Definition of scent

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Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent..

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Paraconic :: Paraconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids..
Smell :: Smell (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes..
Adolescent :: Adolescent (a.) Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.
Tartrelic :: Tartrelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance..
Conyrine :: Conyrine (n.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine..
Scent :: Scent (v. t.) To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy..
Flake :: Flake (n.) A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash..
Homoplasmy :: Homoplasmy (n.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances..
Erubescent :: Erubescent (a.) Red, or reddish; blushing..
Entail :: Entail (n.) The rule by which the descent is fixed.
Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence..
Nascency :: Nascency (n.) State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Theogony :: Theogony (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod..
Fault :: Fault (n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
Gens :: Gens (a.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem..
Achenium :: Achenium (n.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists..
Condescension :: Condescension (n.) The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.
Violescent :: Violescent (a.) Tending to a violet color; violascent.
Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
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