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descend |
descend upon |
descendant |
descendants |
descendent |
descender
| descending
| descending aorta
| descending colon
| descending node
| descensus
descender
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun descender has 3 senses
- descender(n = noun.person) - someone who descends; has particulars: abseiler, rappeller
- descender(n = noun.communication) - a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters; is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
- descender(n = noun.communication) - (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters; is a kind of line
is a kind of mover
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