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Tranquillizer :: Tranquillizer (n.) One who, or that which, tranquilizes..

Quilled :: Quilled (a.) Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills..

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..

Twill :: Twill (v. t.) A quill, or spool, for yarn..

Squillas :: Squill (n.) A mantis.

Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.

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..

Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets..

Pentail :: Pentail (n.) A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip..

Stifle :: Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle..

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

Quill :: Quill (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen.

Jonquil :: Jonquil (n.) Alt. of Jonquill.

Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..

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

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

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

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

Blanquillo :: Blanquillo (n.) A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow..

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