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Queen
() The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
Queen
() A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
Queen
() A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
Queen
() To act the part of a queen.
Queened
() of Queen
Queening
() of Queen
Queen
() To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
Queencraft
() Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen.
Queendom
() The dominion, condition, or character of a queen.
Queenfish
() A California sciaenoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.
Queenhood
() The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.
Queening
() Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening, scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred years ago.
Queenliness
() The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.
Queenly
() Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen.
Queenship
() The state, rank, or dignity of a queen.
Queensland nut
() The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia.
Queen truss
() A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
Queer
() At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.
Queer
() Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.
Queer
() Counterfeit money.
Queerish
() Rather queer; somewhat singular.
Queerly
() In a queer or odd manner.
Queerness
() The quality or state of being queer.
Queest
() The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat.
Quegh
() A drinking vessel. See Quaich.
Queint
() See Quaint.
Queint
() imp. & p. p. of Quench.
Queintise
() See Quaintise.
Quelled
() of Quell
Quelling
() of Quell
Quell
() To die.
Quell
() To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
Quell
() To take the life of; to kill.
Quell
() To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
Quell
() To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.
Quell
() Murder.
Queller
() A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller.
Queller
() One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
Quellio
() A ruff for the neck.
Quelquechose
() A trifle; a kickshaw.
Queme
() To please.
Quemeful
() Kindly; merciful.
Quenched
() of Quench
Quenching
() of Quench
Quench
() 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.
Quench
() To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.
Quench
() To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.
Quenchable
() Capable of being quenched.
Quencher
() One who, or that which, quenches.
Quenchless
() Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury.