| ACCRESCENCE | • accrescence n. (Rare) Continuous growth; an accretion. • ACCRESCENCE n. growing together. |
| ADULARESCENCE | • adularescence n. The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting… • ADULARESCENCE n. the quality of being adularescent, having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence. |
| ARBORESCENCE | • arborescence n. A tree-like structure. • arborescence n. (Graph theory) A directed rooted tree in which all vertices can be reached from the root. • ARBORESCENCE n. shape or growth like a tree's. |
| CALORESCENCE | • calorescence n. (Dated, physics) The absorption of infrared radiation and subsequent emission of visible light. • CALORESCENCE n. the transmutation of heat rays into luminous rays. |
| CONCRESCENCE | • concrescence n. The growing together and merging of similar or dissimilar parts. • concrescence n. A growing together of cells or other organisms. • concrescence n. (Art) The juxtaposing of dissimilar forms or devices that are harmonized at their point of intersection… |
| DECRESCENCE | • DECRESCENCE n. the state of being decrescent, waning. |
| EFFLORESCENCE | • efflorescence n. (Chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form… • efflorescence n. (Botany) The production of flowers. • efflorescence n. (Construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone… |
| EXCRESCENCE | • excrescence n. Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else. • excrescence n. A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct. • excrescence n. (Phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ])… |
| FLORESCENCE | • florescence n. The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering. • FLORESCENCE n. the process of flowering or bursting into flower; the period of flowering. |
| FLUORESCENCE | • fluorescence n. (Physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by… • fluorescence n. The light so emitted. • FLUORESCENCE n. visible light emitted from a material while it is exposed to ultraviolet radiation, aka black light. |
| INFLORESCENCE | • inflorescence n. (Botany) Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main… • inflorescence n. An instance of a plant beginning to flower. • INFLORESCENCE n. a cluster of flowers. |
| NIGRESCENCE | • nigrescence n. The process of becoming black or dark; blackening. • nigrescence n. A dark complexion. • NIGRESCENCE n. blackness; dark colouring or pigmentation. |
| PHOSPHORESCENCE | • phosphorescence n. The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent. • PHOSPHORESCENCE n. luminescence that continues after the source of excitation has been removed. |
| PUTRESCENCE | • putrescence n. The condition of being putrid; decay. • putrescence n. Putrid matter. • PUTRESCENCE n. the state of being putrescent. |
| VAPORESCENCE | • vaporescence n. (Rare) The production or emission of vapor. • VAPORESCENCE n. becoming vapour. |
| VIRESCENCE | • virescence n. The process of becoming green. • virescence n. (Biology) The abnormal development of green pigmentation in plants that are not normally green, like… • VIRESCENCE n. the act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll. |
| VITRESCENCE | • vitrescence n. The quality of being vitreous or glassy. • VITRESCENCE n. the state of being vitrescent, tending to become glass. |