Words in english starting with D

• descartes — Noun – English ～ French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
• descend — Verb – English ～ come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
• descend — Verb – English ～ do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
• descend — Verb – English ～ move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
• descend — Verb – English ～ come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
• descendant — Adjective – English ～ going or coming down
• descendant — Adjective – English ～ proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
• descendant — Noun – English ～ a person considered as descended from some ancestor
• descendants — Noun – English ～ all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
• descendent — Adjective – English ～ proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
• descendent — Adjective – English ～ going or coming down
• descendent — Noun – English ～ a person considered as descended from some ancestor
• descender — Noun – English ～ (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
• descender — Noun – English ～ someone who descends
• descender — Noun – English ～ a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
• descending — Adjective – English ～ coming down or downward
• descending colon — Noun – English ～ the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
• descending aorta — Noun – English ～ the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae
• descensus — Noun – English ～ the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
• descent — Noun – English ～ a downward slope or bend

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