Definitions for the word, descent

(n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

(n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

(n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.

(n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

(n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

(n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.

(n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

(n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.

(n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

(n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.


70 words found in the Scrabble word, descent



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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