Words Containing ESC

Here's the list of all the 988 Words Containing ESC in the English Language.

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description
1. a statement that represents something in words
2. the act of describing something
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described
1. represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
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prescription
1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
2. a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
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describe
1. give a description of
2. to give an account or representation of in words
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escape
1. run away from confinement
2. fail to experience
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rescue
1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger
2. free from harm or evil
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prescribed
1. set down as a rule or guide
2. fixed or established especially by order or command
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adolescent
1. relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
2. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
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descending
1. coming down or downward
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telescope
1. crush together or collapse
2. make smaller or shorter
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evanescence
1. the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
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preschool
1. an educational institution for children too young for elementary school
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crescent
1. resembling the new moon in shape
2. any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
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descriptive
1. serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
2. of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage
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fluorescent
1. emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
2. brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
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descent
1. a movement downward
2. properties attributable to your ancestry
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escaped
1. having escaped, especially from confinement
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escrow
1. a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
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descendants
1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor
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fluorescence
1. light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
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descriptor
1. the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
2. a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
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prescribe
1. issue commands or orders for
2. recommend as beneficial
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rescued
1. delivered from danger
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adolescence
1. the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
2. in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
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escalation
1. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
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descend
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
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descendant
1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor
2. going or coming down
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escalade
1. climb up and over
2. an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)
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incandescent
1. emitting light as a result of being heated
2. characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
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fresco
1. a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2. a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
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telescopic
1. visible only with a telescope
2. capable of discerning distant objects
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convalescent
1. a person who is recovering from illness
2. returning to health after illness or debility
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prescriptive
1. pertaining to giving directives or rules
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escalate
1. increase in extent or intensity
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iridescent
1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
2. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
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obsolescence
1. the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
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rescind
1. cancel officially
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crescendo
1. (music) a gradual increase in loudness
2. (music) gradually increasing in volume
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escudo
1. formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
2. the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos
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nonprescription
1. purchasable without a doctor's prescription
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escalator
1. a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
2. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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typescript
1. typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript
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reschedule
1. assign a new time and place for an event
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inescapable
1. impossible to avoid or evade
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luminescent
1. emitting light not caused by heat
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luminescence
1. light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
2. light from nonthermal sources
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quiescent
1. not active or activated
2. marked by a state of tranquil repose
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rescission
1. (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made
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condescending
1. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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immunofluorescence
1. (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
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pubescent
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
2. covered with fine soft hairs or down
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preschooler
1. a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
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fescue
1. grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
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escarpment
1. a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
2. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
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indescribable
1. defying expression or description
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frescoes
1. a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2. a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
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fluorescein
1. a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)
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eschatology
1. the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind
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coalesce
1. mix together different elements
2. fuse or cause to grow together
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alfresco
1. in the open air
2. outside a building
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acquiescence
1. acceptance without protest
2. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
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effervescent
1. marked by high spirits or excitement
2. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
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escapade
1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
2. any carefree episode
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rescuer
1. a person who rescues you from harm or danger
2. someone who saves something from danger or violence
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senescence
1. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
2. the property characteristic of old age
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inflorescence
1. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
2. the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
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descendent
1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor
2. going or coming down
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prescient
1. perceiving the significance of events before they occur
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escapement
1. mechanical device that regulates movement
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eschew
1. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
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opalescent
1. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
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smokescreen
1. (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
2. an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure
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pearlescent
1. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
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coalescence
1. the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
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acquiesce
1. to agree or express agreement
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nondescript
1. a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting
2. lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
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condescension
1. the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
2. a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
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chemiluminescence
1. luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies
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escapist
1. a person who escapes into a world of fantasy
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escapism
1. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
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coalescing
1. growing together, fusing
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evanescent
1. tending to vanish like vapor
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eschatological
1. of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world
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