Definition of lower

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Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..

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Cleistogamous :: Cleistogamous (a.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization..
Marsdenia :: Marsdenia (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo..
Trinucleus :: Trinucleus (n.) A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.
Lower :: Lower (a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret..
Hyomandibular :: Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes..
Nadir :: Nadir (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand..
Caper :: Caper (n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles..
Platonic :: Platonic (n.) A follower of Plato; a Platonist.
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves..
Colicroot :: Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root..
Nestorian :: Nestorian (n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian..
Marined :: Marined (a.) Having the lower part of the body like a fish.
Adonis :: Adonis (n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market..
Demean :: Demean (v. t.) To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Windbore :: Windbore (n.) The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine..
Gynoecium :: Gynoecium (n.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore..
Antitragus :: Antitragus (n.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear..
Shin :: Shin (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
Ruthenious :: Ruthenious (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds..
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