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Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..

Wire-tailed :: Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules..

Yellowhammer :: Yellowhammer (n.) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark..

Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..

Quiet :: Quiet (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security..

Intranquillity :: Intranquillity (n.) Unquietness; restlessness.

Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind..

Pacify :: Pacify (v. t.) To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity..

Squill :: Squill (n.) A squilla.

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill..

Stomate :: Stomapoda (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea..

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Remiges :: Remiges (n. pl.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Tranquillization :: Tranquillization (n.) The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized..

Tranquilizer :: Tranquilizer (n.) Alt. of Tranquillize.

Velum :: Velum (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).

Longipennate :: Longipennate (a.) Having long wings, or quills..

Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Wurraluh :: Wurraluh (n.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

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