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DWINDLING |
Receding |
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ABATING |
Receding |
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RECESSIVE |
Going back; receding. |
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SMUG |
Self-satisfied about receding gums |
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AIRLINES |
Cockneys’ receding features transport jet-setters? |
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EBB |
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low. |
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STAND |
To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. |
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BACKDOWN |
A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. |
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BATTER |
A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank;
receding slope. |
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RECESSION |
The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a
claim, or a demand. |
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RECESS |
Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an
alcove, niche, etc. |
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SPIRAL |
Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually
receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring. |
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DIVERGENT |
Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines
radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction;
-- opposed to convergent. |
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DIVERGENCY |
A receding from each other in moving from a common
center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the
divergence of straight lines. |
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FOLLOW |
To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed
upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a
speech, musical perf... |
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COMET |
...in an
elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion,
and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A come... |