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acquiescent
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adj 1: willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another
without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"
[syn: acquiescent, biddable]
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adolescent
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adj 1: relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an
adolescent; "adolescent problems"
2: being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen
years" [syn: adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged]
3: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their
behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent,
jejune, juvenile, puerile]
4: in the state of development between puberty and maturity;
"adolescent boys and girls"
n 1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn:
adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen]
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antidepressant
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n 1: any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often
have undesirable side effects [syn: antidepressant,
antidepressant drug]
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bioluminescent
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adj 1: (of living organisms) emitting light; "fireflies are
bioluminescent"
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coalescent
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adj 1: growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions";
"coalescent bones" [syn: coalescent, coalescing]
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crescent
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adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a),
crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
n 1: any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its
first or last quarters
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deliquescent
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adj 1: (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by
absorbing moisture from the air
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depressant
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adj 1: capable of depressing physiological or psychological
activity or response by a chemical agent [ant:
stimulative]
n 1: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn:
sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer]
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effervescent
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adj 1: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or
artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines";
"sparkling water" [syn: sparkling, effervescent]
[ant: noneffervescent, still]
2: (of a liquid) giving off bubbles [ant: noneffervescent]
3: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of
sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent,
frothy, scintillating, sparkly]
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efflorescent
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adj 1: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn:
abloom, efflorescent]
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evanescent
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adj 1: tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
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excrescent
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adj 1: forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
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fluorescent
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adj 1: emitting light during exposure to radiation from an
external source
2: brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light;
"fluorescent colors"
n 1: a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp [syn:
fluorescent, fluorescent fixture]
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incessant
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adj 1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing;
"the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain";
"night and day we live with the incessant noise of the
city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the
perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy";
"man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation";
"unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless,
constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual,
unceasing, unremitting]
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iridescent
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adj 1: varying in color when seen in different lights or from
different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or
shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and
iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant,
iridescent, shot]
2: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil
slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like
mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
[syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline,
pearlescent]
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luminescent
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adj 1: emitting light not caused by heat
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opalescent
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adj 1: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent
oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking
like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline)
luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent,
opaline, pearlescent]
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phosphorescent
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adj 1: emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow
oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of
decaying wood"
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preadolescent
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adj 1: of or relating to or designed for children between the
ages of 9 and 12; "a preteen party"; "preteen clothing"
[syn: preteen, preadolescent]
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prepubescent
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adj 1: (especially of human beings) at the age immediately
before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth [syn:
prepubescent, prepubertal]
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pubescent
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adj 1: (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at
the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become
functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding
breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of
pubescent boy"
2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
[syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous]
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putrescent
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adj 1: becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
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quiescent
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adj 1: not active or activated; "the quiescent level of
centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
2: marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent
melancholy of the town"
3: being quiet or still or inactive
4: (pathology) causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"
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senescent
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adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent]
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suppressant
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n 1: a drug that suppresses appetite [syn: suppressant,
appetite suppressant]
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albescent
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adj 1: becoming or shading into white
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liquescent
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adj 1: becoming liquid [syn: liquescent, melting]
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pearlescent
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adj 1: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent
oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking
like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline)
luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent,
opaline, pearlescent]
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arborescent
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adj 1: resembling a tree in form and branching structure;
"arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";
"dendriform sponges" [syn: arboreal, arboreous,
arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform,
dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped]
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confessant
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electroluminescent
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flavescent
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juvenescent
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thermoluminescent
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turgescent
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acescent
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decrescent
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lactescent
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marcescent
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nigrescent
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rufescent
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virescent
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vitrescent
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erubescent
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ingravescent
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viridescent
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