descend /di-sendˈ/

1. To climb down
2. To pass from a higher to a lower place or condition
3. (with to) to stoop to what is unworthy of one
4. To move from general to particular topics, details, etc
5. To make an invasion
6. To be derived (from)
7. (of the testes) to move from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum

To move down upon, to traverse downwards

descendˈant noun

1. A person who descends, ie offspring from an ancestor
2. The point on the ecliptic opposite the ascendant (astrology)

descendˈed adjective

Derived by descent

descendˈent adjective

1. Going down
2. Proceeding from an ancestor

descendˈer noun (printing)

The part of a letter such as j or p that comes below the line on which x sits

descendˈible (also descendˈable) adjective

1. That may descend or be descended
2. Capable of transmission by inheritance, heritable

descendˈing noun (Shakespeare)

Lineage

• aestivates
• aestivating
• aestivation
• aestivations
• aes triplex
• aet
• aet.
• aetatis suae
• aether
• aethers
• Aethiopian
• aethrioscope
• aethrioscopes
• aetiological
• aetiologically
• aetiologies
• aetiology
• Aetnean
• AEW
• AF
• AFA
• a face like a fiddle
• afaik
• AFAIK
• afald