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adj. - Covered with fine whitish hairs or down; Of greyish white.

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Usage examples (12)
  • The canescent moon
  • He settled on the cushions before it, and once more the ancient incantation rolled against the canescent walls.
  • Indeed, after the canescent heat of the day, and the tossing of our ill-conditioned vessel, we should have been contented with lodgings far less luxurious.
  • In the canescent pre-dawn light Conan flattened himself on a narrow granite ledge as a file of hillmen rode by on a narrow path below, between steep walls.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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