Related Words for growing point

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abutment
x/x
Noun, Noun
accelerating
x/xxx
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
accuracy
/xxx
Noun
acme
/x
Noun
acuminate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
add
/
Verb, Noun
addition
x/x
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
advanced
x/
Adjective
advantage
x/x
Noun, Verb
affair
x/
Noun
affirmation
xx/x
Noun
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
altitude
/xx
Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
anthesis
/xx
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
appearance
x/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
area
/xx
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
arithmetical
xx/xx
Adjective
arrival time
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
arrowhead
/xx
Noun
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
asia
/x
Name
asian
/x
Adjective, Name
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
assertion
x/x
Noun
attention
x/x
Noun
attract
x/
Verb
augmentation
xx/x
Noun
augur
/x
Verb, Noun
axis
/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ballpark
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
barb
/
Noun, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
bead
/
Noun, Verb
becoming
x/x
Noun, Adjective
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bespeak
x/
Verb, Noun
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blind spot
//
Phrase, Noun
blossoming
/xx
Noun
bod
/
Noun
bode
/
Name, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boom
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bottom line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
brink
/
Noun
broadening
/xx
Noun
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
burgeoning
/xx
Noun, Adjective
call
/
Verb, Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
category
/xxx
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
caveat
/xx
Noun, Verb
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
choose
/
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clarification
xxx/x
Noun
clause
/
Noun, Verb
click
/
Verb, Noun
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
climbing
/x
Noun, Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clue
/
Noun, Verb
coefficient
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
comma
/x
Noun, Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commentary
/xxx
Noun
compliance
x/x
Noun
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conn
/
Noun, Verb
connection
x/x
Noun
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
contemporaneous
xxx/xx
Adjective
contention
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
continuing
x/xx
Noun
continuously
x/xxx
Adverb
convenient
x/x
Adjective
coordinate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
coordination
xxx/x
Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
counterpoint
/xx
Noun, Verb
creeping
/x
Noun
crescent
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
criterion
x/xx
Noun
crocheted
x/
Verb, Adjective, Name
croissant
x/
Noun
crop
/
Noun, Verb
crossing
/x
Noun, Adjective
crux
/
Noun
cultivar
/xx
Noun
cultivate
/xx
Verb
cultivation
xx/x
Noun
cultural
/xx
Adjective
culture
/x
Noun, Verb
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
data
/x
Noun
date
/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
decimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deck
/
Noun, Verb
deepening
/xx
Noun
degree
x/
Noun
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
denominator
x/xxx
Noun
departure time
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
desideratum
xx/xx
Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
deteriorating
x/xxxx
Adjective
devastated
/xxx
Adjective
develop
x/x
Verb
development
x/xx
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
digital
/xx
Adjective, Name
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
ding
/
Noun, Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
distinction
x/x
Noun
dock
/
Noun, Verb
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
door
/
Noun, Verb
dossier
x/
Noun
dot
/
Noun, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dying
/x
Adjective, Noun
east by north
///
Name, Name
east by south
///
Name, Name
edge
/
Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
efflorescence
/x/x
Noun
elect
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
elevation
xx/x
Noun
emergent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
emerging
x/x
Adjective, Noun
emphasis
/xx
Noun
emphasise
/xx
Verb
emphasize
/xx
Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
enhancement
x/x
Noun
enlarging
x/x
Noun
entry
/x
Noun
episodic
xx/x
Adjective
escalated
/xxx
Verb
essence
/x
Noun
evaporation
xxx/x
Noun
evolving
x/x
Verb, Adjective
exacerbating
x/xxx
Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
expand
x/
Verb
expansion
x/x
Noun
exporting
x/x
Name
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
facet
/x
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
factorial
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
fanning
/x
Noun
farming
/x
Noun, Adjective
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
field
/
Noun, Verb
finale
x/x
Noun
finding
/x
Noun
finger
/x
Noun, Verb
finis
/x
Noun
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
floor
/
Noun, Verb
flourishing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
flowering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
focal
/x
Adjective, Noun
focal point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
foliation
xx/x
Noun
forecast
/x
Noun, Verb
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
