Answer to "Quells" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABORTS , but the solution may also be QUIETS which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in Universal uClick).

Quells crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ABORTS	33 %	6
QUIETS	33 %	6
STAYS	33 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Quells

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• squelch
• stay
• appease
• aborts
• stirs
• quashes
• dampens
• rouses
• ignites
• allays
• squelches
• heightens

Crossword Answer definitions

ABORTS noun

1. A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
2. The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
3. An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
4. The function used to abort a process.
5. An event involving the abort of a process.

ABORTS verb

1. (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
2. To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
3. To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
4. To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
5. To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
6. To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
7. To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
8. To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
9. To terminate a process prior to completion.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result ABORTS

• Doesn't see through
• Cancels, as a launch
• Cancels
• Terminates
• Scrubs, as a mission
• Pulls the plug on
• Calls it quits early
• Calls off
• Scraps the mission
• Cancels, as a NASA mission

More clues leading to the result QUIETS

• Pacifies
• Silences
• Calms
• Calms down
• Oils, maybe
• Shushes
• Stills
• Quells
• Shuts up, more politely
• Places a gag order on, say

More clues leading to the result STAYS

• Corset supports
• Doesn't go
• Corset stiffeners
• Death row reprieves
• Collar inserts
• Collar holders
• Sticks around
• Corsets
• Corset features
• Last-minute calls to death row