derision, n. [ridicule], [mockery], [jeering].
derogatory, a. [disparaging], detracting.
descendants, n. pl. progeny, posterity, [offspring].
descent, n. descension; incursion, [raid], [foray]; derivation, lineage, extraction, [parentage], birth; declivity, [slope], [decline]; dismounting; bathos; escarpment, scarp.
describe, v. delineate, [depict].
description, n. delineation, [depiction], [portrayal]; [class], [species], [sort], [character].
desecrate, v. [profane], [pollute], secularize.
desecration, n. profanation, secularization.
desert, n. [merit], [meed], [due].
desert, n. wilderness, [wild]. Associated words: oasis, mirage, caravan, caravansary, eremic.