QUICKLIME | • quicklime n. Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water. • quicklime v. (Transitive) To treat with quicklime. • quick␣lime n. Alternative spelling of quicklime. |
QUICKLIMES | • quicklimes n. Plural of quicklime. • QUICKLIME n. unslaked lime, calcium oxide. |
QUICKSILVER | • quicksilver n. The metal mercury. • quicksilver n. (Colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering. • quicksilver adj. Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial. |
QUICKSILVERED | • quicksilvered v. Simple past tense and past participle of quicksilver. • QUICKSILVER v. to coat with quicksilver. |
QUICKSILVERIER | • QUICKSILVERY adj. like quicksilver. |
QUICKSILVERIEST | • QUICKSILVERY adj. like quicksilver. |
QUICKSILVERING | • quicksilvering v. Present participle of quicksilver. • quicksilvering n. An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors. • QUICKSILVERING n. the mercury on the back of a mirror. |
QUICKSILVERINGS | • QUICKSILVERING n. the mercury on the back of a mirror. |
QUICKSILVERISH | • quicksilverish adj. Like quicksilver. • QUICKSILVERISH adj. somewhat like quicksilver. |
QUICKSILVERS | • quicksilvers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver. • QUICKSILVER n. an old name for mercury. |
QUICKSILVERY | • quicksilvery adj. Like quicksilver. • QUICKSILVERY adj. like quicksilver. |
QUIRKILY | • quirkily adv. In a quirky manner. • QUIRKY adv. twisted. |
SQUIDLIKE | • squidlike adj. Resembling a squid. • SQUIDLIKE adj. like a squid. |
SQUIRELIKE | • squirelike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a squire. • SQUIRELIKE adj. like a squire. |