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Definition: Descendants |
DescendantsNoun1. All of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "descendants" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Medicine | The offspring produced in any generation. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: DescendantsSynonym: posterity (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | With this amulet you and your descendants are endowed by the goddess Isis with the powers of the animals and the elements. (Isis; writing credit: Kathleen Barnes; Russell Bates) You know, we're all descendants from fish. (The Real Ghost Busters; writing credit: Lawrence G. DiTillio; Pat Allee) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | More nutritious rice could come from descendants of these plants, whose ancestors were grown by Gideon Schaeffer from tissue-cultured cells specially selected for their high lysine content. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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Plato | Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. |
Tacitus | So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants. |
Virgil | Your descendants shall gather your fruits. |
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John Locke | 1690 | But granting that the conqueror in a just war has a right to the estates, as well as power over the persons, of the conquered; which, it is plain, he hath not: nothing of absolute power will follow from hence, in the continuance of the government; because the descendants of these being all freemen, if he grants them estates and possessions to inhabit his country, (without which it would be worth nothing) whatsoever he grants them, they have, so far as it is granted, property in. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | German nationals, however, or their descendants who became resident in these territories after January 1, 1908, will not acquire Polish nationality without a special authorisation from the Polish State. (reference) |
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Health | Other myeloid descendants become granule-containing inflammatory cells such as eosinophils and basophils. (references) | |
However, such a person is a carrier who has a 50-50 chance of passing the altered recessive allele to each of his or her descendants. (references) | ||
Business | They are Bedouins or the descendants of Bedouins who are unable to prove that they are of UAE origin. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bhutan | Most of those living in the east are ethnic Sharchops--the descendants of those thought to be the country's original inhabitants. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | Many stateless residents originally were from Iran and South Asia; other stateless residents include Bedouins or the descendants of Bedouins who are unable to prove that they are of UAE origin. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | Other persons, including ethnic Kazakhs who are not considered refugees from the Stalin era, such as the descendants of Kazakhs who moved to Mongolia during the previous century, must apply for permission to return. (references) | |
Economic History | Iceland | Ethnic group: Homogenous mixture of descendants of Norwegians and Celts. (references) |
Mauritania | The descendants of Beni Hassan warriors became the upper stratum of Moorish society. (references) | |
Nepal | The Nepalese are descendants of three major migrations from India, Tibet, and Central Asia. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Altaf Hussain established the MQM in 1984 to promote the rights of Mohajirs, the descendants of Urdu-speaking Muslims who migrated from India to Pakistan following partition in 1947. Elements of the group became involved in extortion and other forms of racketeering, and the party split into the MQM-Altaf--the original group headed by Altaf Hussain, a large breakaway group (MQM-Haqiqi), and a few smaller factions. (references) |
Indigenous People | Denmark | The court ordered the Government to pay compensation to the displaced Greenlanders and their descendants. (references) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Members of a very small group in the population identify themselves as descendants of the original Amerindian population of the country. (references) | |
Minorities | Estonia | These immigrants and their descendants make up approximately one-third of the total population; about 40 percent of these persons were born in Estonia. (references) |
Yemen | A small group of persons claiming to be the descendants of ancient Ethiopian occupiers of Yemen who later were enslaved, are considered the lowest social class. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | The Government has yet to agree with the pre-1948 residents of the northern villages of Bir Am and Ikrit, and their descendants, regarding their long-term demand to be allowed to rebuild their houses. (references) | |
