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downhill
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Verb, Noun
downward
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
down
/
Adverb, Verb
dropping
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
raining
/x
Verb, Noun
drizzling
/xx
Noun, Noun
falling
/x
Noun, Noun, Verb
descendant
x/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
descendent
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Adjective
ascending
x/x
Verb, Noun
descent
x/
Noun
traversing
x/x
Verb
climbing
/x
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
plunging
/x
Verb
zigzagging
/xx
Verb
rising
/x
Verb
flying
/x
Noun
plummeting
/xx
Verb
swooping
/x
Verb
gliding
/x
Verb
moving
/x
Verb
circling
/xx
Verb
sliding
/x
Verb
tumbling
/xx
Verb
hovering
/xx
Verb
walking
/x
Verb
reaching
/x
Verb
encircling
x/xx
Noun
spiralling
/xx
Noun
entering
/xx
Verb
mountain
/x
Noun
clambering
/xx
Verb
dragging
/x
Verb
returning
x/x
Verb
marching
/x
Noun
elevating
/xxx
Verb
leaping
/x
Verb
converging
x/x
Noun
collapsing
x/x
Verb
toppling
/xx
Noun
crawling
/x
Verb
heading
/x
Verb
ridge
/
Noun
alighting
x/x
Verb
pummeling
/xx
Noun
conquering
/xx
Noun
shifting
/x
Verb
stepping
/x
Verb
cascading
x/x
Noun
fleeing
/x
Verb
journeying
/xx
Noun
jumping
/x
Noun
paralleling
/xxx
Verb
striding
/x
Verb
careening
x/x
Verb
standing
/x
Noun
scrambling
/xx
Verb
proceeding
x/x
Noun
soaring
/x
Verb
snaking
/x
Verb
crashing
/x
Verb
lurching
/x
Verb
lifting
/x
Noun
navigating
/xxx
Verb
creeping
/x
Verb
exiting
/xx
Verb
rolling
/x
Noun
dispersing
x/x
Verb
crossing
/x
Noun
scampering
/xx
Verb
dissipating
/xxx
Verb
arriving
x/x
Verb
summoning
/xx
Noun
leading
/x
Verb
slithering
/xx
Verb
veering
/x
Verb
pushing
/x
Verb
hurtling
/x
Verb
escaping
x/x
Verb
upward
/x
Adjective
subsiding
x/x
Verb
retreating
x/x
Verb
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
rushing
/x
Verb
escalating
/xxx
Noun
surging
/x
Adjective
drifting
/x
Verb
approaching
x/x
Verb
disintegrating
x/xxx
Noun
thundering
/xx
Noun
evoking
x/x
Verb
slanting
/x
Verb
slipping
/x
Verb
stomping
/x
Noun
undulating
/xxx
Adjective
depreciating
x/xxx
Noun
downcast
/x
Adjective
abject
/x
Adjective
averse
x/
Adjective
backward
/x
Adjective
inferior
x/xx
Adjective
underfoot
xx/
Adverb
lowly
/x
Adjective
depressing
x/x
Adjective
pejorative
x/xx
Adjective
down in the dumps
/xx/
Phrase, Adjective
dispiriting
x/xx
Adjective
depressive
x/x
Adjective
condescending
xx/x
Adjective
derogatory
x/xxx
Adjective
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
deprecating
/xxx
Noun
sluggish
/x
Adjective
eroding
x/x
Noun
lowering
/xx
Verb
sullen
/x
Adjective
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
doting
/x
Adjective
degraded
x/x
Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective
down at heel
///
Phrase, Adjective
dependent
x/x
Adjective
sigmoid
/x
Adjective, Noun
circumflex
x/x
Verb, Noun
lithosphere
/xx
Adverb
pelvic
/x
Adjective
spinal
/x
Adjective, Verb
posterior
x/x
Adjective
anterior
x/xx
Adjective
nude
/
Noun
abdominal
x/xx
Adjective
aorta
x/x
Noun
colon
/x
Noun
thoracic
x/x
Noun
duodenum
x/xx
Noun
proximal
/xx
Verb
palatine
/xx
Noun
deepest
/x
Adjective
auto
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
awhile
x/
Adverb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
baud
/
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
blind
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
blister
/x
Noun, Verb
boarding
/x
Noun
boils
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
bruises
/x
Verb
bum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
button
/x
Noun, Verb
butts
/
Noun
calf
/
Noun
clockwise
/x
Adverb, Adjective
counterbalanced
xx/x
Adjective
declining
x/x
Noun
decreasing
x/x
Noun
diminishing
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
disembarking
xx/x
Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
dwindling
/xx
Noun, Adjective
landing
/x
Noun
raid
/
Noun, Verb
shrinking
/x
Noun, Adjective
sinking
/x
Adjective
slowdown
/x
Noun
southerly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
target
/x
Noun, Verb
tonic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
waning
/x
Adjective, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb