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Against :: Against (prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over..

Shoveler :: Shoveler (n.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species..

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect..

Cephalad :: Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

Edgewise :: Edgewise (adv.) With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

Adductive :: Adductive (a.) Adducing, or bringing towards or to something..

Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..

Towards :: Towards (prep. & adv.) See Toward.

#NAME? :: -s () An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s..

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..

Anywhither :: Anywhither (adv.) To or towards any place.

Acropetal :: Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence..

Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type..

Inland :: Inland (adv.) Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast..

Westernmost :: Westernmost (a.) Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.

Abased :: Abased (a.) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield..

Inshore :: Inshore (adv.) Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore..

Vanward :: Vanward (a.) Being on, or towards, the van, or front..

Adducent :: Adducent (a.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

Until :: Until (prep.) To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.

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