band aid
quick fix
quickie
quicky | hurried repair |
| quick march | marching at quick time |
mountain climbing
mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
| rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
| climbing salamander | any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes |
climbing perch
Anabas testudineus
A. testudineus | a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air, has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land |
| climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
crampon
crampoon
climbing iron
climber | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing |
| quick | any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) |
mental quickness
quickness
quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
climb
climbing
mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) |
irascibility
short temper
spleen
quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
| quick bread | breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking |
quick study
sponge | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily, she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge |
climbing corydalis
Corydalis claviculata
Fumaria claviculata | annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers |
climbing fumitory
Allegheny vine
Adlumia fungosa
Fumaria fungosa | vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers, sometimes placed in genus Fumaria |
climbing hempweed
climbing boneset
wild climbing hempweed
climbing hemp-vine
Mikania scandens | herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers, climbs up trees |
dog grass couch grass
quackgrass
quack grass
quick grass
witch grass witchgrass Agropyron repens | European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes, naturalized in North America as a weed |
climbing onion
Bowiea volubilis | much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs |
gloriosa
glory lily
climbing lily
creeping lily
Gloriosa superba | any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia, a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers, all parts are poisonous |
bittersweet American bittersweet
climbing bittersweet
false bittersweet
staff vine
waxwork
shrubby bittersweet
Celastrus scandens | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
| climbing hydrangea Hydrangea anomala | deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads |
| climbing hydrangea Hydrangea petiolaris | deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads |
| climbing hydrangea Schizophragma hydrangeoides | climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes, Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan |
bittersweet bittersweet nightshade
climbing nightshade
deadly nightshade poisonous nightshade
woody nightshade
Solanum dulcamara | poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coraled berries, widespread weed in North America |
| climbing fern | any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining |
climbing maidenhair
climbing maidenhair fern
snake fern
Lygodium microphyllum | tropical fern widespread in Old World, naturalized in Jamaica and Florida |
climbing bird's nest fern
Microsorium punctatum | tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia |
fast buck
quick buck | quick or easy earnings, they are traders out to make a fast buck |
liquid assets
current assets
quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
| quick time | a normal marching pace ofsteps per minute |
quick-freeze
flash-freeze | freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors, quick-freeze the shrimp |
agile
nimble
quick
spry | moving quickly and lightly, sleek and agile as a gymnast, as nimble as a deer, nimble fingers, quick of foot, the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it |
| quick-witted | mentally nimble and resourceful, quick-witted debater, saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact |
| quick-change(a) | adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes, a quick-change artist |
| quick-drying | of a liquid substance that dries quickly |
sharp-eared
quick-eared | having keen hearing |
quick
warm | easily aroused or excited, a quick temper, a warm temper |
| double-quick | (of a marching cadence) very quick |
immediate
prompt
quick straightaway | performed with little or no delay, an immediate reply to my letter, a prompt reply, was quick to respond, a straightaway denial |
quick
speedy | accomplished rapidly and without delay, was quick to make friends, his quick reaction prevented an accident, hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem, a speedy recovery, he has a right to a speedy trial |
flash-frozen
quick-frozen
frozen | (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value, frozen foods |
choleric
irascible
hotheaded
hot-tempered
quick-tempered
short-tempered | quickly aroused to anger, a hotheaded commander |
| semi-climbing | of plants that are semi-climbers |
flying
quick
fast | hurried and brief, paid a flying visit, took a flying glance at the book, a quick inspection, a fast visit |
quick
ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity, a quick mind, a ready wit |
quick-sighted
sharp-sighted
sharp-eyed | keenly perceptive or alert, quick-sighted into the faults of the time- Leonard Bacon |
argus-eyed
hawk-eyed
keen-sighted
lynx-eyed
quick-sighted
sharp-eyed
sharp-sighted | having very keen vision, quick-sighted as a cat |
| tendril-climbing | of or relating to plants that climb by means of tendrils |
| promptly quickly quick | with little or no delay, the rescue squad arrived promptly, come here, quick! |