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.
pipsqueak
pipsqueak
noun
Alternative spelling of pip-squeak
pipsqueaks
pipsqueaks
noun
plural of pipsqueak
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
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
quaillike
quaillike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quail (the bird).
quakerbird
quakerbird
noun
the sooty albatross
quakeric
quakerish
quakerish
Adjective
Suggesting or pertaining to the Quakers.
quakerishly
quakerishness
quakerism
quakerism
Noun
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers.
quakerization
quakerization
Noun
conversion to the Quaker religion
quakerize
quakerize
Verb
To convert or adapt to the Quaker religion.
quakerlike
quakership
quaketail
quaketail
noun
(dialect) A bird, the wagtail.
quakier
quakier
adj
comparative form of quaky: more quaky
quakiest
quakiest
adj
superlative form of quaky: most quaky
quakiness
quakiness
noun
The property of being quaky.
quakinesses
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
quartermasterlike
quaskies
quaylike
quaylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quay.
queanlike
queenlike
queenlike
adj
(zoology) Resembling or characteristic of a queen (reproductive female animal).
Resembling or characteristic of a queen (female monarch); regal, majestic.
quickbeam
quickbeam
noun
The European rowan tree.
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.