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Showing words for DESCANT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Descant

decants, descant, scanted

6 Letter Words for Descant

ascend, ascent, cadent, cadets, canted, casted, casten, centas, dances, decant, decast, enacts, secant, stance, staned

5 Letter Words for Descant

acned, acnes, acted, andes, anted, antes, cades, cadet, caned, canes, canst, cants, cased, caste, cates, cents, cesta, csnet, daces, dance, danes, dante, dants, dasnt, dates, deans, decan, denat, dents, dsect, ecads, ectad, enact, entad, etnas, nates, neats, sanct, saned, sated, scand, scant, sceat, scena, scend, scent, sedan, snead, stade, stand, stane, stead, stean, stend, taces, teads, tends, tsade

4 Letter Words for Descant

aced, aces, acne, acts, aden, adet, ance, ands, anes, anet, ante, ants, ated, ates, cade, cads, cand, cane, cans, cant, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cens, cent, cest, dace, daes, dane, dans, dant, dase, dast, date, dean, deas, dens, dent, desc, detn, eans, east, eats, ecad, ends, esca, etas, etna, nace, nast, nats, neat, neds, nest, nets, nsec, sade, sand, sane, sant, satd, sate, scad, scan, scat, scet, sctd, sean, seat, sect, sena, send, sent, seta, sned, stad, sted, sten, tace, tade, tads, taed, taen, tane, tans, tead, tean, teas, teca, teds, tend, tens

3 Letter Words for Descant

ace, act, adc, ade, ads, aes, anc, and, ane, ans, ant, ase, ast, ate, cad, can, cat, cen, cns, cst, cte, ctn, cts, dae, dan, das, dat, dca, dea, dec, den, des, det, dna, ead, ean, eas, eat, ect, eds, enc, end, ens, esc, esd, est, eta, etc, nad, nae, nas, nat, nea, ned, net, sac, sad, san, sat, scd, sct, sea, sec, sed, sen, set, sta, std, tad, tan, tas, tea, tec, ted, ten, tes

Definitions for Descant

[1] Music . a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it. (in part music) the soprano. a song or melody.
[2] a variation upon anything; comment on a subject.
[3] Music (chiefly British ) . soprano: a descant recorder. treble: a descant viol.
[4] Music . to sing.
[5] to comment or discourse at great length.
[6] Also: discant a decorative counterpoint added above a basic melody
[7] a comment, criticism, or discourse
[8] Also: discant of or pertaining to the highest member in common use of a family of musical instruments a descant recorder
[9] Also: discant (often foll by on or upon ) to compose or perform a descant (for a piece of music)
[10] (often foll by on or upon ) to discourse at length or make varied comments

Words related to Descant

comment, criticism, discussion, discourse, criticize, discuss

Words nearby Descant

desaturation, desault's bandage, desc., descale, descamisado, descant, descartes, descartes' law, descartes, rené, descemet's membrane, descemetitis

Origin of Descant

1350–1400; Middle English discant, descaunt < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin discanthus, equivalent to Latin dis- dis-1 + cantus song; see chant

Other words from Descant

des·cant·er , noun

Word origin for Descant

C14: from Old Northern French, from Medieval Latin discantus, from Latin dis- 1 + cantus song; see chant

Synonyms for Descant

comment, criticism, discussion