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Lull :: Lull (v. i.) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls..

Subulicornes :: Subulated (a.) Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear..

Gradually :: Gradually (adv.) In a gradual manner.

Embryology :: Embryology (n.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

Moth :: Moth (n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing..

Moulder :: Moulder (v. i.) To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away..

Contabescent :: Contabescent (a.) Wasting away gradually.

Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

Shoaling :: Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.

Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type..

Lysis :: Lysis (n.) The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change..

Differentiation :: Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes..

Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.

Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..

Work :: Work (v. t.) To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion..

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Drain :: Drain (v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off..

Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce..

Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption..

Deliquesce :: Deliquesce (v. i.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies..

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