Cadent: alternatives and connections

The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth wi…

Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness an…

Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upo…

The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.

Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight…

A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that…

Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff.

A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a d…

One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include…

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunde…

To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.

The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.

Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.