Alkalescence :: Alkalescence (n.) Alt. of Alkalescenc.

Alkalescency :: Alkalescency (n.) A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant..

Alkalescent :: Alkalescent (a.) Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

Antiputrescent :: Antiputrescent (a.) Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic..

Arborescence :: Arborescence (n.) The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver..

Arborescent :: Arborescent (a.) Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.

Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor..

Ascend :: Ascend (v. t.) To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne..

Ascendable :: Ascendable (a.) Capable of being ascended.

Ascendance :: Ascendance (n.) Same as Ascendency.

Ascendancy :: Ascendancy (n.) Alt. of Ascendanc.

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune..

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another..

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant..

Ascendant :: Ascendant (a.) Alt. of Ascenden.

Ascended :: Ascended (imp. & p. p.) of Ascen.

Ascendency :: Ascendency (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

Ascendent :: Ascendent (a.) Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

Ascendent :: Ascendent (a.) Rising; ascending.

Ascendent :: Ascendent (a.) Superior; surpassing; ruling.

Ascendible :: Ascendible (a.) Capable of being ascended; climbable.

Ascending :: Ascending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascen.

Ascending :: Ascending (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite..

Ascension :: Ascension (n.) The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

Ascension :: Ascension (n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day..

Ascension :: Ascension (n.) An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation..

Ascensional :: Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon..

Ascensive :: Ascensive (a.) Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise..

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