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Tail :: Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.

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

Katabolism :: Katabolism (n.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.

Declinate :: Declinate (a.) Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.

Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..

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

Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary..

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..

Lop :: Lop (v. i.) To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.

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

Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body..

Cernuous :: Cernuous (a.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss..

Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall..

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

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

Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.

Vert :: Vert (n.) The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right..

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..

Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.

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