Definition of silent

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Silent (a.) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.

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Sulker :: Sulk (v. i.) To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate.
Ozone :: Ozone (n.) A colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of oxygen, containing three atoms in the molecule. It is a streng oxidizer, and probably exists in the air, though by he ordinary tests it is liable to be confused with certain other substances, as hydrogen dioxide, or certain oxides of nitrogen. It derives its name from its peculiar odor, which resembles that of weak chlorine..
Silentious :: Silentious (a.) Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent.
Acquiescence :: Acquiescence (n.) A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction..
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A silent, stupid person..
Silent :: Silent (a.) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
Hush :: Hush (v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise..
Inaudible :: Inaudible (a.) Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Silently :: Silently (adv.) In a silent manner.
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in fable..
Q :: Q () the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k/) is from the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from th
Quiet :: Quiet (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down..
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Moth :: Moth (n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing..
Peace :: Peace (v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..
Quiesce :: Quiesce (a. & n.) To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound..
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