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Descendant :: Descendant (a.) Descendent.

Stair :: Stair (n.) One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.

English :: English (n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries..

Level :: Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea..

Catanadromous :: Catanadromous (a.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous..

Inca :: Inca (n.) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun..

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant..

Line :: Line (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel..

Wince :: Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will..

Descensive :: Descensive (a.) Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending.

Race :: Race (n.) The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed..

Peri :: Peri (n.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished..

Water :: Water (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc..

Descendibility :: Descendibility (n.) The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate..

Fatimide :: Fatimide (a.) Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed..

Cushite :: Cushite (n.) A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah..

Portion :: Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..

Sea Trout :: Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout..

Birthright :: Birthright (n.) Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..

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