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

quiescˈently adverb

• achenia
• achenial
• achenium
• acheniums
• Achernar
• Acheron
• Acherontic
• Acherontis pabulum
• aches
• Acheulean
• Acheulian
• achier
• achiest
• achievable
• achieve
• achieved
• achievement
• achievement age
• achievement ages
• achievement quotient
• achievement quotients
• achievements
• achiever
• achievers
• achieves