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Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.

Irised :: Irised (a.) Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.

Descent :: Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.

Kin :: Kin (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent..

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..

Branch :: Branch (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family..

Entailment :: Entailment (n.) The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent..

Ladder :: Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps..

Genealogy :: Genealogy (n.) Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.

Habitant :: Habitant (v. t.) An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural..

Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..

Pedigree :: Pedigree (n.) A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

Condescent :: Condescent (n.) An act of condescension.

Viridescence :: Viridescence (n.) Quality or state of being viridescent.

New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.

Succession :: Succession (n.) An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.

Gaucho :: Gaucho (n.) One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle..

Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..

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