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Branch :: Branch (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.

Sidehill :: Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.

Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root..

Iridize :: Iridize (v. t.) To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass..

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

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..

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..

Extract :: Extract (n.) Extraction; descent.

Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) The state or quality of being lapidescent.

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).

Glow :: Glow (v. i.) To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

Avatar :: Avatar (n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu..

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

Lineage :: Lineage (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Entail :: Entail (n.) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue..

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense..

Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..

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