1. To make less, to become smaller. 2. The process of getting smaller.

Downhearted; in low spirits unhappy.

To lower in rank or position; to move down or back.

The numeral below the line, or to the right of the line, in a fraction.

To come down; to go from a higher to a lower place.

To bring under control; to quiet down; to conquer.

The title or heading for one section of an outline or paper.

To move, or be pushed, under water.

to go down, recede, settle, sink to a lower level

the minimum amount to sustain life

A note added after ending a letter (often abbreviated PS).

An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor.

Before the invention of printing, a person who wrote books by hand; a writer.

1. The text of a play, movie, or broadcast. 2. Handwriting.

An order for, or pledge to pay for; regular copies of a publication, a group of plays or concerts, and so on.

A life story written by the person who lived it.

1. To sign one's name. 2. A signature.

An account of someone's life, written by another person.

The study of the features of the different places on earth.

A section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic.

1. Unfriendly; not enjoying the company of others. 2. Harmful or hostile to the society of other people.

1. A club, society, or organization of people with similar interests. 2. Connection, friendships.

To break the ties between, separate from, or stop associating with.

1. People, human beings living and working as a group or a community. 2. A club, association, or organization of people with similar interests.

A scientist who works in the area of sociology, which examines the relationships, values, and institutions of communities of people.

To honor the memory of.

An object that reminds one of a special time or place.

A written or typed note to help one remember something.

A monument or statue built in memory of a person or an event.

An object that keeps a memory of something alive.