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Definition of descending

"descending" in the verb sense

1. descend, fall, go down, come down

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

"The temperature is going down"

"The barometer is falling"

"The curtain fell on the diva"

"Her hand went up and then fell again"

2. derive, come, descend

come from be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

"She was descended from an old Italian noble family"

"he comes from humble origins"

3. condescend, deign, descend

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

4. fall, descend, settle

come as if by falling

"Night fell"

"Silence fell"

"descending" in the adjective sense

1. descending

coming down or downward

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for descending

Foul with stains of gushing torrents and descending rains. [ Addison ]

The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. [ Emerson ]

Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man. [ Benjamin Disraeli ]

He that condemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her. [ L'Estrange ]

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descending in Scrabble®

The word descending is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters descending:

DESCENDING

(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

decides, deeding, descend, endings, engined, engines, incense, needing, seeding, sending

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word descending

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In descending

DESCENDING

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descending in Words With Friends™

The word descending is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters descending:

DESCENDING

(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

decides, deeding, descend, endings, engined, engines, incense, needing, seeding, sending

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word descending

DESCENDING

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In descending

DESCENDING

(279)

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Words within the letters of descending

2 letter words in descending (4 words)

en id in is

3 letter words in descending (20 words)

cee cis dee den did die dig din end ens gee gin ice ide ids inn ins see sic sin

4 letter words in descending (34 words)

cede cedi cees deed dees dene dens dice died dies digs dine ding dins disc edge ends gees gene gins iced ices ides inns need nice nine seed seen send side sign sine sing

5 letter words in descending (30 words)

ceded cedes cedis deeds deice deign denes dense diced dices diene dined dines dings edged edges ended genes genie needs niece nines scene sedge seine sided siege since singe snide

6 letter words in descending (25 words)

ceding decide deiced deices denied denies denned design dienes dinged dinned eddies ending engine ensign genies ginned indeed nieces seeing sieged signed signee singed sinned

7 letter words in descending (10 words)

decides deeding descend endings engined engines incense needing seeding sending

8 letter words in descending (3 words)

designed incensed seceding

10 letter words in descending (1 word)

descending

descending + 1 blank (1 word)

descendings

descending + 2 blanks (3 words)

decondensing descendingly redescending

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Words containing the sequence descending

Words that start with descending (3 words)

descending descendingly descendings

Words with descending in them (2 words)

descending condescendingly

Words that end with descending (3 words)

condescending descending redescending

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Word Growth involving descending

Shorter words in descending

en end descend

in din ding ending

en end ending

Longer words containing descending

condescending condescendingly

descendingly condescendingly

descendings

redescending