Political Economy | GREECE | A law, which came into force in November 1999, obliges public and private firms employing more than 50 persons to hire up to 8 percent of their staff from among the disabled, veterans descendants, and families with more than four children. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Violence and discrimination against women; prostitution, including child prostitution; abuse of children; discrimination against persons with disabilities; discrimination against and abuse of Haitian migrants and their descendants; and child labor were serious problems. (references) | |
Kuwait | Kuwait is a constitutional hereditary emirate, ruled by princes (Amir's) drawn form the al-Sabah family, which has ruled Kuwait since 1756. Succession as Amir is restricted by the 1962 constitution to descendants of the late Mubarak al-Sabah 'the Great' (r. 1896-1915). Kuwait's current head of state is His Highness Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (references) | |
Political Rights | Peru | Traditionally, most leadership positions in government have been held by an elite minority of European descendants. (references) |
Yemen | Many Akhdam, a small ethnic minority who may be descendants of African slaves, are not permitted to participate in the political process, mainly due to their inability to obtain citizenship. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mauritania | Several inheritance disputes between Haratines and the descendants of their former master were adjudicated in court in recent years. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ROUNDHEAD, n. A member of the Parliamentarian party in the English civil war -- so called from his habit of wearing his hair short, whereas his enemy, the Cavalier, wore his long. There were other points of difference between them, but the fashion in hair was the fundamental cause of quarrel. The Cavaliers were royalists because the king, an indolent fellow, found it more convenient to let his hair grow than to wash his neck. This the Roundheads, who were mostly barbers and soap-boilers, deemed an injury to trade, and the royal neck was therefore the object of their particular indignation. Descendants of the belligerents now wear their hair all alike, but the fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this day beneath the snows of British civility. |
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| "Descendants" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Descendants" is used about 523 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 523 | 11,665 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "descendants". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hebrews | N/A | Biblical | Descendants of Heber |
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Ending with "descendants": co-descendants. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "descendants"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 胄 , 肄 (distress, practice), 后" (Descendant, Descendent, lineage, Progeny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | potomstvo (brood, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | descendent, fælles herkomst (community of descent, issue), efterkommere (child, descendant, offspring, son, successor node), efterkommer (descendant), afstamnings-fællesskab (community of descent, issue), afkom (breed, brood, hatch, offspring, progeny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | descendenten, nakomelingsschap (community of descent, issue), nakomelingschap (offspring, progeny), nakomelingen (offspring, progeny), afstammelingen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jälkeläiset (offspring, progeny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | descendance (descent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nachkommenschaft (descent, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny), Nachkommen (carry out, come after, come later, come on, comply with, follow, follow on, fulfill, honor, honour, keep, keep up, obey, progeny, satisfy), Abkommen (abandon, accord, accordance, agreement, concurrence, contract, convention, deal, deviate, get away, get off the subject, go astray, move away, stray, to deviate, wander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατιόντες (ancestors, breed, brood, descent, hatch), κοινότητα καταγωγής (community of descent, issue), έκγονοι (offspring, progeny), απόγονοι (breed, brood, descent, hatch, offspring, posterity, progeny), απόγονος (child, descendant, offspring, progeny, son, successor node). