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Descent

The act of descending or passing downward change of place from higher to lower

Devolve

To roll onward or downward to pass on

Disassimilation

simpler ones suitable only for excretion with evolution of energy a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation downward metabolism now more commonly called catabolism

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downbeat

the first beat of a musical measure as the conductors arm moves downward

Declivity

Deviation from a horizontal line gradual descent of surface inclination downward slope opposed to acclivity or ascent the same slope considered as descending being a declivity which considered as

Runcinate

Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards as the leaf of the dandelion

conveyance of the land the structures upon it pass also. And besides an indefinite extent upwards, it extends downwards to the globe's centre, hence the maxim, Cujus est solum ejus est usque ad c'lum et ad inferos;

Consanguinity, or kindred

grandfather, great grandfather, and so upwards in the direct ascending line; or between son, grandson, great-grandson, and so downwards in the direct descending line. Collateral agree with the lineal in this, that they descend from the same

Civil list

assignment of that patrimony to the public use. This arrangement has prevailed from the time of the Revolution downwards, though the amount fixed for the civil list has been subject in different reigns to considerable variation. At

Cloak

A loose outer garment extending from the neck downwards and commonly without sleeves It is longer than a cape and is worn both by men and by

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