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Showing words for DESCENT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Descent

descent, scented

6 Letter Words for Descent

cedens, cedent, censed, ctenes, decent, decnet, denets, dentes, nested, scened, sedent, sented, teends, tensed

5 Letter Words for Descent

cedes, cense, cents, ceste, cetes, csnet, ctene, deens, deets, denes, denet, dense, dents, dsect, enets, etens, needs, netes, scend, scene, scent, sence, sente, sneed, stede, steed, steen, stend, teend, teens, tends, tenes, tense

4 Letter Words for Descent

cede, cees, cene, cens, cent, cest, cete, deen, dees, deet, dene, dens, dent, desc, detn, eden, ende, ends, ened, enes, ense, esne, eten, neds, need, neet, nese, nest, nete, nets, nsec, scet, sctd, sect, seed, seen, send, sene, sent, sned, snee, sted, sten, teds, teed, teen, tees, tend, tene, tens

3 Letter Words for Descent

cee, cen, cns, cst, cte, ctn, cts, dec, dee, den, des, det, ect, eds, eec, een, enc, end, ene, ens, esc, esd, ese, est, etc, ned, nee, net, scd, sct, sec, sed, see, sen, set, std, tec, ted, tee, ten, tes

Definitions for Descent

[1] the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position.
[2] a downward inclination or slope.
[3] a passage or stairway leading down.
[4] derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction.
[5] any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline.
[6] a sudden raid or hostile attack.
[7] Law . transmission of real property by intestate succession.
[8] the act of descending
[9] a downward slope or inclination
[10] a passage, path, or way leading downwards
[11] derivation from an ancestor or ancestral group; lineage
[12] (in genealogy) a generation in a particular lineage
[13] a decline or degeneration
[14] a movement or passage in degree or state from higher to lower
[15] (often foll by on) a sudden and overwhelming arrival or attack
[16] property law (formerly) the transmission of real property to the heir on an intestacy

Words related to Descent

slide, plunge, origin, extraction, lineage, parentage, slope, declivity, tumble, grade, sag, header, slip, settlement, decline, droop, gradient, swoop, declension, inclination

Words nearby Descent

descending node, descending scapular artery, descension, descensus, descensus testis, descent, deschamps, deschool, deschutes, descloizite, descramble

Origin of Descent

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French descente, derivative of descendre to descend, modeled on such pairs as vente, vendre

Words that may be confused with Descent

decent, descent, dissent

Other words from Descent

pre·de·scent , noun
re·de·scent , noun

Synonyms for Descent

plunge, slide, coast, crash, declension, declination, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, droop, drop, drop-off, fall, grade, gradient, header, hill, inclination, incline, landslide, precipitation, prolapse, sag, settlement, sinking, slant, slip, slope, swoop, tailspin, tumble, cave-in, coming down, falling, plummeting, plunging, sinkage, topple