4
plummeting(noun, down, lowering)
4
pounce(noun, attack, assault)
4
progeny(kind, group, line, house, family)
4
rank(noun, line, nobility, heritage)
4
relationship(noun, kind, group, line, house)
4
set
4
source
4
stoop(noun, verb, tailspin)
4
succession
4
wane(noun, drop, fall, decrease, failure)
3
annulment(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
anticlimax(noun, decline, fall, blow, decrease)
3
atavist(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backwardation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
bad luck
3
bloomer(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
bummer
3
cancellation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
capitulation(noun, drop, decrease, reduction, tumble)
3
checkmate(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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