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | discendenza (birth, blood, breed, community of descent, descent, diving wind, fall wind, issue, lineage, offspring, pedigree, progeny), discendenti (offspring), pronipote (grandchild, granddaughter, grandnephew, grand-nephew, great grandchild, great-granddaughter, greatgrandson, great-grandson, second, second cousin), prole (children, community of descent, issue, offspring, progeny, young), progenie (offspring, progeny, race, stock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 末" , 末末 (distant future, lower classes), 末流 , 末々 (distant future, lower classes), 子種 (children), 子孫 (offspring, posterity), 児孫 (children and grandchildren), 孫子 (children and grandchildren, posterity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すえずえ (distant future, lower classes), しそ" (offspring, posterity, the Emperor), まつりゅう, まつえい, ま"" (children and grandchildren, posterity), ばつりゅう, ばつえい, " ね (children), じそ" (children and grandchildren, esteem, existing of or by itself, self-existence, self-respect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자손 (Descendant, Descendent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | escendantsday descendentes (offspring, postern, progeny, succession), descendência (ancestry, birth, brood, community of descent, descent, filiation, issue, offspring, progeny, seed, spawn, strain, succession), progenitura (offspring, progeny), progenia (offspring, progeny). (various references) urmaş (adherent, after-comer, descendant, disciple, follower, heir, offspring, scion, successor), filiaţie (affiliation, filiation). (various references) sìol (clan, seed, spawn or fry of fish). (various references) descendencia (community of descent, descent, issue, lineage, offspring, origin, progeny, seed). (various references) efterkommande (following, posterity, succeeding). (various references) nesil (generation, posterity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | minor, minore, minorem, minores, minori, minoribus, minoris, posteri, posteris, posteros, progenies, proles. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Outoi hgemoneV corri hgemwn lwtan hgemwn swbal hgemwn sebegwn hgemwn ana |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Isti duces Horreorum dux Lothan dux Sobal dux Sebeon dux Ana |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thes the dukis of Horreis; duke Jothan, duke Sobal, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | These are the dukes that came of Hori: duke Lothan duke Sobal duke Zibeo duke Ana |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | These are the dukes, descendants of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | These were the Horite chiefs: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Ug kini sila mao ang mga pangulo sa mga Horehanon, si pangulo Lotan, si pangulo Sobal, si pangulo Zibeon, si pangulo Ana; |
| Chinese | 從 何 利 人 所 出 的 族 長 、 記 在 下 面 ． 就 是 羅 坍 族 長 、 " 巴 族 長 、 祭 便 族 長 、 亞 拿 族 長 、 |
| Croatian | Ovo su knezovi Horijaca: knez Lotan, knez obal, knez Sibeon, knez Ana, |
| Danish | Følgende var Horiternes Stammehøvdinger: Høvdingerne Lotan, Sjobal, Zibon, Ana, |
| Dutch | Dit zijn de vorsten der Horieten: de vorst Lotan, de vorst Sobal, de vorst Zibeon, de vorst Ana. |
| Finnish | Nämä olivat hoorilaisten sukuruhtinaat: ruhtinas Lootan, ruhtinas Soobal, ruhtinas Sibon, ruhtinas Ana, |
| French | Voici les chefs des Horiens: le chef Lothan, le chef Schobal, le chef Tsibeon, le chef Ana, |
| German | Dies sind die Fürsten der Horiter: der Fürst Lotan, der Fürst Sobal, der Fürst Zibeon, der Fürst Ana, |
| Haitian Creole | Men non chèf moun peyi Ori yo: Se te Lotan, Chobal, Zibeyon, Ana, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Inilah suku-suku Hori di negeri Edom: Lotan, Syobal, Zibeon, Ana, Disyon, Ezer dan Disyan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka inilah amir-amir orang Horiti: amir Lotan dan amir Syobal dan amir Zibeon dan amir Anah |
| Italian | Questi sono i capi degli Hurriti: il capo di Lotan, il capo di Sobal, il capo di Zibeon, il capo di Ana, |
| Maori | No nga Hori enei ariki; ko Rotana ariki, ko Hopara ariki, ko Tipeona ariki, ko Anaha ariki, |
| Norwegian | Dette var horittenes stammefyrster: stammefyrsten Lotan, stammefyrsten Sobal, stammefyrsten Sibeon, stammefyrsten Ana, |
| Portuguese | Estes são os chefes dos horeus: Lotã, Sobal, Zibeão, Anás, |
| Rumanian | Iatq cqpeteniile Horiyilor: cqpetenia Lotan, cqpetenia Wobal, cqpetenia Yibeon, cqpetenia Ana, |
| Swedish | Dessa voro horéernas stamfurstar: fursten Lotan, fursten Sobal, fursten Sibeon, fursten Ana, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Descendants" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decendant, desendents, Desenfans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "descendants" (pronounced duse"ndunts or duse"nunts) |
| 10 | d u s e" n d u n t s | descendents. |
| 7 | -e" n d u n t s | attendants, defendants, dependents, independents, superintendents. |
| 6 | -n d u n t s | correspondents, respondents. |
