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There are 17 twelve-letter words ending with CENT

ADULARESCENT	• adularescent adj. Exhibiting adularescence. • ADULARESCENT adj. of minerals such as moonstone, having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence.
CIRCUMJACENT	• circumjacent adj. (Archaic, literary) Lying or located in the area around something. • CIRCUMJACENT adj. bordering on every side.
CONCUPISCENT	• concupiscent adj. Amorous; lustful. • CONCUPISCENT adj. having strong sexual desires.
CONTABESCENT	• contabescent adj. Wasting away gradually. • CONTABESCENT adj. wasting away; atrophied.
CONVALESCENT	• convalescent adj. Recovering one’s health and strength after a period of illness. • convalescent adj. Of convalescence or convalescents. • convalescent n. A person recovering from illness.
DELIQUESCENT	• deliquescent adj. Seeming to melt away. • deliquescent adj. (Chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution. • deliquescent adj. (Botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
EFFERVESCENT	• effervescent adj. (Of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy. • effervescent adj. Vivacious and enthusiastic. • EFFERVESCENT adj. frothing, bubbling.
EFFLORESCENT	• efflorescent adj. Bursting into flower. • efflorescent adj. Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing. • efflorescent adj. Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.
INCANDESCENT	• incandescent adj. Emitting light as a result of being heated. • incandescent adj. Shining very brightly. • incandescent adj. (Figurative) Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.
INFLORESCENT	• inflorescent adj. Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence. • INFLORESCENT adj. of or like an inflorescence, a cluster of flowers.
INGRAVESCENT	• ingravescent adj. (Medicine, obsolete) Increasing in severity. • INGRAVESCENT adj. becoming more severe.
PREPUBESCENT	• prepubescent adj. Before the age at which a person begins puberty. • prepubescent n. A person who has not begun puberty. • PREPUBESCENT n. one who is prepubertal.
PRIVATDOCENT	• privatdocent n. Alternative form of privatdozent. • privat-docent n. (In some German universities) A lecturer who may teach without supervision by a professor. • PRIVATDOCENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOZENT.
RECRUDESCENT	• recrudescent adj. Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression. • recrudescent adj. (Archaic) Growing raw, sore, or painful again. • RECRUDESCENT adj. breaking out again.
SOMNOLESCENT	• somnolescent adj. Drowsy, tending to sleep. • SOMNOLESCENT adj. becoming sleepy.
SPINULESCENT	• spinulescent adj. (Botany) Having small spines; somewhat thorny. • SPINULESCENT adj. like a spinule.
UNCOMPLACENT	• uncomplacent adj. Not complacent. • UNCOMPLACENT adj. not complacent.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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