simple past tense and past participle of lower one's guard

A component state of Germany, in existence since 1946

The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).

a Slavic language spoken in part of Brandenburg

Alternative spelling of lowercase

(US) any of the Ivy League universities, such as Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania, that are generally seen as less prestigious than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.

Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class. / Unrefined.

The quartile (designated Q₁) having the lowest value; it cuts off the lowest 25% of data.

A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.