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Slope :: Slope (v. t.) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment..

Sidelong :: Sidelong (a.) Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance..

Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse..

Gley :: Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.

Diageotropism :: Diageotropism (n.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

Assurgent :: Assurgent (a.) rising obliquely; curving upward.

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Winter :: Winter (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

Slant :: Slant (n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Plagiocephalic :: Plagiocephalic (a.) Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

Obliqueness :: Obliqueness (n.) Quality or state of being oblique.

Asquint :: Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint..

Squint :: Squint (a.) Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2..

Burin :: Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble..

Windmill :: Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft..

Heterotropous :: Heterotropous (a.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.

Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

Oblique-angled :: Oblique-angled (a.) Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle..

Aslant :: Aslant (adv. & a.) Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

Sideling :: Sideling (adv.) Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew..

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