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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genealogical chart |
| Synonyms: | ancestral tree, ancestry, bloodline, descent, family history, genealogical chart, genealogical tree, genealogy, heredity, line, lineage, pedigree, stemma, tree |
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| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, ancestry |
| Synonyms: | clan, dynasty, family tree, folk, folks, household, kin, kindred, line, lineage, ménage, race, stock, tradition, tribe |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | pedigree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry, heritage |
| Synonyms: | blood, breed, clan, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, line, lineage, origin, race, stirps, stock |
| Main Entry: | roots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | background, birthplace, blood, breed, descent, family history, family tree, genealogy, heritage, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, race |
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| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
deciduous, declivous, decurrent, decursive, defluous, demersal, descendent, descending, downgyred, labent, nodding to its fall, stillatitious
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| Concept: | [Motion downwards] Descent. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
descent, descension, declension, declination; fall; falling: slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute; titubation, stumble; fate of Icarus., avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide., declivity, dip, hill.
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| Antonyms: | ascent |
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