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Matriarch :: Matriarch (n.) The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

Shemite :: Shemite (n.) A descendant of Shem.

Emeer :: Emeer (n.) An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon..

Carlovingian :: Carlovingian (a.) Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings..

Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..

Danite :: Danite (n.) A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan.

Declivity :: Declivity (n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.

Inca :: Inca (n.) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun..

Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob..

Vouchsafe :: Vouchsafe (v. t.) To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.

Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title..

English :: English (n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries..

Steep :: Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient..

Cushite :: Cushite (n.) A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah..

Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20..

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown..

Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..

Level :: Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea..

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