quiescence
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My reef biologist friend Josh, who has logged thousands of dives, confirmed our impression of Quiescence, calling it one of the best outfits he has worked with.
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018
Jason at Quiescence said to just drop by.
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018
Quiescence -- N. rest; stillness &c. adj.; quiescence; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance†; quietism. quiet, tranquility, calm; repose &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Quiescence in an easy-chair, under the sense of compound interest perpetually accumulating, has long seemed an ample function to her, and she does her malevolence gently.
From Scenes of Clerical Life by Eliot, George
Quiescence, it is to be remembered, is as frequently a sign of fear as is movement, and one is never safe in saying that the frog is not disturbed just because it does not jump.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
Vocabulary lists containing quiescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 10–14
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation (Volume 1)
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