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Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..

Turbine :: Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel..

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

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

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

Synclinal :: Synclinal (a.) Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line..

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

Nod :: Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command..

Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip..

Down :: Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..

Devexity :: Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.

Devolve :: Devolve (v. t.) To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

Adown :: Adown (adv.) From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground..

Reclinate :: Reclinate (a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base..

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

Hyponasty :: Hyponasty (n.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface..

Hyponastic :: Hyponastic (a.) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf. Epinastic.

Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

Upwards :: Upwards (adv.) In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward..

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