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WEAKENING |
Diminishing |
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NARROWING |
Diminishing |
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ANTIPLASTIC |
Diminishing plasticity. |
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TAPERED |
Diminishing slowly in size |
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TAPERING |
Diminishing slowly in size |
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DECREASING |
Becoming less and less; diminishing. |
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ABLATITIOUS |
Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. |
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CALANDO |
Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness. |
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WANTRUST |
Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or
confidence; distrust. |
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DEBILITANT |
Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement;
as, a debilitant drug. |
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MINISHMENT |
The act of diminishing, or the state of being
diminished; diminution. |
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WASTING |
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a
wasting disease; a wasting fortune. |
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CLIPPING |
The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the
practice of clipping the edges of coins. |
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DEPRESSOMOTOR |
Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement,
as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. |
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FLUENT |
A variable quantity, considered as increasing or
diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or
integral. |
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DIMINUENDO |
In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of
tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the
sign. |
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HYPERBOLICAL |
Relating to, containing, or of the nature of,
hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the
truth; as, an hyperbolical expression. |
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DEPLETION |
The act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid
in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation,
as in severe diarrhea. |
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DIMINUTION |
The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less;
state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; --
opposed to augmentation or increase. |
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EXTENUATION |
...xtenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating;
diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of
p... |
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SPRING |
...er,
tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as
receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating
... |