Associations to the word «Descending»

Wiktionary

DESCENDING, verb. Present participle of descend
DESCENDING, noun. A descent.
DESCENDING COLON, noun. (anatomy) A part of colon adjacent to sigmoid colon.
DESCENDING COLONS, noun. (anatomy) plural of descending colon
DESCENDING S, noun. The ſ character, as distinct from the short s — the s character.
DESCENDING SS, noun. Plural of descending s

Dictionary definition

DESCENDING, adjective. Coming down or downward.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates