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

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants..

Matriarch :: Matriarch (n.) The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

Jinny Road :: "Jinny road () An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones..

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

Gradient :: Gradient (a.) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad..

Consanguineous :: Consanguineous (a.) Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

Niece :: Niece (n.) A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

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..

Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards..

Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant..

Down :: Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well..

Descendible :: Descendible (a.) Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

Condescendency :: Condescendency (n.) Condescension.

Heredity :: Heredity (n.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Circulatory :: Circulatory (n.) A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation..

Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount..

Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France..

Celt :: Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France..

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