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41drop — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abate, abdicate, abeyance, abjure, ablate, acknowledge defeat, act drop, advantage, asbestos, asbestos board, ascend, ax, backdrop, backslide, balm, balsam, bank, bate, batten, be bereaved of, be confined, be… …
42fall — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept, apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, autumn, backslide, backsliding, bag, bank, bate, be destroyed, be eaten away, be found, be… …
43decline — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. droop, slant, slope; decadence, wasting, aging, deterioration. v. worsen, slump; refuse, turn down (an offer). See oldness, age, refusal, descent, weakness, recession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
44Body mass index — The body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet index, is a statistical measurement which compares a person s weight and height. Though it does not actually measure the percentage of body fat, it is a useful tool to estimate a healthy body weight based on …
45Merox — is an acronym for mercaptan oxidation. It is a proprietary catalytic chemical process developed by UOP used in oil refineries and natural gas processing plants to remove mercaptans from LPG, propane, butanes, light naphthas, kerosene and jet fuel …
46baking — Process of cooking by dry heat, especially in an oven. Baked products include bread, cookies, pies, and pastries. Ingredients used in baking include flour, water, leavening agents (baker s yeast, baking soda, baking powder), shortening (fats,… …
47decline — {{11}}decline (n.) early 14c., deterioration, degeneration, from O.Fr. declin (see DECLINE (Cf. decline) (v.)). {{12}}decline (v.) late 14c., to turn aside, deviate, from O.Fr. decliner to sink, decline, degenerate, turn aside, from L. declinare… …
48declivity — 1610s, from Fr. déclivité, from L. declivitatem (nom. declivitas) a slope, declivity, from declivis a sloping downward, from de down + clivus a slope, from PIE *klei wo , suffixed form of *klei to lean (see LEAN (Cf …
49synclinal — sloping downward on both sides, 1833 (in Lyell), from Gk. synklinein to incline, lean, from syn together + klinein to slope (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)) …
50slant — vb Slant, slope, incline, lean are comparable when they mean to diverge or cause to diverge from a vertical or horizontal line. Slant carries the sharpest and clearest implication of such divergence of any of these terms but it carries no… …
