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Rain :: Rain (n.) Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.

Lockage :: Lockage (n.) Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.

Emphyteusis :: Emphyteusis (n.) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent..

Irisated :: Irisated (a.) Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent.

Iridescence :: Iridescence (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl..

Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir..

Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.

Grandchild :: Grandchild (n.) A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.

Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..

Line :: Line (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara..

Agnatic :: Agnatic (a.) Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors.

Descent :: Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.

Theogony :: Theogony (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod..

Glowlamp :: Glowlamp (n.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy..

Entail :: Entail (n.) The rule by which the descent is fixed.

Nation :: Nation (n.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity..

Direct :: Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line..

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