desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
descender
- n someone who descends
- n a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
- n (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
descending aorta
- n the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae
descending colon
- n the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon