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UNDERSIDE |
Lower surface |
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BED |
The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. |
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TRACK |
The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc. |
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FLAT-BOTTOMED |
Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a
flat-bottomed boat. |
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CHIN |
The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches
of the lower jaw bone, in birds. |
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LEVEL |
To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down;
to reduce to a flat surface; to lower. |
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VENTRAL |
Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a
creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal. |
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SANDAL |
A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a
protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper. |
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PELTATED |
Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or
support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or
margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. |
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BOTTOM |
...s and
supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the
circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a
... |
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RECLINATION |
...becomes the
upper one and its back surface the lower one. ... |
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MORPHO |
...n blue) of the upper
surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with
eyelike spots. ... |
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TURBOT |
...dish tubercles scattered
over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also
bannock fluke. ... |
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ESCUTCHEON |
...s are
marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the
field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the bas... |
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SKIMMER |
...us
Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible
compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly
along... |
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FLUORESCENCE |
...ted by
fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the
incident light. ... |
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SIPHON |
... to form
two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be
transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an
... |