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Undulation :: Undulation (n.) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration..

Outface :: Outface (v. t.) To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.

Deposition :: Deposition (n.) That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter..

Footfall :: Footfall (n.) A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

Down :: Down (a.) Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial..

Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.

Steepened :: Steep-down (a.) Deep and precipitous, having steep descent..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..

Southdown :: Southdown (a.) Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England..

Stramash :: Stram (v. t.) To dash down; to beat.

Synclinal :: Synclinal (a.) Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line..

Dasypaedes :: Dasypaedes (n. pl.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.

Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..

Partite :: Partite (a.) Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base..

Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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

A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English

Petard :: Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded..

Revolute :: Revolute (a.) Rolled backward or downward.

Abasedly :: Abasedly (adv.) Abjectly; downcastly.

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