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— English words —

• descent n. An instance of descending; act of coming down.
• descent n. A way down.
• descent n. A sloping passage or incline.
• descent n. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
• descent n. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• descent n. A falling upon or invasion.
• descent n. (Topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.

— English words, defined in French —

• descent n. Descente (action de descendre).
• descent n. Origine, descendance.
• descent n. (Typographie) Jambage inférieur.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• descent s. Descenso.
• descent s. Caída.
• descent s. Ascendencia.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• descent s. Discesa.

33 English words from 7 English definitions

act add Can coming coming␣down condition decline derivation descending down drop example extension falling for gluing hereditary idea incline instance invasion Lineage lower particular passage sense sloping status the this Topology upon way

2 English words from 7 foreign definitions

action descendance

10 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Ascendencia Caída descendre Descenso Descente Discesa inférieur Jambage Origine Typographie

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

descents descent␣group descent␣vehicle descent␣vehicles

15 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

redescents condescents iridescently condescention incandescents condescentions incandescently iridescent␣ware iridescent␣cloud iridescent␣shark incandescent␣lamp iridescent␣clouds iridescent␣sharks bilateral␣descents incandescent␣lamps

26 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

madescent redescent candescent condescent iridescent maldescent clandescent decadescent frondescent hypodescent irridescent lapidescent viridescent excandescent hyperdescent incandescent recrudescent uniridescent noniridescent gradient␣descent infinite␣descent nonincandescent subincandescent bilateral␣descent recursive␣descent identical␣by␣descent

24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Cen CEN cen- cent cent- cent. Cent. des dEs Des DEs DES des- ent ENT -ent ent- Esc ESC -esce -escent SCE sce. scent

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CSE ECS NEC n.e.c. NECs sed SED

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

cedents scented

8 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

descents encysted incested insected netdecks red␣cents stenched undecets

17 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

cedent censed ctenes decent denets dentes Dentes endest -escent needst need'st nested scened sedent Stende teends tensed

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

descant descend

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

decent -escent

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