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A, a

n. the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet

Floor

n. [any surface forming the lower supporting surface]

floor

n. the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"

floor

n. the lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave"

floor

n. the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"

deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A

n. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

adenine, A

n. (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

lower berth, lower

n. the lower of two berths

floor, trading floor

n. a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"

floor, flooring

n. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"

floor, base

n. a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"

A, type A, group A

n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

floor, level, storey, story

n. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

lower, lour

v. set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

frown, glower, lour, lower

v. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down

v. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"

shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback

v. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

on

adv. in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"

on

adj. (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"

lower

adj. lying at a lower level: "hills and subjacent valleys"

lower

adj. the bottom one of two

lower, less

adj. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"

ready, connected, on

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

stage

n. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"

item

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

article

n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

layer

n. a hen that lays eggs

line

n. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"

Champaign

n. a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana

tier

n. one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"

turn down

v. take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

tone down, moderate, tame

v. make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

chasten, moderate, temper

v. restrain

misdirect, misaddress

v. put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"

degrade, cheapen

v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down

v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

glower, glare

v. look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

tone, inflect, modulate

v. vary the pitch of one's speech

drop

v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

fell, drop, strike down, cut down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

fall in

v. to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

submerge, submerse

v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

immerse, plunge

v. thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"

forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard

adv. at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

forth, forward, onward

adv. forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"

ahead, along, in a forward direction, in front, at the front

adv. "He is way ahead"

outward, outwards

adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

nether

adj. lower; "gnawed his nether lip"

least, lowest, smallest

adj. lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

underlying

adj. located beneath or below

bottommost, lowermost, nethermost

adj. farthest down; "bottommost shelf"

nether

adj. lower; "gnawed his nether lip"

humble, low, lowly, modest, small

adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

low-level

adj. at a low level in rank or importance; "a low-level job"; "low-level discussions"

middle-level

adj. intermediate in rank or position; "middle-level management"

outclassed

adj. decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class

machine-accessible, connected

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

grin

v. to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

hike, hike up, boost

v. increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"

backward, backwards

adv. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"

off

adj. not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"

superior

adj. of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler"

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