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Abased
adjective · 78% connection
Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Abate
verb · 78% connection
To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Appeal
noun · 78% connection
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Bearing
noun · 78% connection
The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Blockhouse
noun · 78% connection
An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Debase
adjective · 78% connection
To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Declinate
adjective · 78% connection
Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Decline
verb · 78% connection
To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Decurrent
adjective · 78% connection
Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Degrade
verb · 78% connection
To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Descend
verb · 78% connection
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 pl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Descent
noun · 78% connection
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 lowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Devexity
adjective · 78% connection
A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Dinotherium
noun · 78% connection
A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Down
adjective · 78% connection
Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Downward
adjective · 78% connection
Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Downwards
adverb · 78% connection
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
Fell
verb · 78% connection
To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: higher, lower, situation, downward, down.
