Related Words for descent

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WordSyllablesCategories
extraction
x/x
Noun, Noun
stock
/
Noun, Noun
decline
x/
Noun, Noun
origin
/xx
Noun, Noun
downslope
//
Noun, Noun
fall
/
Noun, Noun
lineage
/xx
Noun, Noun
pedigree
/xx
Noun, Noun
filiation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
ancestry
/xx
Noun, Noun
bloodline
/x
Noun, Noun
parentage
/xx
Noun, Noun
line
/
Noun, Noun
blood
/
Noun, Noun
ascent
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
climb
/
Noun, Noun
descending
x/x
Verb
ascending
x/x
Verb
downhill
//
Noun
ascension
x/x
Noun
mountain
/x
Noun
elevation
xx/x
Noun
descendent
x/x
Noun
ridge
/
Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun
gradual
/xx
Adjective
trajectory
x/xx
Noun
takeoff
/x
Noun
emigrant
/xx
Noun
flight
/
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
ancestral
x/x
Adjective
slope
/
Noun
trek
/
Noun
race
/
Noun
climber
/x
Noun
altitude
/xx
Noun
gliding
/x
Verb
trail
/
Noun
mountainside
/xx
Noun
precipitous
x/xx
Adjective
journey
/x
Noun
route
/
Noun
sojourn
/x
Noun
progression
x/x
Noun
proceeding
x/x
Noun
birth
/
Noun
hill
/
Noun
uphill
//
Adjective
acclimatization
/xxx/x
Noun
patrilineal
xx/xx
Adjective
deceleration
xxx/x
Noun
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
steepest
/x
Adjective
conquest
/x
Noun
emigration
xx/x
Noun
mountaineer
/xx
Noun
acceleration
xxx/x
Noun
inversion
x/x
Noun
hike
/
Noun
transition
x/x
Noun
exaltation
x//x
Noun
subjugation
/x/x
Noun
reckoning
/xx
Noun, Verb
devolution
xx/x
Noun
dipping
/x
Noun
lowering
/xx
Verb
demotion
x/x
Noun
breeding
/x
Noun
retraction
x/x
Noun
dropping
/x
Verb
abasement
x/x
Noun
stooping
/x
Noun
rising
/x
Verb
succession
x/x
Noun
dismounting
xxx
Verb
conveyance
x/x
Noun
degradation
xx/x
Noun
abjection
//x
Noun
departing
x/x
Verb
creeping
/x
Verb
debasement
x/x
Noun
subsiding
x/x
Verb
depression
x/x
Noun
distillation
xx/x
Noun
borrowing
/xx
Noun
intake
/x
Noun
revocation
xx/x
Noun
stepping
/x
Verb
dividing
x/x
Verb
approaching
x/x
Verb
receding
x/x
Noun
deferment
x/x
Noun
subsumption
/xx
Noun
settlement
/xx
Noun
sinking
/x
Noun
accession
x/x
Noun
opening
/xx
Noun
procession
x/x
Noun
deepening
/xx
Verb
caving
/x
Noun
disbursement
x/x
Noun
evolution
xx/x
Noun
diminishment
x/xx
Noun
subduction
x/x
Noun
passage
/x
Noun
deposition
xx/x
Noun
humiliation
xxx/x
Noun
adoption
x/x
Noun
appropriation
xxx/x
Noun
subdividing
xx/x
Verb
ingress
/x
Noun
decaying
x/x
Verb
scaling
/x
Noun
gradient
/xx
Verb, Adjective
matrilineal
xx/xx
Adjective
netherworld
/xx
Noun
briefing
/x
Verb
maelstrom
/x
Noun
hades
/x
Name
underworld
/xx
Noun
odin
/x
Name
huguenot
/xx
Adjective
priestly
/x
Adverb
davidic
x/x
Adjective
testicle
/xx
Noun
brake
/
Verb
testis
/x
Noun
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
adjusted
x/x
Adjective
affiliation
xxx/x
Noun
against
x/
Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun, Verb
ascendancy
x/xx
Noun
asset
/x
Noun
attachment
x/x
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
calculus
/xx
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
chart
/
Noun, Verb
charter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
comparison
x/xx
Noun
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
definition
xx/x
Noun
dispersal
x/x
Noun
dive
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
easiest
/xx
Adjective
emissary
/xxx
Noun
escalade
xx/
Noun, Verb
ethnicity
x/xx
Noun
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
flow
/
Noun, Verb
folk
/
Noun, Adjective
forebears
/x
Noun
from
/
Noun
generation
xx/x
Noun
graph
/
Noun, Verb
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
heritage
/xx
Noun
hindu
/x
Name, Adjective
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
immigrants
/xx
Adverb
incident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
kinsfolk
/x
Noun
kinship
/x
Noun
landing
/x
Noun
layout
/x
Noun
lifting
/x
Noun
list
/
Noun, Verb
literacy
/xxx
Noun
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
moral
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
nationality
xx/xx
Noun
nativity
x/xx
Noun
offspring
/x
Noun
older
/x
Adjective, Noun
origen
/xx
Name
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
originating
x/xxx
Verb
progeny
/xx
Noun
provenance
/xx
Noun, Verb
rafting
/x
Noun
raid
/
Noun, Verb
raise
/
Verb, Noun
root
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
samoan
x/x
Name, Adjective
scion
/x
Noun
seed
/
Noun, Verb
segment
/x
Noun, Verb
sept
/
Name
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
settlers
/x
Adjective
shower
/x
Noun, Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
slide
/
Noun, Verb
source
/
Noun, Verb
stair
/
Noun
strain
/
Noun, Verb
stump
/
Noun, Verb
surname
/x
Noun, Verb
sweep
/
Noun, Verb
swoop
/
Noun, Verb
tilting
/x
Noun, Adjective
upgrade
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb