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Iridescence :: Iridescence (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl..

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

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

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

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..

Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation..

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

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).

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..

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

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..

Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Proneness :: Proneness (n.) Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill..

Drop :: Drop (n.) Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.

Rain :: Rain (n.) Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.

In :: In (adv.) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband..

Squib :: Squeteague (n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon..

Peristerite :: Peristerite (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck..

Blood :: Blood (n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.

Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.

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