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Drop :: Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor..

Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..

Renverse :: Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

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

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure..

Downcast :: Downcast (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt..

Runcinate :: Runcinate (a.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion..

Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Deflected :: Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.

Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline..

Declivity :: Declivity (n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity..

Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of inclining downward.

Prone :: Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.

Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin..

Descending :: Descending (a.) Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.

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