| CALESCENCE | • calescence n. Growing warmth; increasing heat. • CALESCENCE n. an increase in heat. |
| ADOLESCENCE | • adolescence n. The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity. • ADOLESCENCE n. the state or process of growing up. |
| COALESCENCE | • coalescence n. The act of coalescing. • coalescence n. (Phonology) The merging of two segments into one. • COALESCENCE n. the act of coalescing. |
| OPALESCENCE | • opalescence n. The state of being opalescent. • opalescence n. (Physics) the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic… • OPALESCENCE n. a milky iridescence. |
| PALLESCENCE | • pallescence n. The quality of being pallescent. • PALLESCENCE n. a becoming pale. |
| ALKALESCENCE | • alkalescence n. A tendency to become alkaline. • alkalescence n. The state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominate. • ALKALESCENCE n. the state of being alkalescent, also ALKALESCENCY. |
| DECALESCENCE | • decalescence n. A decrease in temperature that occurs while heating metal through a range of temperatures in which change… • DECALESCENCE n. the point in heating metal where it appears to cool. |
| EMOLLESCENCE | • emollescence n. That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility. • EMOLLESCENCE n. incipient fusion. |
| INCALESCENCE | • incalescence n. The state of being incalescent, or growing warm. • INCALESCENCE n. the process or action of becoming warm or hot. |
| OBSOLESCENCE | • obsolescence n. (Uncountable) The state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected. • obsolescence n. (Countable) The process of becoming obsolete, outmoded or out of date. • OBSOLESCENCE n. the process of becoming obsolete or the condition of being nearly obsolete. |
| PEARLESCENCE | • pearlescence n. The state or condition of being pearlescent; a pearly appearance. • PEARLESCENCE n. the state of being pearlescent. |
| RECALESCENCE | • recalescence n. An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which… • RECALESCENCE n. the renewed glowing of iron at a certain stage of cooling from white heat. |
| VIRILESCENCE | • virilescence n. Quality of being virilescent. • VIRILESCENCE n. development of male character in the female. |
| CONVALESCENCE | • convalescence n. A gradual healing after illness or injury. • convalescence n. The period of time spent healing. • CONVALESCENCE n. recovery from illness, also CONVALESCENCY. |
| PREADOLESCENCE | • preadolescence n. The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about 9 and 11 for girls, and 10 and 12 for boys. • PREADOLESCENCE n. the period of human development just preceding adolescence. |
| POSTADOLESCENCE | • postadolescence n. The period of life following adolescence. |
| RECONVALESCENCE | • reconvalescence n. A second or subsequent convalescence. • RECONVALESCENCE n. (archaic) recovery from illness. |