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bascule bridge |
a bridge that is counterweighted for ease of raising and lowering. |
checkrein |
a short rein hooked on to a horse's saddle or harness, or to another horse in a team, preventing the horse from lowering or tossing its head. |
crouch |
a lowering of the body by crouching. [1/4 definitions] |
descent |
any lowering, as in power or social position. [1/4 definitions] |
duck2 |
the act, process, or a particular instance of ducking, esp. a quick lowering into water. [1/7 definitions] |
halyard |
a rope used for raising and lowering a sail, flag, or the like. |
nod |
to express or indicate by lowering and raising the head. [1/7 definitions] |
nuclear winter |
a hypothesized result of a major nuclear war, wherein massive cloud covers of dust and smoke would block out sunlight, lowering the earth's temperature and destroying most living things. |
stoop1 |
an act or instance of lowering oneself morally or socially, or of condescending. [1/7 definitions] |
supply-side |
of or designating an economic theory that lowering taxes increases productivity by causing an increase in investment. |
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