| bioluminescence | (noun) luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly) | - |
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| bioluminescent | (adjective) (of living organisms) emitting light | - |
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| canescent | (adjective) of greyish white | - |
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| (adjective) covered with fine whitish hairs or down | Synonyms: hoary |
| chemiluminescence | (noun) luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies | - |
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| chemiluminescent | (adjective) relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence | - |
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| evanesce | (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, fade, fleet, pass, pass off |
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| evanescence | (noun) the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight | - |
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| evanescent | (adjective) tending to vanish like vapor | - |
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| ignescent | (adjective) can emit sparks or burst into flame | - |
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| inescapable | (adjective) impossible to avoid or evade | Synonyms: ineluctable, unavoidable |
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| inescapably | (adverb) by necessity | Synonyms: ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably |
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| juvenescence | (noun) the process of growing into a youth | - |
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| kinescope | (noun) a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen | Synonyms: picture tube, television tube |
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| luminesce | (verb) be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence | - |
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| luminescence | (noun) light from nonthermal sources | Synonyms: glow |
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| (noun) light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures | - |
| luminescent | (adjective) emitting light not caused by heat | - |
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| nescience | (noun) ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) | Synonyms: ignorantness, unknowing, unknowingness |
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| nescient | (adjective) holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible | Synonyms: unbelieving |
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| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: ignorant, unlearned, unlettered |
| rejuvenescence | (noun) A renewal of youthful characteristics or vitality. | - |
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| senesce | (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: age, get on, maturate, mature |
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| senescence | (noun) the property characteristic of old age | Synonyms: agedness |
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| (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, aging |
| senescent | (adjective) growing old | Synonyms: ageing, aging |
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| seneschal | (noun) the chief steward or butler of a great household | Synonyms: major-domo |
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