CANDESCENCE | • candescence n. Incandescence. • CANDESCENCE n. a candescent state. |
CONDESCENDS | • condescends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of condescend. • CONDESCEND v. to descend to a less formal or dignified level. |
DESCENDABLE | • descendable adj. Alternative spelling of descendible. • DESCENDABLE adj. that can be descended, also DESCENDIBLE. |
DESCENDANTS | • descendants n. Plural of descendant. • DESCENDANT n. one descended from another or from a common stock. |
DESCENDENTS | • descendents n. Misspelling of descendants. • DESCENDENT n. a descendant. |
DESCENDEURS | • descendeurs n. Plural of descendeur. • DESCENDEUR n. a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed, used to control the rate of descent in abseiling. |
DESCENDIBLE | • descendible adj. (Law) Of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs. • descendible adj. Able to be physically descended. • DESCENDIBLE adj. that can be descended, also DESCENDABLE. |
DESCENDINGS | • descendings n. Plural of descending. • descending␣s n. Synonym of long s. • DESCENDING n. (Shakespeare) lineage. |
DESCENSIONS | • descensions n. Plural of descension. • DESCENSION n. the act of going downward. |
FRONDESCENT | • frondescent adj. Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves. • FRONDESCENT adj. leafy, having a profusion of fronds. |
INCANDESCED | • incandesced v. Simple past tense and past participle of incandesce. • INCANDESCE v. to be or become incandescent. |
INCANDESCES | • incandesces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incandesce. • INCANDESCE v. to be or become incandescent. |
IRIDESCENCE | • iridescence n. The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color. • iridescence n. Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors. • IRIDESCENCE n. exhibition of multicolored reflections such as the 'play of colors' given by films of oil on water. |
LAPIDESCENT | • lapidescent adj. Capable of petrifying other bodies. • lapidescent adj. Capable of being converted into stone. • LAPIDESCENT adj. (archaic) becoming stone; petrifying. |
RECRUDESCED | • recrudesced v. Simple past tense and past participle of recrudesce. • RECRUDESCE v. of a disease, sore, or hostile feeling, to break out again. |
RECRUDESCES | • recrudesces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recrudesce. • RECRUDESCE v. of a disease, sore, or hostile feeling, to break out again. |
REDESCENDED | • redescended v. Simple past tense and past participle of redescend. • REDESCEND v. to descend again. |
UNDESCENDED | • undescended adj. Not descended. • UNDESCENDED adj. retained within the inguinal region rather than descending into the scrotum. |
VIRIDESCENT | • viridescent adj. Having a greenish hue; becoming somewhat green in color. • VIRIDESCENT adj. greenish. |