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Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..

Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.

Outlaugh :: Outlaugh (v. t.) To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down..

Nether :: Nether (a.) Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper..

Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..

Snowslip :: Snowslip (n.) A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc..

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

Distill :: Distill (v. t.) To let fall or send down in drops.

Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein..

Catstitch :: Catstitch (v. t.) To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch.

Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation..

Spare :: Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..

Light :: Light (v. i.) To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.

Debased :: Debased (a.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.

Consomme :: Consomme (n.) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27..

Comose :: Comose (a.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed..

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