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narrowing(verb, adjective, narrowness thinness, acuminous, fusiform)
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tapered(adjective, sharp, fine, cutting, pointed)
8
decreasing(verb, adjective, diminishing)
7
dwindling(verb, adjective, diminishing)
7
narrow(adjective, fine, thin, slim, restricted)
7
pointed(adjective, keen, sharp, fine, sharpness)
6
diminishing(verb, adjective, diminishing)
4
acute
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barbed
4
conical(adjective, sharpness, cylindrical)
4
contraction(noun, narrowness thinness)
4
cuspidate
4
lessening(noun, verb, adjective, diminishing, acuminous)
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spiked
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spiky
4
spiny
4
taper(fine, thin, slim, restricted, confined)
3
acicular
3
acuminate(adjective, pointed)
3
coarctation
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