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It turns out the water around the island is infested with tiny silver microbes that are phosphorescent or iridescent or incandescent—some kind of –escent.

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He soon wishes he had a weapon of science to protect him and the others from the –escent flesh-eating microbes.

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PHILLIPS: A D.C. C.uple so moved by New Orleans, they moved to the C.escent C.ty.

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From the palm of the thing's handlike body emerges a pearl-escent TUBULE. like a tapered piece of intestine, which slithers tonguelike over the inside of the glass.

Fail-Safe, &c. Hook, Sidney 1964

Mr. D.C. Webster, of La C.escent, at present in charge of one of the society trial stations, is a grandson of Mr.. Harris.

Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Various

WORDS ending in escent denote progression; as convalescent.

The Standard Speller; Containing Exercises for Oral Spelling; also, Sentences for Silent Spelling by Writing from Dictation. In Which the Representative Words and the Anomalous Words of the English Language are so Classified as to Indicate Their Pronunciation, and to be Fixed in the Memory by Association. 1861

The _Moon_, when full, is “_in her complement_”: she is a “_C.escent_” when she appears in No. 166, A: she is “_Increscent_” when as in No. 166, B: and she is “_Decrescent_” when as in No. 166, C. Animals and Birds of prey are said to be “_armed_” of their talons, teeth, and claws.

The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844

Indeed, among the companies vying for supremacy over "The Internet and Stuff Used to Log Thereon/Navigate Therein," Google has managed a peculiar feat: Unlike Microsoft, with its aura of an impenetrable, viral-ridden, and merciless hegemon; or Apple and its smarmy, scenester-escent, and totally over-aestheticized Justin Long charm; Google has maintained an immaculate public image.

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Town is at 2009 8th Street, N.W. Burgundy C.escent, a gay volunteer group, volunteers from 9: 30 a.m. to noon today for Books Plus at MLK Library and later in the week at D.C. C.ntral Kitchen, Human Rights C.mpaign, National Gay

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Person who deletes improper remarks Eranescent: ­ Tending to becoming vanish escent PREFIX/ROOT/STEM (adjective suffix) Pubescent: ­ Arriving at MEANING

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