| 5 | -d u n t s | accidents, antecedents, antioxidants, decedents, dissidents, incidents, nonresidents, oxidants, precedents, residents, rodents, students. |
| 4 | -u n t s | abandonments, abatements, abortifacients, accelerants, accompaniments, accomplishments, accountants, accouterments, achievements, adherents, adjustments, adolescents, advancements, advertisements, agents, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amusements, ancients, announcements, antidepressants, apartments, applicants, appointments, arguments, armaments, arraignments, arrangements, aspirants, assailants, assessments, assignments, assistants, astringents, attachments, basements, battlements, belligerents, blandishments, bombardments, celebrants, claimants, clients, coefficients, combatants, commandments, commitments, compartments, complainants, complements, components, condiments, consonants, constants, constituents, consultants, contaminants, contestants, continents, contingents, coolants, copayments, cormorants, covenants, Crosscurrents, currents, curtailments, decongestants, deferments, defoliants, delinquents, deodorants, departments, deployments, depressants, derailments, detergents, determinants, deterrents, developments, deviants, disagreements, disappointments, disbursements, disinfectants, dispersants, displacements, divestments, docents, documents, elements, elephants, embarrassments, emigrants, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, entrants, environments, equipments, equivalents, escarpments, establishments, experiments, exponents, figments, filaments, fluorescents, formants, fragments, frequents, garments, giants, governments, grandparents, hydrants, immigrants, impairments, impeachments, impediments, implements, impoundments, improvements, incitements, incompetents, increments, incumbents, indictments, indigents, inducements, infants, informants, infringements, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, installments, instruments, insurgents, investments, involvements, irritants, judgements, judgments, lieutenants, ligaments, litigants, lubricants, managements, measurements, merchants, migrants, militants, miscreants, misjudgments, misstatements, moments, monuments, movements, mutants, noncombatants, nutrients, occupants, opponents, ornaments, overpayments, overstatements, pageants, parents, parliaments, participants, patents, patients, pavements, payments, peasants, pennants, pheasants, pigments, placements, pollutants, postponements, predicaments, prepayments, presents, procurements, pronouncements, propellants, proponents, protestants, punishments, readjustments, reagents, realignments, reassignments, recipients, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, refrigerants, Regents, regiments, registrants, reimbursements, reinforcements, remnants, repayments, replacements, requirements, resentments, restatements, retirements, retrenchments, rudiments, sacraments, savants, sealants, sediments, segments, sentiments, sergeants, serpents, servants, settlements, shipments, solvents, statements, stimulants, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, supplements, talents, temperaments, tenants, tenements, torrents, tournaments, transients, treatments, tyrants, undercurrents, undergarments, underpayments, vagrants, variants, warrants. |
| 3 | -n t s | accents, accounts, affronts, amounts, ants, appoints, aunts, ballpoints, blueprints, blunts, brents, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, comments, complaints, compliments, confidants, confronts, consents, constraints, contents, counts, croissants, dachshunds, debutantes, dents, descents, disappoints, discontents, discounts, dissents, eggplants, events, ferments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fonts, footprints, forints, fronts, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, implants, imprints, intents, invents, jaunts, joints, laments, malcontents, mints, misrepresents, mounts, paints, pants, percents, pinpoints, pints, plants, points, portents, presidents, prevents, prints, punts, quints, recounts, rents, represents, reprints, resents, restaurants, restraints, saints, scents, splints, sprints, standpoints, stints, storefronts, stunts, sweatpants, taints, taunts, tents, tints, torments, transplants, underpants, vents, viewpoints, wants, waterfronts. |
| 6 | -e" n u n t s | lieutenants, pennants, tenants. |
| 5 | -n u n t s | complainants, components, consonants, contaminants, continents, covenants, determinants, exponents, opponents, proponents, remnants, subcontinents. |
