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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Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Connascent :: Connascent (a.) Born together; produced at the same time.
Savor :: Savor (a.) That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor..
Nucamentaceous :: Nucamentaceous (a.) Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.
Sleuth :: Sleuth (n.) The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.
Eosin :: Eosin (n.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluorescein, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..
Opalescent :: Opalescent (a.) Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.
Outscent :: Outscent (v. t.) To exceed in odor.
Caulescent :: Caulescent (a.) Having a leafy stem.
Irised :: Irised (a.) Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
Dago :: Dago (n.) A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent..
Glowlamp :: Glowlamp (n.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a..
Dipyre :: Dipyre (n.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent..
Evanescent :: Evanescent (a.) Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys..
Sent :: Sent (v. & n.) See Scent, v. & n..
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
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