foreshadow
x/x
Verb
foretell
x/
Verb
fovea
/xx
Noun
freezing
/x
Adjective, Noun
friction
/x
Noun
fruit
/
Noun, Verb
full stop
//
Phrase, Noun
gaining
/x
Noun
gaping
/x
Adjective, Noun
gardening
/xx
Noun
gastrulation
xx/x
Noun
germination
xx/x
Noun
getting
/x
Noun
goal
/
Noun, Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
graded
/x
Adjective
grain
/
Noun, Verb
grass
/
Noun, Verb
greater
/x
Adjective
grew
/
Verb, Noun
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
growth
/
Noun
guide
/
Noun, Verb
gunpoint
/x
Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
harvesting
/xx
Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
healthy
/x
Adjective
heart
/
Noun, Verb
height
/
Noun
heightened
/x
Adjective
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
hilum
/x
Noun
hotspot
/x
Noun
hour
/x
Noun
hub
/
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
illustrative
x/xx
Adjective
impetus
/xx
Noun
importance
x/x
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
improving
x/x
Adjective
incidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
increasingly
x/xx
Adverb
increment
/xx
Noun, Verb
indent
x/
Noun, Verb
indicate
/xx
Verb
indication
xx/x
Noun
industrialised
x/xxx
Adjective
industrialized
x/xxx
Adjective
industrially
x/xxx
Adverb
inflorescence
/x/x
Noun
insist
x/
Verb
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
instant
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
instar
xx
Noun, Verb
integer
/xx
Noun
integral
/xx
Adjective, Noun
intensifying
x/xxx
Noun
intention
x/x
Noun, Verb
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
interjection
xx/x
Noun
intersection
xx/x
Noun
intervention
xx/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
juncture
/x
Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kickoff
/x
Noun
knitted
/x
Adjective
labelling
x/x
Noun
lagrangian
/xxx
Adjective, Name
laplacian
x/x
Name, Adjective
largest
/x
Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
leafing
/x
Noun
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
letter
/x
Noun, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
liaison
x/x
Noun, Verb
life cycle
//x
Phrase, Noun
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
line item
//x
Phrase, Noun
link
/
Noun, Verb
location
x/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
luff
/
Noun, Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manufacturing
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
mark
/
Noun, Verb
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maturation
xx/x
Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
message
/x
Noun, Verb
midair
//
Noun, Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
midpoint
/x
Noun
midterm
/x
Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
modified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
moment
/x
Noun
momento
x/x
Noun
momentum
x/x
Noun
monitoring
/xxx
Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
mounting
/x
Adjective, Noun
moving
/x
Adjective, Noun
multiplication
xxx/x
Noun
multiplying
/xxx
Noun
mushrooming
/xx
Noun
navel
/x
Noun
navigate
/xx
Verb
ne
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
needle
/x
Noun, Verb
neighboring
/xx
Adjective
node
/
Noun
north by east
///
Name, Name
north by west
///
Phrase, Noun
northeast
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
northeast by east
x///
Name, Name
northeast by north
x///
Phrase, Noun
northwest
x/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
northwest by north
x///
Phrase, Noun
northwest by west
x///
Phrase, Noun
note
/
Noun, Verb
notice
/x
Noun, Verb
notion
/x
Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
numeric
x/x
Adjective, Noun
numerical
x/xx
Adjective
objection
x/x
Noun
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
observance
x/x
Noun
observation
xx/x
Noun
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
observer
x/x
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun, Verb
occasional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
offset
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
omen
/x
Noun, Verb
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ontogeny
x/xx
Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
orient
/xx
Name, Verb, Adjective
origin
/xx
Noun
outgrowth
/x
Noun
outlet
/x
Noun
outset
/x
Noun, Verb
overheating
/xxx
Noun
pad
/
Noun, Verb
paragraph
/xx
Noun, Verb
parameter
x/xx
Noun
park
/
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
peer
/
Noun, Verb
pen
/
Noun, Verb
penalty
/xx
Noun
pencil
/x
Noun, Verb
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
phase
/
Noun, Verb
pick
/
Verb, Noun
piece
/
Noun, Verb
piecemeal
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
pike
/
Noun, Verb
pilot
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pin
/
Noun, Verb
pinnacle
/xx
Noun, Verb
pinpoint
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
place
/
Noun, Verb
plan
/
Noun, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plank
/
Noun, Verb
plantation
x/x
Noun
planting
/x
Noun
plaque
/
Noun
plate
/
Noun, Verb
point of accumulation
//xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
point out
//
Phrase, Verb
point the way
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pointe
/
Noun
pointed
/x
Adjective
pointer
/x
Noun
poised
/
Adjective
pole
/
Noun, Verb
pont
/
Verb
pontoon
x/
Noun
populous
/xx
Adjective
port
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
portend
x/
Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
post
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
precision
x/x
Noun, Adjective
precondition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
predict
x/
Verb, Noun
prerequisite
