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

Abased :: Abased (a.) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield..

Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward..

Decurrent :: Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

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

Downstroke :: Downstroke (n.) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation..

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

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

Downpour :: Downpour (n.) A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower..

Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..

Nodding :: Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Downward :: Downward (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.

Pronation :: Pronation (n.) The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.

Descent :: Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..

Nicker :: Nicker (v. t.) The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

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

Geosynclinal :: Geosynclinal (n.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal..

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

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