descender

English Thesaurus

1. (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	line,
definition	:	a mark that is long relative to its width (noun.communication)

domain category	:	printing, printing process,
definition	:	reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication (noun.communication)

2. a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet,
definition	:	the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech (noun.communication)

3. someone who descends (noun.person)

hypernym	:	mover,
definition	:	someone who moves (noun.person)

hyponym	:	abseiler, rappeller,
definition	:	a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point (noun.person)