English Word Root: escent

becoming
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1 adolescent   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;
2 convalescent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. returning to health after illness or debility
3 evanescent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
4 fluorescent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. luminous; bright; emitting visible light
5 incandescent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
6 iridescent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
7 opalescent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous
8 quiescent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive