The concussion that occurs when large masses of ice break up due to contraction.
quackery
quackery
noun
(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
(law, medicine, uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
quackier
quackier
adj
comparative form of quacky: more quacky
quakeful
quakeric
quakerly
quakerly
Adjective
Pertaining to Quakers.
Befitting a Quaker.
quakiest
quakiest
adj
superlative form of quaky: most quaky
quaskies
quaylike
quaylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quay.
quickens
quickens
noun
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.