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

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

Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood..

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

Pavonine :: Pavonine (a.) Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent..

Leveling :: Leveling (n.) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad..

Descent :: Descent (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

Swig :: Swiftness (n.) The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc..

Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir..

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

Eurasian :: Eurasian (a.) Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain..

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..

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

Homoplasmy :: Homoplasmy (n.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances..

Traduction :: Traduction (n.) Derivation by descent; propagation.

Boer :: Boer (n.) A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.

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

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

Descending :: Descending (a.) Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.

Genealogist :: Genealogist (n.) One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

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