the widow of a king
<noun.person>

queen dowager

act like the master of
<verb.social>

act superior

lord it over

put on airs

queen it over

sample sentences

"He is lording it over the students"

an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
<noun.animal>

queen

queen mole rat

a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
<noun.person>

queen mother

the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
<noun.person>

May queen

queen of the May

tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits
<noun.plant>

Selenicereus grandiflorus

queen of the night

vertical tie post in a roof truss
<noun.artifact>

queen post

a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot
<noun.person>

queen regent

a female sovereign ruler
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

female monarch

queen

queen regnant

tropical Atlantic fish
<noun.animal>

Balistes vetula

Bessy cerca

oldwench

oldwife

queen triggerfish

plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
<noun.plant>

Clintonia uniflora

bride's bonnet

queen's cup

(used especially of beds) not as large as king-size
<adj.all>

queen-size

queen-sized

sample sentences

"a queen-sized bed"

(used especially of beds) not as large as king-size
<adj.all>

queen-size

queen-sized

sample sentences

"a queen-sized bed"

silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
<noun.animal>

Seriphus politus

queenfish

white croaker

having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
<adj.all>

queenlike

queenly

sample sentences

"queenly propriety"
"clad in her queenly raiment"
"Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"

having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
<adj.all>

queenlike

queenly

sample sentences

"queenly propriety"
"clad in her queenly raiment"
"Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"

Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer
<noun.plant>

Agathis robusta

dundathu pine

queensland kauri

smooth bark kauri

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

curious

funny

odd

peculiar

queer

rum

rummy

singular

sample sentences

"a curious hybrid accent"
"her speech has a funny twang"
"they have some funny ideas about war"
"had an odd name"
"the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
"something definitely queer about this town"
"what a rum fellow"
"singular behavior"

homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gay

homophile

queer

offensive term for a homosexual man
<noun.person>

fag

faggot

fagot

fairy

nance

pansy

poof

poove

pouf

queen

queer

put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

endanger

expose

peril

queer

scupper

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

baffle

bilk

cross

foil

frustrate

queer

scotch

spoil

thwart

sample sentences

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"

someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
<noun.person>

kook

odd fellow

odd fish

odd man out

queer bird

queer duck

someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
<noun.person>

kook

odd fellow

odd fish

odd man out

queer bird

queer duck

in a questionably unusual manner
<adv.all>

fishily

queerly

sample sentences

"this money had been queerly come by"

in a strange manner
<adv.all>

funnily

oddly

queerly

strangely

sample sentences

"a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"

a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
<noun.act>

gayness

homoeroticism

homosexualism

homosexuality

queerness

a strange attitude or habit
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

crotchet

oddity

queerness

quirk

quirkiness

suppress or crush completely
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

quell

quench

squelch

sample sentences

"squelch any sign of dissent"
"quench a rebellion"

overcome or allay
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

appease

quell

stay

sample sentences

"quell my hunger"

subdued or overcome
<adj.all>

quelled

quenched

squelched

sample sentences

"the quelled rebellion"
"an uprising quenched almost before it started"
"a squelched rumor"

forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
<noun.act>

crushing

quelling

stifling

suppression

sample sentences

"the suppression of heresy"
"the quelling of the rebellion"
"the stifling of all dissent"

the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms
<noun.process>

quellung

quellung reaction

sample sentences

"pneumococcus quellung"

the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms
<noun.process>

quellung

quellung reaction

sample sentences

"pneumococcus quellung"

satisfy (thirst)
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

allay

assuage

quench

slake

sample sentences

"The cold water quenched his thirst"

cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
<verb.change>

quench

sample sentences

"quench steel"

reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
<verb.change>

quench

suppress or crush completely
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

quell

quench

squelch

sample sentences

"squelch any sign of dissent"
"quench a rebellion"

electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
<verb.social>

quench

put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
<verb.weather>

blow out

extinguish

quench

snuff out

sample sentences

"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
"quench the flames"
"snuff out the candles"