"Quilters" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
A person who makes quilts, often as a hobby or profession. They use sewing, fabric selection, and other techniques to create decorative blankets, often combining intricate patterns, textures, and designs.
Quillwort is a type of aquatic plant. It is perennial and free floating or rooted on the bottom of streams, rivers, and lakes. There are over 50 species of quillwort, belonging to the genus Isoetes. Quillwort leaves are modified into needle-like structures that resemble a quill and the plant can grow up to 20 cm tall.
A quilt is a decorative covering for a bed, typically made of three layers of fabric - two of which are sewn together with a layer of insulating material (such as wool or cotton batting) in between. It is often made by hand or machine sewing, and can be adorned with intricate patterns, designs, or embroidery. Quilts can also refer to a warm, thick blanket-like layer of fabric that is used for insulation and comfort.
The word "quina" has several possible meanings depending on the context.<br><br>1. A small shrub native to the Americas, Cinchona pubescens, valued for its bark, which is used in medicine.<br>2. In English football, a penalty kick in which the ball is placed on the penalty spot with a piece of string or a quina dropped in the center to encourage long shots into the far corner of the goal.<br>3. In Brazilian Portuguese, "quina" can mean a number of items or objects which end in 5, similar to the English word "fives."<br>4. In the lottery of the Brazilian national lotto, "quina" refers to a jackpot of 5 numbers.
Quinacrine is a medication that was historically used to treat malaria and certain parasitic infections. It was also used as a treatment for symptoms of crabs or effluvium when applied topically, but it is now considered a treatment for aggressiveness associated with Koro and for urinary incontinence as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.<br><br>In addition, Quinacrine has been studied as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease, depression, bipolar disorder, menopausal flashes, motion sickness, penile fibromas and retinal detachment.
Quinaldine is an organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CHCHNH. It is a colourless liquid with a weak characteristic boiling point of 156-157 °C. It was first synthesised by the American chemist Joseph Moran in 1891 and after that by Edward Dean Adams in a similar year. Quinaldine is a parametidine (α,α',β,β'-tetramethyldelycidine), a metamizer.