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Lineage :: Lineage (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Steepened :: Steep-down (a.) Deep and precipitous, having steep descent..

Pearly :: Pearly (a.) Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood..

Irisated :: Irisated (a.) Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent.

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..

Rainfall :: Rainfall (n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region..

Family :: Family (v. t.) Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family..

Avalanche :: Avalanche (n.) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything..

Family :: Family (v. t.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

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

Ancestry :: Ancestry (n.) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent..

Sunsetting :: Sunsetting (n.) The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively..

Downhill :: Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.

Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..

Descendible :: Descendible (a.) Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

Boast :: Boast (v. i.) To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth..

Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

Blood :: Blood (n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.

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

Sidehill :: Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.

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