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

Iridiated :: Iridiated (a.) Iridescent.

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..

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

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..

Gaucho :: Gaucho (n.) One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle..

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..

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..

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

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..

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

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law..

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..

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

Condescension :: Condescension (n.) The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.

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

Lapidescent :: Lapidescent (n.) Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone..

Condescent :: Condescent (n.) An act of condescension.

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..

Genealogize :: Genealogize (v. i.) To investigate, or relate the history of, descents..

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