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630 words match “SCENT”

CAULESCENT a.
Having a leafy stem.
CERULESCENT a.
Tending to cerulean; light bluish.
CINERESCENT a.
Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.
COALESCENT a.
Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.
COGNOSCENTE n.
A conoisseur. Mason.
CONCUPISCENT a.
Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson.
CONCUPISCENTIAL a.
Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson.
CONCUPISCENTIOUS a.
Concupiscent. [Obs.]
CONDESCENT n.
An act of condescension. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
CONNASCENT a.
Born together; produced at the same time. Craig.
CONTABESCENT a.
Wasting away gradually. Darwin. - Con*ta*bes"cence, n.
CONVALESCENT a. 3 definitions
Recovering from siclness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.
CONVALESCENTLY adv.
In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.
CRESCENT n. 12 definitions
Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
CRESCENTIC a.
Crescent-shaped. "Crescentic lobes." R. Owen.
CRESCENTWISE adv.
In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson.
DECRESCENT a. 2 definitions
Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
DEHISCENT a.
Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.
DELIQUESCENT a. 2 definitions
e air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
DELITESCENT a.
Lying hid; concealed.
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