5
rake(noun, rise, straight, incline, slant)
5
upgrade(noun, rise, level, incline, slope)
4
bevel(noun, drop, inclination, lean, pitch)
4
decline(noun, drop, fall, plunge, slide)
4
hillside(noun, mount, peak, fell, mound)
4
leaning(noun, rise, level, inclination, grade)
3
rising(noun, slope, hill)
3
fall(noun, verb, drop, decline, collapse)
3
glacis
3
list(noun, rise, bend, straight, inclination)
3
talus(noun, mount, peak, fell, mound)
3
uprise
2
abruptness(noun, inclination, grade, sharpness, slant)
2
camber(noun, incline, slope, angle, deflection)
2
declination(noun, drop, decline, fall, inclination)
2
degree(noun, point, tilt)
2
diagonal(noun, adjective, inclination, grade, sharpness)
2
drop(noun, verb, fall, collapse, plunge)
2
gentle slope(expression, idiom, obliquity)
2
inclined plane(noun, expression, rise, level, incline)
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