Cascara Sagrada :: Cascara sagrada () Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative..

Citigradae :: Citigradae (n. pl.) A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc..

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..

Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.

Gradate :: Gradate (v. t.) To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize..

Gradate :: Gradate (v. t.) To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

Gradation :: Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.

Gradational :: Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.

Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual..

Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.

Gradatory :: Gradatory (n.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

Pinnigrada :: Pinnigrada (n. pl.) Same as Pinnipedia.

Plantigrada :: Plantigrada (n. pl.) A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species..

Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..

Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.

Saltigradae :: Saltigradae (n. pl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.

Self-degradation :: Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded..

Tardigrada :: Tardigrada (a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3..

Tardigrada :: Tardigrada (a.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears..

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