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1ca|nes|cent — «kuh NEHS uhnt», adjective. 1. becoming grayish or dull white; whitish. 2. Botany. having a grayish or hoary pubescence (soft down). ╂[< Latin cānēscēns, entis, present participle of cānēscere grow hoary < cānus hoary] …
2ig|nes|cent — «ihg NEHS uhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. bursting into flame; kindling. 2. giving off sparks of fire, as certain stones when struck with steel. –n. an ignescent substance. ╂[< Latin ignēscēns, entis, present participle of ignēscere take fire …
3se|nes|cent — «suh NEHS uhnt», adjective. growing old; beginning to show old age. ╂[< Latin senēscēns, entis, present participle of senēscere grow old, related to senex, senis old] …
4spi|nes|cent — «spy NEHS uhnt», adjective. 1. Botany. a) developing into, or ending in, a spine or thorn. b) bearing or covered with spines. 2. Zoology. coarse and spinelike, as feathers or hair. ╂[< Late Latin spīnēscēns, entis, present participle of… …
5bi|o|lu|mi|nes|cent — «BY oh LOO muh NEHS uhnt», adjective. showing bioluminescence; phosphorescent …
6chem|i|lu|mi|nes|cent — «KEHM uh LOO muh NEHS uhnt», adjective. producing or produced by chemiluminescence …
7e|lec|tro|lu|mi|nes|cent — «ih LEHK troh LOO muh NEHS uhnt», adjective. having the properties of electroluminescence: »electroluminescent lighting …
8ev|a|nes|cent — «EHV uh NEHS uhnt», adjective. gradually disappearing; soon passing away; vanishing: »the evanescent beauty of the sunset. SYNONYM(S): transitory, ephemeral. ╂[< Latin ēvānēscens, entis present participle of ēvānēscere; see etym. under… …
9ju|ve|nes|cent — «JOO vuh NEHS uhnt», adjective. growing young again; youthful. ╂[< Latin juvenēscēns, entis, present participle of juvenēscere < juvenis young (person)] …
10lu|mi|nes|cent — «LOO muh NEHS uhnt», adjective. 1. giving out light without being much heated. 2. having to do with luminescence. ╂[< Latin lūmen, inis light1 + escent] …
