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descendance: line of descent
descendant: a descendant; one who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc.
descendant: descending
descenderie: stope
descendeur: descendeur
descendre: to go down; to descend; to put down; disparage; to kill (someone); to stay (in a hotel or other temporary lodging)
descendre dans l'arène: to enter the fray, to enter the arena, to step into the ring
descente: descent (act of going down); descent (downward slope); way down; descending; raid (e.g. police raid)
descente aux enfers: harrowing of hell, descent into hell; highway to hell, road to hell
descente de lit: beside rug
descripteur: descriptor
descriptible: describable
descriptif: descriptive
description: description
descriptivisme: descriptivism
desiderata: desideratum
design: design
designer: designer
designer: to design
desman: desman
desmographie: desmography
desmologie: desmology
desperado: desperado
despi: speed (drug)
despote: despot; tyrant
despotique: despotic
despotiquement: despotically
despotisme: despotism (government by a singular authority)
despotisme éclairé: enlightened absolutism
despumer: synonym of écumer
desquamation: desquamation
dessacheuse: an industrial bag-opener that feeds material into a hopper
dessaisir: to disseize, dispossess, or deprive of (the possession or the administration of), (law) to withdraw from (an authority) (a case or proceedings); to deprive oneself of, to give up (the possession [or the administration] of), to relinquish, to part with, to let go, (law) to divest oneself of, (of an authority) to relinquish jurisdiction in (a case or proceedings)
dessaisissement: relinquishment; divestiture
dessaisisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of dessaisir
dessaisonner: to plough, manure, or sow land unseasonably and contrary to custom
dessalement: desalination
dessaler: to desalt
dessaleur: desalter
dessangler: to ungirth, to loosen the girth
dessaouler: Pre-1990 spelling of dessouler.
dessein: intention; plan; design
dessein intelligent: intelligent design
desselle-toi que je te monte: prepare for a fight!
desseller: to unsaddle; to roll up one's sleeves (in preparation for a fight)
desserrer: to loosen (knot, belt, etc.); to unclench (teeth); relax (grip); release (brakes); to space out; to ease, relax; to come loose; to slacken
dessert: dessert, pudding
desserte: side table (or the food served on it); service (of a certain area or place by a road, transit service, public institution, etc.)
dessertir: to unsocket, to remove (a gem) from its socket on a piece of jewellery
dessertisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of dessertir
desservant: a vicar, curate
desservir: to serve (be the pastor of a church); to serve, to have as or in its catchment area
desservir: to clear, clear away (e.g. a table)
desservir: to do a disservice, to perform ill offices (to someone)
dessiccatif: desiccant
dessiccation: desiccation
dessiller: to open someone's eyes (to make them see or understand something)
dessillé: clear-eyed, enlightened
dessin: drawing (act of drawing); drawing (drawn picture); design (pattern)
dessin animé: animated cartoon