Words starting with desc
6 letter words starting with desc
- descry — to discern or make out; catch sight of
7 letter words starting with desc
- descale — to remove the hard deposit formed by chemicals in water from (a kettle, pipe, etc)
- descant — A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
- descend — If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
8 letter words starting with desc
- descaled — Simple past tense and past participle of descale.
- descaler — a thing for removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- descends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descend.
9 letter words starting with desc
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- descanted — Simple past tense and past participle of descant.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- descended — A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.
- descender — a person or thing that descends
10 letter words starting with desc
- descendant — Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them.
- descendent — coming or going downwards; descending
- descenders — Plural form of descender.
- descendeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descend.
- descendeur — a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling
11 letter words starting with desc
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- descendancy — Lb uncountable The quality or condition of being a descendant.
- descendants — a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
- descendence — The act of descending.
- descendency — The property of descendence.
12 letter words starting with desc
- descamisados — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- descensional — relating to descension
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
13 letter words starting with desc
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
14 letter words starting with desc
- describability — The quality of being describable.
15 letter words starting with desc
- describableness — The quality of being describable.
- descriptionless — Without a description.
- descriptiveness — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
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