n.
1.(law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
2.a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
3.a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
4.turning in the opposite direction
5.returning to a former state
6.a failure to maintain a higher state
Idiom of the Day
little pitchers have big ears
little children often overhear things that they are not supposed to hear
"Little pitchers have big ears," the woman said when she saw her daughter listening as she talked to her husband.