| ACCRESCENT | • accrescent adj. Growing; increasing. • accrescent adj. (Botany) Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting. • ACCRESCENT adj. growing larger even after flowering. |
| CRESCENDOS | • crescendos n. Plural of crescendo. • CRESCENDO n. (Italian) a gradual increase in loudness. |
| CRESCENTED | • crescented v. Simple past tense and past participle of crescent. • CRESCENTED adj. having the shape of a crescent. |
| CRESCENTIC | • crescentic adj. Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc. • crescentic adj. Crescent-shaped. • CRESCENTIC adj. formed like a crescent. |
| DECRESCENT | • decrescent adj. Becoming gradually less; diminishing. • decrescent adj. Waning. • decrescent n. (Heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing right). |
| EFFLORESCE | • effloresce v. (Intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower. • effloresce v. (Intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power. • effloresce v. (Intransitive, chemistry) Senses relating to chemistry. |
| EXCRESCENT | • excrescent n. A growing mutation, usually abnormal. • excrescent n. (Phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason. • excrescent adj. Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. |
| FLORESCENT | • florescent adj. Flowering or budding. • FLORESCENT adj. expanding into flowers; blossoming. |
| FLUORESCED | • fluoresced v. Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce. • FLUORESCE v. to demonstrate fluorescence. |
| FLUORESCER | • fluorescer n. A fluorescent substance used for whitening. • FLUORESCER n. something e.g. a mineral that fluoresces. |
| FLUORESCES | • fluoresces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoresce. • FLUORESCE v. to demonstrate fluorescence. |
| INCRESCENT | • increscent n. (Heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to dexter (pointing left). • increscent adj. Of the Moon: growing in apparent size; waxing. • INCRESCENT adj. of a moon, waxing, with horns towards dexter. |
| NIGRESCENT | • nigrescent adj. Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured. • NIGRESCENT adj. growing black; changing to a black color. |
| PUTRESCENT | • putrescent adj. Becoming putrid; putrefying. • PUTRESCENT adj. becoming putrid or rotten. |
| 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. |
| VITRESCENT | • vitrescent adj. Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous. • VITRESCENT adj. tending to become glass. |