-esce, -escent, -escence (Latin: a suffix; beginning to be, becoming; to be somewhat)

A suffix that forms nouns and adjectives.

adolescence:

adolescent:

calescent:

coalescent:

convalescence:

convalescent:

crescent:

effervescence:

effervescent:

efflorescence:

florescence:

florescent:

fluorescence:

fluorescent:

frondescence:

fructescence:

incandescence:

incandescent:

juvenescence:

juvenescent:

luminescence:

luminescent:

nascence:

nascent:

obsolescence:

obsolescent:

pearlescence:

pearlescent:

pubescence:

pubescent:

rejuvenescence:

rejuvenescent:

revirescence:

revirescent:

senescence:

senescent:

virilescence:

virilescent:


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