Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A whitish or hoary color.
Examples
“At noon the heat was terrible and all colour melted away, “with the canescence from above.””
“All colour melts away with the canescence from above.”
“As the sun at last sucked the last canescence from the valley air, the Cimmerian made his way to the spring that bubbled from a cleft not far from the camp.”
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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The Scences
acquiescence, adolescence, arborescence, bioluminescence, candescence, chemiluminescence, coalescence, concrescence, concupiscence, convalescence, defervescence, dehiscence and 45 more...
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sionnach See, I would have figured this one meant something like "the process of turning into a dog" or something close. How wrong would I be. Ever since I co-authored a paper on chemiluminescence in my misspent youth, I've had a soft spot for these words. great list! (and thanks for your gracious words elsewhere, AZ) Mar 2, 2007