Words that rhyme with pubescent

• acquiescent 0
  adj 1: willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority" [syn: acquiescent, biddable]
• adolescent 0
  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]
• antidepressant 0
  n 1: any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects [syn: antidepressant, antidepressant drug]
• bioluminescent 0
  adj 1: (of living organisms) emitting light; "fireflies are bioluminescent"
• coalescent 0
  adj 1: growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones" [syn: coalescent, coalescing]
• crescent 0
  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
• deliquescent 0
  adj 1: (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
• depressant 0
  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]
• effervescent 0
  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]
• efflorescent 0
  adj 1: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: abloom, efflorescent]
• evanescent 0
  adj 1: tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
• excrescent 0
  adj 1: forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
• fluorescent 0
  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]
• incessant 0
  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]
• iridescent 0
  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]
• luminescent 0
  adj 1: emitting light not caused by heat
• opalescent 0
  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]
• phosphorescent 0
  adj 1: emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood"
• preadolescent 0
  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]
• prepubescent 0
  adj 1: (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth [syn: prepubescent, prepubertal]
• putrescent 0
  adj 1: becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
• quiescent 0
  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"
• senescent 0
  adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent]
• suppressant 0
  n 1: a drug that suppresses appetite [syn: suppressant, appetite suppressant]
• albescent 0
  adj 1: becoming or shading into white
• liquescent 0
  adj 1: becoming liquid [syn: liquescent, melting]
• pearlescent 0
  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]
• arborescent 0
  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]
• confessant 0
• electroluminescent 0
• flavescent 0
• frutescent 0
• juvenescent 0
• thermoluminescent 0
• turgescent 0
• bessent 0
• acescent 0
• decrescent 0
• lactescent 0
• marcescent 0
• nigrescent 0
• rufescent 0
• virescent 0
• vitrescent 0
• erubescent 0
• ingravescent 0
• viridescent 0

See also pubescent definition and pubescent synonyms