quickening

quickening is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Quicken. Face value is 26 in Scrabble and 31 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 26 · Words With Friends 31 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Quicken
2. noun. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
3. noun. The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.
4. noun. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

   Synonyms: acceleration, speedup

5. noun. the process of showing signs of life

   "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"

6. noun. the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

Synonyms

acceleration, speedup

Common word forms

quicken

Words from these letters

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