quiescent
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
- 9
/kwaɪˈɛsənt/
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/kwaɪˈɛsənt/ · /kwiˈɛsənt/ · [kwaɪ̯ˈɛsn̩t] · [kwiˈɛsn̩t]
Definition of quiescent
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Inactive, quiet, at rest.
“The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.”
“In times of national security, the feeling of Patriotism among the masses is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist—in their case national glory or national danger awakens it, and it leaps up armed cap-a-pie.”
“Movement was then observed in a part of the wall which had been quiescent, and another group of struts was therefore constructed, again during traffic hours as well as at night.”
“After all, nations are pouring massive resources into military applications of AI, and many citizens don’t know or don’t care. Yet that quiescent attitude may change over time, as the domestic use of AI surveillance ratchets up, and that technology is increasingly identified with shadowy apparatuses of control, rather than democratically accountable local powers.”
““It's like the opposite of punk, isn't it?” he said jokingly in 2016 while discussing his influence on other musicians. “I've subdued a generation.” But [James] Blake is not so quiescent after all.”
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adj
-
Inactive, quiet, at rest.
“The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.”
“In times of national security, the feeling of Patriotism among the masses is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist—in their case national glory or national danger awakens it, and it leaps up armed cap-a-pie.”
“Movement was then observed in a part of the wall which had been quiescent, and another group of struts was therefore constructed, again during traffic hours as well as at night.”
“After all, nations are pouring massive resources into military applications of AI, and many citizens don’t know or don’t care. Yet that quiescent attitude may change over time, as the domestic use of AI surveillance ratchets up, and that technology is increasingly identified with shadowy apparatuses of control, rather than democratically accountable local powers.”
““It's like the opposite of punk, isn't it?” he said jokingly in 2016 while discussing his influence on other musicians. “I've subdued a generation.” But [James] Blake is not so quiescent after all.”
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Not sounded; silent.
“The k is quiescent in "knight" and "know".”
- Non-proliferating.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem.
Words you can make from quiescent
198 playable · top: CINQUES (18 pts)
Best play cinques 18 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
11 words6-letter words
25 words- CINQUE 17 pts
- QUINCE 17 pts
- EQUINE 15 pts
- QUEENS 15 pts
- QUIETS 15 pts
- QUINTE 15 pts
- QUINTS 15 pts
- SEQUIN 15 pts
- SQUINT 15 pts
- CUEIST 8 pts
- CUNITS 8 pts
- CUTIES 8 pts
- CUTINS 8 pts
- ENTICE 8 pts
- INCEST 8 pts
- INCUSE 8 pts
- INSECT 8 pts
- NICEST 8 pts
- NIECES 8 pts
- TUNICS 8 pts
- TENESI 6 pts
- TENUES 6 pts
- TENUIS 6 pts
- UNITES 6 pts
- UNTIES 6 pts
5-letter words
52 words- CINQS 16 pts
- EQUES 14 pts
- QUEEN 14 pts
- QUEST 14 pts
- QUIET 14 pts
- QUINS 14 pts
- QUINT 14 pts
- QUITE 14 pts
- QUITS 14 pts
- CENSE 7 pts
- CENTS 7 pts
- CENTU 7 pts
- CESTI 7 pts
- CETES 7 pts
- CINES 7 pts
- CITES 7 pts
- CUNIT 7 pts
- CUTES 7 pts
- CUTIE 7 pts
- CUTIN 7 pts
- CUTIS 7 pts
- ETICS 7 pts
- ICTUS 7 pts
- INCUS 7 pts
- NIECE 7 pts
- SCENE 7 pts
- SCENT 7 pts
- SCUTE 7 pts
- SINCE 7 pts
- TUNIC 7 pts
- ENSUE 5 pts
- ETUIS 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- SEINE 5 pts
- SENTE 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- SUETE 5 pts
- SUINT 5 pts
- SUITE 5 pts
- TEENS 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TENSE 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
- TUNES 5 pts
- UNITE 5 pts
- UNITS 5 pts
- UNSEE 5 pts
- UNSET 5 pts
- UNTIE 5 pts
4-letter words
51 words- CINQ 15 pts
- QUIN 13 pts
- QUIT 13 pts
- CEES 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- CUTS 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- SCUT 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- TICS 6 pts
- UNCI 6 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- SEEN 4 pts
- SENE 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- STUN 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- SUIT 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- TUNS 4 pts
- UNIS 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- QIS 12 pts
- SUQ 12 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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