Associations to the word «Descent»
Noun
- Suriname
- Allele
- Croatian
- Throttle
- Trajectory
- Barony
- Mennonite
- Heracles
- Israelites
- Spacecraft
- American
- Turkish
- Kingship
- Belarusian
- Saxon
- Australian
- Brahmin
- Caribbean
- Charlemagne
- Dynasty
- Booster
- Judaism
- Nobility
- Anglo
- Slowing
- Inca
- Ascension
- Algorithm
- Kernel
- Belgian
- Pakistani
- Tribe
- Mother
- English
- Dk
- Odin
- Summit
- Uzbek
- Abyss
- Montenegrin
- Nobleman
- Islander
- Korean
- Caliph
- Romanian
- Niall
- Vietnamese
- Priesthood
- Russian
- Rapper
- Caste
- Avatar
- Parent
- Ledge
Adjective
- Welsh
- Evolutionary
- Indonesian
- Hawaiian
- Assyrian
- Trojan
- Illegitimate
- Dynastic
- Born
- Mythological
- Dominican
- Downhill
- Iranian
- Syrian
- Hungarian
- Cornish
- Ascending
- Cantonese
- Princely
- Downward
- Eurasian
- Nonlinear
- Tricky
- Georgian
- Chinese
- Dutch
- Rapid
- Cambodian
- Peruvian
- Slovak
- Phylogenetic
- Familial
- Germanic
- Slippery
- Slovenian
- Mongol
- Slow
- Discrete
- Ethiopian
- Vertical
- Swedish
- Spanish
- Sizable
Adverb
Wiktionary
DESCENT, noun. An instance of descending.
DESCENT, noun. A way down.
DESCENT, noun. A sloping passage or incline.
DESCENT, noun. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
DESCENT, noun. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
DESCENT, noun. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
DESCENT VEHICLE, noun. A means of transportation able to carry people or cargo from outer space to the surface of a planet or a moon.
DESCENT VEHICLES, noun. Plural of descent vehicle
Dictionary definition
DESCENT, noun. A movement downward.
DESCENT, noun. Properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins".
DESCENT, noun. The act of changing your location in a downward direction.
DESCENT, noun. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
DESCENT, noun. A downward slope or bend.
DESCENT, noun. The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors".
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.