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
presage
/x
Verb, Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
principle
/xx
Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
procedural
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
producing
x/x
Verb, Adjective
production
x/x
Noun
profession
x/x
Noun
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
progressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
proliferation
xxx/x
Noun
propagating
/xxx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
proposal
x/x
Noun
prosperous
/xx
Adjective
punctual
/xx
Adjective
punt
/
Noun, Verb
punto
/x
Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
qualification
xxx/x
Noun
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quickening
/xx
Noun
raising
/x
Noun
rallying point
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
rampant
/x
Adjective, Adverb
ready
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
rearing
/x
Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
recapitulation
xx/x/x
Noun
recital
x/x
Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
refining
x/x
Noun
reflect
x/
Verb
reflection
x/x
Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
relation
x/x
Noun
relevant
/xx
Adjective
reliable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
remind
x/
Verb, Noun
request
x/
Noun, Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
restlessness
/xx
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
resultant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
reveal
x/
Verb, Noun
rhyme
/
Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
root
/
Noun, Verb
rounding
/x
Noun, Adjective
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
score
/
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
select
x/
Verb, Name, Adjective
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sensu
/x
Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
settling
/xx
Noun
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sharpen
/x
Verb
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
show
/
Verb, Noun
shrubby
/x
Adjective
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
significance
x/xx
Noun
site
/
Noun, Verb
situation
xx/x
Noun
soaring
/x
Noun, Adjective
soil
/
Noun, Verb
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
source
/
Noun, Verb
south by east
///
Name, Name
south by west
///
Phrase, Noun
southeast
x/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
southeast by east
x///
Name, Name
southeast by south
x///
Phrase, Noun
southwest
x/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
southwest by south
x///
Phrase, Noun
southwest by west
x///
Phrase, Noun
space
/
Noun, Verb
spearhead
/x
Noun, Verb
speck
/
Noun, Verb
speech
/
Noun, Verb
spermatogenesis
//x/xx
Noun
spike
/
Noun, Verb
spiraling
/xx
Noun
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
spreading
/x
Noun
sprouting
/x
Noun
stadium
/xx
Noun
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stance
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
stand out
//
Phrase, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
standard of living
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
standpoint
/x
Noun
starboard
/x
Verb, Noun
stare
/
Verb, Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
state of the art
//x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
static
/x
Adjective, Noun
station
/x
Noun, Verb
status
/x
Noun
steady
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
steer
/
Verb, Noun
step
/
Noun, Verb
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stitch
/
Noun, Verb
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
story
/x
Noun, Verb
strengthening
/xx
Noun
stress
/
Noun, Verb
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
subparagraph
x/xx
Noun, Verb
subsection
/xx
Noun, Verb
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
suggest
x/
Verb
suggestion
x/x
Noun
summit
/x
Noun, Verb
superlative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
surge
/
Noun, Verb
swelling
/x
Noun
taper
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
target
/x
Noun, Verb
technicality
xx/xx
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
terminals
/xx
Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun
theme
/
Noun, Verb
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
thesis
/x
Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
thought
/
Noun
thread
/
Noun, Verb
threshold
/x
Noun
thriving
/x
Adjective, Noun
thrust
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
timely
/x
Adjective, Adverb
tip
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
topic
/x
Noun, Adjective
trick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trifle
/x
Noun, Verb
trigonometric
xxx/x
Adjective
triviality
xx/xx
Noun
typical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
umbilicus
x/xx
Noun
underdeveloped
xxx/x
Adjective
underline
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
underscore
xx/
Verb, Noun
update
x/
Noun, Verb
upsurge
/x
Noun, Verb
upward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
urbanized
/xx
Noun
usefulness
/xx
Noun
utility
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
vanishing point
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
vegetation
xx/x
Noun
vegetative
xx/x
Adjective
vein
/
Noun, Verb
venue
/x
Noun
verge
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
viewpoint
/x
Noun
vote
/
Noun, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
west by north
///
Phrase, Noun
west by south
///
Phrase, Noun
where
/
Adverb, Noun
while
/
Noun, Verb
widening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
word
/
Noun, Verb
worsening
/xx
Noun
years
/
Noun