| declination | (noun) a polite refusal of an invitation | Synonyms: regrets |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere | Synonyms: celestial latitude, dec |
| (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
| (noun) a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline | Synonyms: decline |
| decline | (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
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| (noun) a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | Synonyms: decay |
| (noun) change toward something smaller or lower | Synonyms: diminution |
| (noun) a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline | Synonyms: declination |
| (verb) grow smaller | Synonyms: go down, wane |
| (verb) grow worse | Synonyms: worsen |
| (verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: refuse |
| (verb) inflect for number, gender, case, etc. | - |
| (verb) go down | - |
| (verb) fall in value | Synonyms: correct, slump |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: pass up, refuse, reject, turn down |
| declinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring magnetic declination | Synonyms: transit declinometer |
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| declivitous | (adjective) sloping down rather steeply | Synonyms: downhill, downward-sloping |
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| declivity | (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, descent, downslope, fall |
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| eclipse | (noun) one celestial body obscures another | Synonyms: occultation |
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| (verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | Synonyms: occult |
| (verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, overshadow |
| eclipsis | (noun) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences | Synonyms: ellipsis |
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| ecliptic | (noun) the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator | - |
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| meclizine | (noun) an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness | Synonyms: Antivert, meclizine hydrochloride |
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| preclinical | (adjective) of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared | Synonyms: presymptomatic |
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| recline | (verb) lean in a comfortable resting position | Synonyms: recumb, repose |
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| (verb) cause to recline | - |
| (verb) move the upper body backwards and down | Synonyms: lean back |
| recliner | (noun) an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it | Synonyms: lounger, reclining chair |
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| reclining | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position | - |
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