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Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon..

Hade :: Hade (n.) The descent of a hill.

Proneness :: Proneness (n.) Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill..

Squib :: Squeteague (n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon..

Breeding :: Breeding (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.

Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..

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

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

Condescent :: Condescent (n.) An act of condescension.

Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

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..

Polyphyletic :: Polyphyletic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic..

Ladder :: Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps..

Drop :: Drop (n.) Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.

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..

Homogeny :: Homogeny (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence

Birth :: Birth (n.) Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction..

Descent :: Descent (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

Genealogist :: Genealogist (n.) One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

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

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