quiesce /kwi- or kwī-esˈ/

1. To quiet down
2. (of consonants in Hebrew) to become silent

To stop the operations of, make inactive

quiescˈence or quiescˈency noun

1. Rest
2. Inactivity
3. (in Hebrew) a consonant's becoming silent

quiescˈent adjective

1. Resting
2. (of a letter) not sounded
3. Inactive, without input to activate it (computing)
4. Still

• whorishly
• whorishness
• whorishnesses
• whorl
• whorlbat
• whorled
• whorls
• whort
• whortleberries
• whortleberry
• who's
• whose
• whosesoever
• whosever
• whoso
• whosoever
• who's who
• whot
• who've
• Whovian
• whow
• whummle
• whummled
• whummles
• whummling