| 4 | -u n t s | abandonments, abatements, abortifacients, accelerants, accidents, accompaniments, accomplishments, accountants, accouterments, achievements, adherents, adjustments, adolescents, advancements, advertisements, agents, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amusements, ancients, announcements, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, apartments, applicants, appointments, arguments, armaments, arraignments, arrangements, aspirants, assailants, assessments, assignments, assistants, astringents, attachments, attendants, basements, battlements, belligerents, blandishments, bombardments, celebrants, claimants, clients, coefficients, combatants, commandments, commitments, compartments, complements, condiments, constants, constituents, consultants, contestants, contingents, coolants, copayments, cormorants, correspondents, Crosscurrents, currents, curtailments, decedents, decongestants, defendants, deferments, defoliants, delinquents, deodorants, departments, dependents, deployments, depressants, derailments, descendents, detergents, deterrents, developments, deviants, disagreements, disappointments, disbursements, disinfectants, dispersants, displacements, dissidents, divestments, docents, documents, elements, elephants, embarrassments, emigrants, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, entrants, environments, equipments, equivalents, escarpments, establishments, experiments, figments, filaments, fluorescents, formants, fragments, frequents, garments, giants, governments, grandparents, hydrants, immigrants, impairments, impeachments, impediments, implements, impoundments, improvements, incidents, incitements, incompetents, increments, incumbents, independents, indictments, indigents, inducements, infants, informants, infringements, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, installments, instruments, insurgents, investments, involvements, irritants, judgements, judgments, ligaments, litigants, lubricants, managements, measurements, merchants, migrants, militants, miscreants, misjudgments, misstatements, moments, monuments, movements, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, ornaments, overpayments, overstatements, oxidants, pageants, parents, parliaments, participants, patents, patients, pavements, payments, peasants, pheasants, pigments, placements, pollutants, postponements, precedents, predicaments, prepayments, presents, procurements, pronouncements, propellants, protestants, punishments, readjustments, reagents, realignments, reassignments, recipients, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, refrigerants, Regents, regiments, registrants, reimbursements, reinforcements, repayments, replacements, requirements, resentments, residents, respondents, restatements, retirements, retrenchments, rodents, rudiments, sacraments, savants, sealants, sediments, segments, sentiments, sergeants, serpents, servants, settlements, shipments, solvents, statements, stimulants, students, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, supplements, talents, temperaments, tenements, torrents, tournaments, transients, treatments, tyrants, undercurrents, undergarments, underpayments, vagrants, variants, warrants. |
| 3 | -n t s | accents, accounts, affronts, amounts, ants, appoints, aunts, ballpoints, blueprints, blunts, brents, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, comments, complaints, compliments, confidants, confronts, consents, constraints, contents, counts, croissants, dachshunds, debutantes, dents, descents, disappoints, discontents, discounts, dissents, eggplants, events, ferments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fonts, footprints, forints, fronts, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, implants, imprints, intents, invents, jaunts, joints, laments, malcontents, mints, misrepresents, mounts, paints, pants, percents, pinpoints, pints, plants, points, portents, presidents, prevents, prints, punts, quints, recounts, rents, represents, reprints, resents, restaurants, restraints, saints, scents, splints, sprints, standpoints, stints, storefronts, stunts, sweatpants, taints, taunts, tents, tints, torments, transplants, underpants, vents, viewpoints, wants, waterfronts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-n-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ascendents, descendant. | |
-2 letters: ascendent, datedness, decadents, descanted, tendances. | |
-3 letters: ascended, assented, canteens, deadness, decadent, decanted, descants, descends, descents, neatness, scandent, sensated, standees, tendance. | |
-4 letters: ascends, ascents, candent, canteen, cetanes, deadens, deadest, decades, decanes, decants, densest, desands, descant, descend, descent, ectases, enacted, encased, encases, enneads, entases, nascent, neatens, saddens, saddest, sateens, scanned, scanted, scended, scented. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 73 63 65 6E 64 61 6E 74 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ... -.-. . -. -.. .- -. - ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e s c e n d a n t s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0073 0063 0065 006E 0064 0061 006E 0074 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871856971807067808685 |
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