Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
queach |
noun |
A thick, bushy plot; a thicket., To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i. |
queasy |
adjective |
Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish., Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish. |
queest |
noun |
The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat. |
queint |
adjective |
See Quaint., imp. & p. p. of Quench. |
quench |
verb t. |
To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; — said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc., To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering., To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. |
querpo |
noun |
The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo. |
querry |
noun |
A groom; an equerry. |
quesal |
noun |
The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon (Pharomachus mocinno, formerly Trogon resplendens), native of Southern Mexico and Central America. Called also quetzal, and golden trogon. |