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Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..

Synclinal :: Synclinal (a.) Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line..

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall..

Deflux :: Deflux (n.) Downward flow.

Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Gradient :: Gradient (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

Katabolism :: Katabolism (n.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.

Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.

Runcinate :: Runcinate (a.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion..

Top-shaped :: Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..

Weevil :: Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as th

Flatlong :: Flatlong (adv.) With the flat side downward; not edgewise.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

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

Dinotherium :: Dinotherium (n.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward..

Downward :: Downward (adv.) Alt. of Downward.

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