Definition of scent

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Scent (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery..

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Great :: Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc..
Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.
Enascent :: Enascent (a.) Coming into being; nascent.
Acescent :: Acescent (a.) Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in fable..
Canescent :: Canescent (a.) Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white..
Dictamnus :: Dictamnus (n.) A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable..
Putrescent :: Putrescent (a.) Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell..
Adipescent :: Adipescent (a.) Becoming fatty.
Fluorescent :: Fluorescent (a.) Having the property of fluorescence.
Degree :: Degree (n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree..
Coursing :: Coursing (n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
Muskrat :: Muskrat (n.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra..
Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..
Esculin :: Esculin (n.) A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions..
Ascent :: Ascent () The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth..
Contabescent :: Contabescent (a.) Wasting away gradually.
Affiliation :: Affiliation (n.) Connection in the way of descent.
Gangrenescent :: Gangrenescent (a.) Tending to mortification or gangrene.
Down :: Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..
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