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SANK |
Descended |
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ABSEILED |
Descended rock-face |
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EXTRAUGHT |
Extracted; descended. |
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ALIGHTED |
Descended from train |
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ATLANTIC |
Descended from Atlas. |
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CAJUN |
Louisianan descended from Acadian immigrants |
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ANCESTOR |
Person from whom one is descended |
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DESCENT |
That which is descended; descendants; issue. |
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DESCENDIBLE |
Admitting descent; capable of being descended. |
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NOBLY |
Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended. |
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RUN OUT OF GAS |
Why balloon descended when it emerged hurriedly from vapour cloud |
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FATIMIDE |
Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of
Mohammed. |
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CINGALESE |
A native or natives of Ceylon descended from
its primitive inhabitants |
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ISSUE |
To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended;
to spring. |
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LINEALLY |
In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally
descended from the Conqueror. |
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CARLOVINGIAN |
Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from,
Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings. |
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CONSANGUINEOUS |
Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from
the same parent or ancestor. |
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EXTRACTION |
Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent;
birth; the stock from which one has descended. |
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JUPPON |
A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th
century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. |
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COGNATION |
That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons
descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation. |
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TRIBE |
A family of animals descended from some particular female
progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of
shorthorns. |
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MALLARD |
A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America
and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called
also greenhead. |
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PARSEE |
One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian
religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire
worshiper; a Gheber. |
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SHERIF |
A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed
through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is
the governor of Mecca. |
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PALI |
A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead
language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist
religion in Farther India, etc. |