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Descent :: Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..

Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..

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

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities..

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..

Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..

Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..

Pronation :: Pronation (n.) That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward..

Chordee :: Chordee (n.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body..

Obconical :: Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical..

Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.

Obversion :: Obversion (n.) The act of turning toward or downward.

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

Adown :: Adown (adv.) From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground..

Obovate :: Obovate (a.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf..

Descending :: Descending (a.) Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.

Decurrent :: Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

Descent :: Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.

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