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Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

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..

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..

Parentage :: Parentage (n.) Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage..

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense..

Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong..

Cadency :: Cadency (n.) Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

Iridize :: Iridize (v. t.) To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass..

Agnatic :: Agnatic (a.) Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors.

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

Set :: Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination..

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

Fall :: Fall (n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.

Englishry :: Englishry (n.) A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

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

Blood :: Blood (n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage..

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..

Avatar :: Avatar (n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu..

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer..

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

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