Inrush: alternatives and connections

Curvature inwards; hookedness.

Curved inwards; hooked.

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensatio…

a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as…

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the wa…

Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or a…

Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided.

The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center o…

An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement excep…

Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the…

Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time.

An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gate…

A boat driven by the tide.

A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly calle…

The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on…

The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.