I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "crescent"

I've milked the dictionary to locate a word that rhymes with "crescent."

Here!

I tried to scroll DOWN but there's only two posts here...

Jenni sounded bubbly in #2, didn't she?

#2 I'm glad you're present, so as a bonus I won't mark you absent.
#3 Some more posts will help your descent.
#4 Nice to see a cockney alphabet reference there.

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent

I simply don't agree that my guess was not correct. I will round up some people who are on my side and we will agitate.

How absolutely delightful!

Plucking them birds isn't my job,
It's my dad's,
And I'm only plucking them
Till the plucking's done.

#6 No coup for you! Dissent is not tolerated!
#7 What a pleasant person you are! I'm not so sure that Crambo is.
# I'm not a pheasant plucker, nor a pheasant plucker's son! And I even have to be careful how I type that!

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant

Sorry, I'm off. This topic is getting me down.

I'm only a yokel

This particular word is driving me from my teenage years to my 80s, virtually overnight. (2 guesses there...)

#10 I normally view Crambo as an anti-depressant!
#11 The peasants may be revolting, but I'm sure you're not.
#12 From adolescent to senescent sounds like a severe case of progeria to me!

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, present, senescent

I'm just gonna melt away from this particular game.

#14 I used to be fascinated in chemistry classes watching a pellet of sodium hydroxide absorb water from the air and dissolve in a little puddle. Good match on syllables and meter, but deliquescent isn't Crambo's word.

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, present, senescent

The adjective __ __ __ __ __ __ __:

It manages to rhyme without the -E-n-t ending.
Among some depr-,pea-, phea- words, fending
For itself,it means something like "nift-
-Y"; and like a comm. bank or a thrift,
Your patronage it's been known to beg.
(To stand on,I may not here have a leg.)
It morphs into an author's name: First
Name "Robert". At worst,
You should guess it in five tries
(Forget Line 5-6, though: a rise
I won't get out of you,on that); just try
For its (semantically: "niftiness")
__ __ __ __ a n c e;
Even to be the Crambo! Word it has a chance!

Is there a bright light shining out there in the darkness? ( Must have thought of this as just finished reading 'The Dark' and glad to be out of it!)

17

Nah. You're SO out of date, you don't even function anymore.

#16 You've succeeded in totally bamboozling me, however Crambo's word is longer than 7 or 8 letters.

#17,18 Nice suggestions - there will never be obsolescence in luminescence!

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, luminescence, obsolescence, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, present, senescent

I see the future.

#21 In which case, being prescient, you will have already known that 'prescient' is not Crambo's word!

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescient
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, luminescence, obsolescence, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescient, present, senescent

I've switched from my old-style light bulbs to this newer type (2 words).

#23 A bulb either fluorescent or incandescent would help you seek and identify something with Crambo's characteristic.

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescience, fluorescent, incandescent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, fluorescent, incandescent, luminescence, obsolescence, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescience, present, senescent

This homophone perfume is a missive from heaven. (2 guesses in one)

#25 The scent wasn't sent to Crambo. Was there another guess in there?

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescience, fluorescent, incandescent, scent, sent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, fluorescent, incandescent, luminescence, obsolescence, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescience, present, scent, sent, senescent

Yes indeed. The 'missive from heaven' is the other guess. A homophone of the first guess...

(Oh, it's already in your list!)

This word is making me feel ill. I'm going away to recover.

#28 It's no fun being a convalescent. I can't really find a a therapeutic reference for Crambo's word! It does have four syllables.

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescience, fluorescent, incandescent, scent, sent, convalescent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, convalescent, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, fluorescent, incandescent, luminescence, obsolescence, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescience, present, scent, sent, senescent

Ooh, pretty! See how the colors change when you move. Sends me back to the late seventies.

#30 Beetles can be iridescent, but the Beatles weren't!

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescience, fluorescent, incandescent, scent, sent, convalescent, iridescent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, convalescent, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, fluorescent, incandescent, iridescent, luminescence, obsolescence, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescience, present, scent, sent, senescent

Well, let's hope that someone somewhere will finally guess the word, then it can be forgotten about and disappear into thin air altogether.

#32 This virtual existence is extremely evanescent! But Crambo's word describes something more real.

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescience, fluorescent, incandescent, scent, sent, convalescent, iridescent, evanescent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, convalescent, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, evanescent, fluorescent, incandescent, iridescent, luminescence, obsolescence, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescience, present, scent, sent, senescent

Only God knows the answer to this one. He's here.

I'm not just up in the sky. Believe it or not, I'm everywhere, all the time.

35

That was actually the guess I was making - you expressed it better than I did!

#34-36 Unlike Crambo, unlike God, is finite, not omnipresent. Some people might think that Crambo's word is synonymous with Jim's most recent guess, but technically they would be wrong.

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescience, fluorescent, incandescent, scent, sent, convalescent, iridescent, evanescent, omnipresent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, convalescent, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, evanescent, fluorescent, incandescent, iridescent, luminescence, obsolescence, omnipresent, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescience, present, scent, sent, senescent

My name is Jim. No, technically, it isn't. It's "vJim". (Can you deduce what I'm guessing, rodney?)

#38 Now you're going green about the gills, Tid! Not viridescent, but I've just learned a new word! Crambo's word does have something to do with a quality of light.

Not: present, absent, descent, effervescent, dissent, pleasant, pheasant, antidepressant, depressant, peasant, adolescent, senescent, deliquescent, obsolescence, luminescence, prescience, fluorescent, incandescent, scent, sent, convalescent, iridescent, evanescent, omnipresent, viridescent
Alpha not: absent, adolescent, antidepressant, convalescent, deliquescent, descent, depressant, dissent, effervescent, evanescent, fluorescent, incandescent, iridescent, luminescence, obsolescence, omnipresent, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, prescience, present, scent, sent, senescent, viridescent

A gem of a word!

40

Brilliant! I think you must have got it? I'd forgotten that word altogether.

#40 Quite possibly. Hit me with further nuances!

1. I have something in common with a particular candy bar.
2. I have something in common with a rainbow.

#43 And now I'm less confident. The candy bar reference quite eludes this antipodean!

44

The candy bar changed its name. Its current name is more stellar (in a supernova kind of a way...!). Actually, it isn't so much a "bar" as individual sweets, wrapped.

This, of course, is assuming I've got kathi's answer, but I'm pretty sure I have?

#45 OK. I'm persuaded. Crambo's word is opalescent, which surprisingly means the milky (see #1), turbid appearance of common or potch opal, rather than the play of colour associated with precious opal.

Over to you kathi.

Opal Fruits were the sweet - I seem to remember they had pink, orange, yellow and green flavours. They changed their name to Starburst (no, don't Snicker..!)

Never heard of Opal Fruits! My reference was to the "Milky Way," a very popular candy bar in USA, although not, in my humble opinion, quite as delicious as a Snickers.

Give me a little time to dream up something devilish for the next round.

Cheers!

48

Wow, that's a coincidence! I was quite sure that you'd guessed 'opalescent' and that therefore the candy bar was Opal Fruits.