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let down

1. the gliding descent of an aircraft in preparation for landing

2. the release of milk from the mammary glands following stimulation by the hormone oxytocin

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No references found			While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. Fables by Aesop View in context Twas the work of but a few moments more to open the gates, let down the bridge, and admit the rest of the band; and they lot inside the town so quietly that none knew of their coming. Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context And when she came to the meadow, she sat down upon a bank there, and let down her waving locks of hair, which were all of pure silver; and when Curdken saw it glitter in the sun, he ran up, and would have pulled some of the locks out, but she cried: Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context			Lessing, Karl Friedrich Lessner, Friedrich Lesson Lessonia lessons lessor LessTif Lessways, Hilda leste Lester Bowles Pearson Lester Halbert Germer Lester, Jeeter Lestidae Lestinae Lestoniidae Lestoros Inca Lestrade Lesueur, Jean François Lesueur, Jean-Francois Lesueur, Jean-François Leszczycki, Stanislaw Leszczynski, Boleslaw Leszetycki, Teodor Leszno LET let down let floating let in let-in brace Letavet, Avgust Letavet, Avgust Andreevich Letcher County Letcher, John Letchworth Letchworth Mounds State Park Letchworth State Park letdown Lethaby, William Richard lethal area lethal concentration 50 Lethal Dose lethal dose 50 lethal equivalent value lethal gene lethal mutation lethal radius Lethality Lethargy Lethbridge Lethe Lethrus Apterus			let (someone) have it let (someone) have it let (someone) have it let (someone) in on let (someone) in on let (someone) in on let (someone) in on let (someone) in on let , , or some creature alone let , , Or some creature be Let a Thousand Stones Roll let alone let alone let alone let alone let alone let alone let at let away let be let be let be let be let be let be let by let bygones be bygones let bygones be bygones let bygones be bygones let continue let down let down gently let down gently let down gently let down gently let down gently Let Down Ratio let drive let drop let drop let drop let drop let drop let emotions show Let every man skin his own skunk Let every tub stand on its own bottom Let Export Order let fall let fall let fall let fall let fall let floating let fly let fly let fly let fly let fly let fly with Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring America

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