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

• obstetrically
• obstetrician
• obstetricians
• obstetrics
• obstinacies
• obstinacy
• obstinate
• obstinately
• obstinateness
• obstinatenesses
• obstipation
• obstipations
• obstreperate
• obstreperated
• obstreperates
• obstreperating
• obstreperous
• obstreperously
• obstreperousness
• obstriction
• obstrictions
• obstropalous
• obstropulous
• obstruct
• obstructed