| ACESCENCES | • acescences n. Plural of acescence. • ACESCENCE n. the act of turning sour, acetous fermentation, also ACESCENCY. |
| ALBESCENCE | • albescence n. The act of becoming white; whitishness. • ALBESCENCE n. the act of becoming white. |
| CALESCENCE | • calescence n. Growing warmth; increasing heat. • CALESCENCE n. an increase in heat. |
| CANESCENCE | • canescence n. The quality of being canescent. • CANESCENCE n. greyness, hoariness. |
| DEHISCENCE | • dehiscence n. (Botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents. • dehiscence n. (Medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid. • dehiscence n. (Rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense. |
| FATISCENCE | • fatiscence n. The quality of being fatiscent. • FATISCENCE n. the state of being fatiscent, having gaps. |
| LATESCENCE | • latescence n. (Rare) The condition of being latescent; obscurity. • LATESCENCE n. a slight withdrawal from view or knowledge. |
| PUBESCENCE | • pubescence n. The state of being in or reaching puberty. • pubescence n. (Anatomy) A covering of fine, soft hairs. • PUBESCENCE n. the state of being pubescent. |
| QUIESCENCE | • quiescence n. The state of being quiescent; dormancy. • quiescence n. Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless. • quiescence n. The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state. |
| RENASCENCE | • renascence n. (Now rare) A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration. • renascence n. Renewal, revival. • renascence n. (Now rare) The Renaissance. |
| RUBESCENCE | • rubescence n. A reddening. • RUBESCENCE n. reddening, blushing. |
| RUFESCENCE | • rufescence n. The quality of being rufescent; reddishness. • RUFESCENCE n. the state of being rufescent, inclined to redness. |
| SENESCENCE | • senescence n. (Biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age. • senescence n. (Cell biology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage. • senescence n. (Gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time. |
| TABESCENCE | • tabescence n. The state of being tabescent. • TABESCENCE n. a wasting, a shrivelling. |
| TUMESCENCE | • tumescence n. A swelling due to the presence of fluid. • tumescence n. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue. • TUMESCENCE n. swelling. |
| 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. |