| ALBESCENT | • albescent adj. Becoming white or whitish; moderately white. • ALBESCENT adj. becoming white. |
| CALESCENT | • calescent adj. Growing warm. • CALESCENT adj. increasing in heat. |
| CANESCENT | • canescent adj. Turning white or gray. • canescent adj. (Botany) Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary. • CANESCENT adj. hoary; tending to become white or grey. |
| IGNESCENT | • ignescent adj. Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating. • ignescent n. A stone that emits sparks of fire when struck with steel. • IGNESCENT adj. capable of emitting sparks. |
| LATESCENT | • latescent adj. (Rare) latent, hidden, obscure. • LATESCENT adj. becoming latent or hidden. |
| LUTESCENT | • lutescent adj. Of a yellowish colour. • LUTESCENT adj. yellowish. |
| PUBESCENT | • pubescent adj. At or just after the age of puberty. • pubescent adj. (Botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs. • pubescent n. An individual who is going through puberty. |
| QUIESCENT | • quiescent adj. Inactive, quiet, at rest. • quiescent adj. (Orthography) Not sounded; silent. • quiescent adj. (Cell biology) Non-proliferating. |
| RUBESCENT | • rubescent adj. Turning red; reddening. • RUBESCENT adj. growing red; blushing. |
| RUFESCENT | • rufescent adj. Becoming reddish; tinged with red. • RUFESCENT adj. inclining to redness. |
| SENESCENT | • senescent adj. Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. • senescent adj. Characteristic of old age. • senescent adj. (Cytology, of a cell) That ceases to divide. |
| TABESCENT | • tabescent adj. Wasting away, or becoming emaciated. • TABESCENT adj. wasting; shrivelling. |
| TUMESCENT | • tumescent adj. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue. • tumescent adj. Inflated or overblown. • TUMESCENT adj. tending to swell. |
| VIRESCENT | • virescent adj. Green-like, greenish. • virescent adj. Becoming green. • VIRESCENT adj. becoming green. |