Emollescence: alternatives and connections

A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event;…

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing…

Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns,…

One who changes or alters the form of anything.

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicac…

The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.

To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking posses…

The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…

The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mi…