, a freshwater fish of the sucker family with a long filament that extends back from the dorsal fin, native to the eastern and central United States.
quillbacks
quillbacks
noun
plural of quillback
requicken
requicken
verb
(transitive) To quicken anew; to reanimate or give new life to.