1. To Achievethese purposes, people have developed many tapering strate-gies, such as step-tapering, linear tapering, several other complicatedprofiles presentedin Refs

2. Casualties are now tapering off.

3. She had long tapering fingers.

4. Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down.

5. Acuminulate: Slightly pointed or tapering

6. There are signs that inflation is tapering.

7. Acuminate definition is - tapering to a slender point.

8. Buttonbush leaves are elliptic, tapering to pointed tips

9. His interest in poetry seems to be tapering off.

10. The doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose.

11. Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off.

12. It was a small hand, with slender, tapering fingers.

13. Wood screw with intermediate thread sections tapering to the front

14. The larva is Apodous, cylindrical and tapering at both ends

15. The passage was narrower here, tapering off into three turnings.

16. The girl's forehead was broad, tapering to a delicate chin.

17. They are gradually tapering off production of the older models.

18. The schoolyard was a mud patch tapering into a ravine.

19. The legs needed to come to a tapering point for easy insertion.

20. The leaves are broad and tapering, and the sheathes are very rough.

21. The number of applicants for the course has been tapering off recently.

22. In section each mullion is an asymmetric oval, tapering at one end.

23. Acuminate: acuminatus: leaf tip: Tapering to a long point in a concave manner

24. A tapering extension of land projecting into water; a peninsula, cape, or promontory.

25. Device and method for guiding and cutting a tapering thread when changing bobbins

26. Bickern: An anvil with two projecting, tapering ends; hence, one such end; a beak-iron.

27. The ideal Oriental is a svelte cat with long, tapering lines, very lithe but muscular.

28. The legs have long, tapering muscling, with in general no feathering on the lower legs.

29. 14 Indeed, one proximate cause of the crisis was a tapering - off of export growth.

30. In this way, the grooving anchor rods can taper in the tapering die set.

31. They are bristly with a slight swelling towards the tip, before the final tapering-off.

32. He was small and elegant: tapering legs with a white band on his left knee.

33. Club definition is - a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon

34. 10 Colour a little more fondant or marzipan yellow and roll into two tapering sausages.

35. Leaves not acuminate, elliptical and very tapering, average ribbing, veins inserted at an acute angle.

36. Synonyms for Acuminate include pointed, edged, fine, tapering, acicular, aciculated, acute, cuspated, cuspidated and mucronate

37. 9 synonyms for Conical: cone-shaped, pointed, tapered, tapering, pyramidal, funnel-shaped, conelike, cone-shaped, conic

38. Once the patient has discontinued or started tapering the previously used medications, prophylactic agents are started.

39. Synonyms for Conoid include conical, cone-shaped, funnel-shaped, pointed, tapered, tapering, pyramidal, coned, conic and Conoidal

40. Heavy, slightly arched, tapering from shoulders to back of skull . No looseness of skin . Medium length.

41. Beaking can be seen in many pathologies which result in smooth gradual tapering of a lumen

42. A reverse-tapering chamber (20) and a photodetector (24) are connected to the outlet aperture (18).

43. What does Acuminate mean? Tapering gradually to a sharp point, as the tips of certain leaves

44. Deinogalerix had a long, thin, conical face, small pointed ears, a lengthy, tapering tail and long hairs.

45. These branching, tapering processes of the nerve cell, as a rule, conduct impulses toward the cell body.

46. They had graceful, slender bodies, tapering into root-like shapes where a Human would have ankles and feet.

47. Rounded in cross-section, this gives the impression of a tapering spear penetrating the water without resistance.

48. All the small buttocks somehow showed and, below that, the small muscled legs and tapering bare feet.

49. Furthermore, an actuator is provided, which sets the tapering for the adaptive degradation depending on a control signal.

50. If the straw becomes blocked, the water flows down the outside, building up the calcite and forming tapering stalactites.

51. Six feet tall, he was in his forties, had a long bony face tapering to a pointed jaw.

52. Alternatively the graded flexibility can be provided by tapering the wall thickness (80, 80a) of the pusher catheter.

53. What does Beak mean? A usually firm, tapering tip on certain plant structures, such as some seeds and fruits

54. Undecorated 'coarse' Amphorae, with their lower part tapering to a point, were the standard transport containers in the Mediterranean.

55. Acuminate (of leaves) tapering to a point, narrowing sharply towards the tip and then less sharply near the point.

56. This finished a 14 mile day, whew! Bugs are tapering off but still intense in some of the Boggier areas

57. Ideally, they should be trimmed to form an A-shape with the sides tapering in slightly towards the top.

58. Preferably recess (25) has tapering walls and is triangular in configuration with an abutment (10) located in at each corner.

59. Cuspidata, with winter bud scales sharply pointed to Cuspidate, definitely keeled or folded, and leaf blades abruptly tapering to the apex)

60. Banana definition is - an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind

61. The Bracteoles are another shape than those given; the Bracteoles are ovate (widest below the middle, and broadly tapering to both ends- …

62. Apatosaurus is a fairly typical member of the diplodocid family - long neck, pillar-like legs, long tapering tail and enormous size

63. Acuminate Meaning: "having a long, tapering end" (of certain feathers, leaves, etc.), from Latin acuminatus, past… See definitions of Acuminate.

64. A short distance farther east lies one of the standard-type production platforms surmounted by its tapering steel derrick and three decks.

65. Conic adjective cone-shaped, pointed, tapered, tapering, pyramidal, funnel-shaped We were soon aware of a great Conical shape to the north-east

66. Hypernyms ("Agamid" is a kind of): lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

67. Banneret, a European medieval knight privileged to display in the field a square banner (as distinct from the tapering pennon of a simple knight)

68. ORIGIN:Italian, plural of calamaro, from medieval Latin Calamarium‘pen case,’ from Greek kalamos‘pen’ (with reference to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink)

69. The Crosier finished out about 6′-2″ tall and about 2-1/4″ thick across the top, tapering down to 3/4″ at the bottom

70. Hypernyms ("Agamid lizard" is a kind of): lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

71. At least one blind recess (13) is embodied with a wall surface with flat sections tapering inwards which abut against each other along edges.

72. A small, strangely shaped fish, the Bullhead (also known as the 'Miller's Thumb') has a very large head, relatively large fins and a tapering body

73. Ovate, yellow-green leaves (to 10” long) are, as the specific epithet suggests, pointed at the tip (Acuminate), but not classic narrow-tapering Acuminate form

74. And in August, high in air, the beautiful and bountiful horse- chestnuts, candelabra - wise, proffer the passer- by their tapering upright cones of congregated blossoms.

75. Acuminate (of leaves) tapering to a point, narrowing sharply towards the tip and then less sharply near the point. Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed

76. Italian, plural of calamaro, from medieval Latin Calamarium ‘pen case’, from Greek kalamos ‘pen’ (with reference to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink)

77. ORIGIN Italian, plural of calamaro, from medieval Latin Calamarium ‘pen case,’ from Greek kalamos ‘pen’ (with reference to the squid’s long tapering internal shell and its ink)

78. The Lightel CW-7000 series workstation is a very useful tool to aid in the development and manufacturing of fiber bundle tapering and fiber laser pump Combiner …

79. Slugs and insects lizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail Anguidae, family Anguidae - alligator lizards alligator lizard - slim short-limbed lizard

80. The tail is set on level with the topline, strong at the root, tapering at the end, straight, carried in a slight upward curve, and reaches to the hock.