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Degrade :: Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down..

Overweigh :: Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.

Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.

Precipitation :: Precipitation (n.) A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity..

Cross-reading :: Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas..

Downthrow :: Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n..

Metacromion :: Metacromion (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals.

Peg :: Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg..

Arrant :: Arrant (a.) Thorough or downright, in a good sense..

Subdued :: Subdue (v. t.) To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors..

Decursive :: Decursive (a.) Running down; decurrent.

Down :: Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound..

Upsodown :: Upsodown (adv.) Upside down.

Outstare :: Outstare (v. t.) To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

Knockdown :: Knockdown (n.) A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal..

Blowball :: Blowball (n.) The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away..

Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

Daffodil :: Daffodil (n.) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..

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