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Encystment :: Encystment (n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc..

Development :: Development (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

Martagon :: Martagon (n.) A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia..

Architrave :: Architrave (n.) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column..

Umbel :: Umbel (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule..

Detractive :: Detractive (a.) Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.

Agamic :: Agamic (a.) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous..

Extine :: Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

Amain :: Amain (v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc..

Pursuivant :: Pursuivant (n.) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively..

Antherogenous :: Antherogenous (a.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower..

Proboscis :: Proboscis (n.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded..

Animalize :: Animalize (v. t.) To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.

Mandible :: Mandible (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds..

Mobocracy :: Mobocracy (n.) A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Pulsatilla :: Pulsatilla (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally..

Superior :: Superior (a.) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

Emanate :: Emanate (v. i.) To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers..

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