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WordSyllablesCategories
constrictive
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Adjective, Adjective
tapered
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Adjective, Adjective
widening
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Noun, Noun
broadening
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Noun, Noun
limiting
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Verb
expanding
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Verb
enlarging
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Verb
deepening
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Verb
restricting
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Verb
broad
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Adjective
slowing
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Verb
diverging
x/x
Noun
lessening
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Noun
wider
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Adjective
constriction
x/x
Noun
whittling
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Verb
increasing
x/x
Verb
easing
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Noun
weakening
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Noun
dilating
x/x
Verb
lengthening
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Noun
complicating
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Noun
tightening
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Noun
softening
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Noun
shrinking
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Noun
constraining
x/x
Noun
stretching
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Verb
splitting
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Noun
reducing
x/x
Verb
decreasing
x/x
Verb
flattening
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Noun
obscuring
x/x
Verb
intensifying
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Verb
darkening
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Noun
curving
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Verb
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
skewing
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Noun
diversifying
x/xxx
Verb
down
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
separating
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Verb
closing
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Noun
extending
x/x
Verb
loosening
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Noun
breadth
/
Noun
blurring
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Noun
thickening
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Noun
furthering
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Verb
tearing
/x
Verb
defining
x/x
Verb
downward
/x
Adjective
inching
/x
Verb
curtailing
x/x
Verb
focusing
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Verb
simplifying
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Verb
dilation
x/x
Noun
blocking
/x
Verb
clouding
/x
Noun
stricture
/x
Noun
distorting
x/x
Noun
clearing
/x
Noun
hardening
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Noun
advancing
x/x
Verb
delineating
x/xxx
Verb
crowding
/x
Noun
straining
/x
Verb
lowering
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Verb
dividing
x/x
Verb
blunting
/x
Noun
gaping
/x
Verb
curbing
/x
Verb
solidifying
x/xxx
Verb
eroding
x/x
Verb
finding
/x
Noun
twisting
/x
Verb
impeding
x/x
Verb
hampering
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Verb
delimiting
x/xx
Verb
improving
x/x
Verb
confining
x/x
Verb
divergence
x/x
Noun
muddling
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Verb
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
bulging
/x
Noun
dulling
/x
Noun
obliterating
x/xxx
Verb
yawning
/x
Noun
thinning
/x
Noun
accentuating
x/xxx
Verb
zeroing
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Verb
varying
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Verb
opening
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Noun
reversing
x/x
Verb
augmenting
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Verb
upward
/x
Adjective
heightening
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Noun
stiffening
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Noun
horizons
x/x
Noun
straightening
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Noun
winding
/x
Verb
gauging
/x
Noun
stenotic
x/x
Adjective
hindering
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Verb
selective
x/x
Adjective
differentiating
xx/xxx
Verb
concentrating
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Verb
marginalizing
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Verb
zigzagging
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Verb
enhancing
x/x
Verb
furrowing
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Noun
cutting
/x
Noun
refocusing
x/xx
Noun
squeezing
/x
Verb
shifting
/x
Verb
specific
x/x
Adjective
altering
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Verb
slimming
/x
Noun
diminution
xx/x
Noun
coarsening
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Noun
streamlining
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Noun
honing
/x
Noun
maturation
xx/x
Noun
deadening
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Adjective
specialization
xxx/x
Noun
crystallization
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Noun
sharpening
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Noun
ripening
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Noun
toughening
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Noun
funneling
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Noun
distancing
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Noun
splintering
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Noun
densification
xxx/x
Noun
withering
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Noun
reduction
x/x
Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
osteophytes
xxxx
Noun
luminal
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Adjective
disc
/
Adjective
arteriolar
xxx/x
Adjective
abatement
x/x
Noun
alleviating
x/xxx
Verb
attenuation
x/x/x
Noun
bottleneck
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Noun, Verb
bridging
/x
Noun, Adjective
bumpy
/x
Adjective
charted
/x
Adjective
coarctation
xx/x
Noun
confinement
x/x
Noun
contraction
x/x
Noun
declining
x/x
Noun
definable
x/xx
Adjective
demarcated
xx/x
Verb, Adjective
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
dilatation
xx/x
Noun
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
downsizing
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Noun
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
drawdown
/x
Noun
dwindling
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Noun, Adjective
falling
/x
Adjective
filling
/x
Noun, Adjective
kilometre
x/xx
Noun
limitation
xx/x
Noun
mile
/
Noun
minimising
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Verb
minimizing
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Verb
mitigation
xx/x
Noun
outermost
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Noun
prolongation
x/xx
Noun
relaxation
xx/x
Noun
restriction
x/x
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
serpentine
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
shortening
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Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
sinuous
/x
Adjective
slowdown
/x
Noun
specifying
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Noun
tightness
/x
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective