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Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..

Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards..

Dismount :: Dismount (v. i.) To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted..

Lower :: 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..

Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Skid :: Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose..

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

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..

Descendible :: Descendible (a.) That may descend from an ancestor to an heir.

Fatimide :: Fatimide (n.) A descendant of Fatima.

Parcenary :: Parcenary (n.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

Celt :: Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France..

Descensive :: Descensive (a.) Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending.

Buck :: Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule..

Majorat :: Majorat (a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it..

Sherif :: Sherif (n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.

Walrus :: Walrus (n.) A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse..

Cingalese :: Cingalese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitant.

Descended :: Descended (imp. & p. p.) of Descen.

Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..

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