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

• splenitises
• splenium
• spleniums
• splenius
• spleniuses
• splenization
• splenizations
• splenomegalies
• splenomegaly
• splent
• splent bone
• spleuchan
• spleuchans
• splice
• spliced
• splicer
• splicers
• splices
• splice the mainbrace
• splicing
• spliff
• spliffs
• spline
• splined
• splines