| ADULARESCENT | • adularescent adj. Exhibiting adularescence. • ADULARESCENT adj. of minerals such as moonstone, having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence.
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| CONTABESCENT | • contabescent adj. Wasting away gradually. • CONTABESCENT adj. wasting away; atrophied.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| EFFERVESCENT | • effervescent adj. (Of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy. • effervescent adj. Vivacious and enthusiastic.
 • EFFERVESCENT adj. frothing, bubbling.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| INFLORESCENT | • inflorescent adj. Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence. • INFLORESCENT adj. of or like an inflorescence, a cluster of flowers.
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| INGRAVESCENT | • ingravescent adj. (Medicine, obsolete) Increasing in severity. • INGRAVESCENT adj. becoming more severe.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| SOMNOLESCENT | • somnolescent adj. Drowsy, tending to sleep. • SOMNOLESCENT adj. becoming sleepy.
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| SPINULESCENT | • spinulescent adj. (Botany) Having small spines; somewhat thorny. • SPINULESCENT adj. like a spinule.
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