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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.

Polyphyletic :: Polyphyletic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) A steep descent or declivity.

Fall :: Fall (n.) The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship..

Breeding :: Breeding (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.

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

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

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..

Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

Recrudescency :: Recrudescency (n.) The state or condition of being recrudescent.

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

Grandchild :: Grandchild (n.) A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.

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

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

Viridescent :: Viridescent (a.) Slightly green; greenish.

Fall :: Fall (n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet..

Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..

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

Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from..

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

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