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upward sloping

(noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface in a mine

(adjective) full of windings and intricate turnings; tortuous

(adjective) of, relating to, or situated at an apex / (adjective) of, relating to, or formed with the tip of the tongue / (noun) inhibition of the growth of lateral buds by the terminal bud of a shoot / (noun) a meristem at the apex of a root or shoot that is responsible for increase in length

(adjective) of a golden color or brilliance / (adjective) marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style

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(verb) to make up into a bale

(verb) dress up or decorate gaudily

(adjective) of, relating to, or suggestive of Bishop Berkeley or his system of philosophical idealism, whose fundamental proposition can be summed up as "esse est percepi" (Latin for "To be is to be perceived")

a decorative moulding above or around a panel or other architectural feature

(noun) the point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull

a Spanish or Mexican gentleman (the Spanish word for gentleman)

(adjective) glowing from or as if from great heat

(noun) a three-beat gait of a horse or other quadruped between a trot and a gallop; (verb) move to that gait

(noun) an ornamental covering for a horse / (noun) decorative trappings and harness / (noun) rich clothing; adornment / (verb) to provide with or as if with a rich ornamental covering; adorn

skip or dance about in a lively or playful way

(noun) an informal conversation; chat / (noun) a short informal essay

cheap and of poor quality

(noun) the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum

(adjective) gray tinged with black / (adjective) resembling or consisting of ashes

(noun) an error in a printed work discovered after printing and shown with its correction on a separate sheet

(noun, informal) to lose one's temper; also an informal term for a material shed from the body of various animals (similar to dandruff)

(noun) a being responsible for the creation of the universe, in particular

(noun) a piece of machinery for lifting cargo or extracting oil

(noun) a constitutional predisposition toward a particular state or condition and especially one that is abnormal or diseased