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Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

Slopeness :: Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.

Amphitheatre :: Amphitheatre (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater..

Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..

Splayfeet :: Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them..

Subaltern :: Subalpine (a.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line..

Hang :: Hang (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another..

Slope :: Slope (adv.) In a sloping manner.

Esplanade :: Esplanade (n.) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..

Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..

Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..

Facing :: Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface..

Talus :: Talus (n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath..

Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Crest :: Crest (n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.

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