Associations to the word «Descending»

Wiktionary

DESCENDING, verb. Present participle of descend
DESCENDING, noun. A descent.
DESCENDING COLON, noun. (anatomy) A part of colon adjacent to sigmoid colon.
DESCENDING COLONS, noun. (anatomy) plural of descending colon
DESCENDING S, noun. The ſ character, as distinct from the short s — the s character.
DESCENDING SS, noun. Plural of descending s

Dictionary definition

DESCENDING, adjective. Coming down or downward.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats