descriptions

"The police used the witness's descriptions to create a sketch of the suspect. "

"The police used the witnesses' descriptions to create a sketch of the suspect. "

"The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description."

"The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist."

"Linguists create grammars based on descriptions of how people actually speak, not on rules about how they should speak. "

"The librarian needs better descriptions of the lost books so she can help students find them. "