Definition of downward

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

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Hyponasty :: Hyponasty (n.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface..
Renverse :: Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin..
Obconical :: Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical..
Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Circinate :: Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns..
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man..
Downpour :: Downpour (n.) A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower..
Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird..
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward..
Tail :: Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
Prone :: Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.
Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..
Downcome :: Downcome (n.) A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned..
Downward :: Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent..
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..
Obovate :: Obovate (a.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf..
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like..
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