9-Letter Words Containing: __CENS

• tending or directed upward

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• authorize officially

• a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned

• the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned

• perfume especially with a censer

• make furious

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter

• (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

• (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.

• A critical revision of a text.

• A text established by critical revision.

• A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts.

• someone to whom a license is granted

• The act of conferring a license for an activity

• The condition of being licensed

• an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)