A tall tapering spire. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Long tapering fingers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
FRIDAY'S FORECAST: Heavy rain tapering off, high 66. From Wordnik.com. [Relative Values] Reference
This tapering was the natural growth of the trunk; it was not, I mean, cut tapering with an ax. From Wordnik.com. [Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden] Reference
After that I start tapering, which is the phase in an athletes 'training programme where the training work they perform is reduced. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Don't worry, you're going to see these Apple titles tapering off soon in favour of the emerging PC and the burgeoning console market. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Sometimes, strategic alterations, such as tapering the legs, can do wonders. From Wordnik.com. [A New Look for Old Pleated Pants] Reference
Now the crime rate is kind of tapering off, but the irrational rate of crime among younger Americans, unfortunately, is still going up. From Wordnik.com. [President At Fundraiser For Sarbanes And Sasser] Reference
Mr Cameron again hinted the measures would not hit long-term savers, in further signs there will be some kind of tapering system. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
'tapering' by imperceptible gradations into absolute silence. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
The money-supply growth seen so far may be tapering off. From Wordnik.com. [Not Cash to Burn, but Money in the Bank] Reference
The tapering cone which causes the snow to slide off the tree. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The main frame was six feet high, tapering to five feet at each end. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
The lower end has a sharp tapering point, 5/8ths of an inch in length. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Muscles and joints are less prominent, limbs more rounded and tapering. From Wordnik.com. [Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English] Reference
But these hands, long, slender and tapering, white and cool-looking. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
Shorter parallel portion of hull framework, bluff nose and tapering tail. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
Short parallel portion of hull, long rounded bow and long tapering stern. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
Drugmakers recommend tapering off SSRIs (and always under a doctor's care). From Wordnik.com. [HEALTH: HOW TO QUIT THE CURE] Reference
So when it starts fluctuating or tapering off, the result is often a bumpy ride. From Wordnik.com. [Every Woman For Herself] Reference
The cars are now made quite cylindrical, tapering off abruptly at the closed end. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominion in 1983] Reference
(If you're taking Prozac, you can find information about tapering at Prozac. com.). From Wordnik.com. [HEALTH: HOW TO QUIT THE CURE] Reference
Microsoft, while signs of tapering demand in China hurt materials stocks including Alcoa. From Wordnik.com. [Intel, Microsoft Pace Tech-Sector Decline] Reference
A tapering thumb gives notice of extreme delicacy of perception and refinement of character. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
Her hands were sinuous as serpents, the fingers tapering, the nails very long like the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a tapering wall of black granite cut into the grass of Constitution Gardens. From Wordnik.com. [We've Been Here Before] Reference
The Fed has already been tapering off its buying and the market has known this day was coming for many months. From Wordnik.com. [No Joke: Housing Market Is On Its Own April 1] Reference
In shape the hull was similar to the later types of Zeppelin, having a rounded bow and a long, tapering stern. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
Its gleaming lacquer looks like roiling fire at the nose, tapering to the color of wine at the fin-shaped tail. From Wordnik.com. [An Oldie Is New Again: High-Tech Soap Box Racing] Reference
This consists of a short parallel body with a long rounded bow and a long tapering stem culminating in a point. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
The root is long and tapering, becoming fleshy and tender by cultivation, and with a whitish, milky-like juice. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
This single wide brushstroke, doubled up on itself in a bulbous curve, produces the tapering form of a laurel leaf. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hodgkin - the last English romantic painter] Reference
Its trunk and limbs look honest and courageous, firm and trusty, while all its lofty, tapering height points Godward. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The envelope was cylindrical in shape, tapering at each end, and was composed of a light rigid framework covered with fabric. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
There is a line drawing of a horrific creature with the head and torso of a lion, tapering into the bulbous and pointed abdomen of an ant. From Wordnik.com. [Everyday Zoology] Reference
In the superior portion of the limb the muscles are heavy, tapering inferiorly, and terminating in the region of the foot in long tendons. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
For that reason, some doctors recommend tapering off gradually, although there is no evidence this works any better than going cold turkey. From Wordnik.com. [A Win, Win for Women?] Reference
I'd have offered my blood-puffed hands and taken hold of your shoes, the tapering soles of your heels, if you needed to see over fences. From Wordnik.com. [die Set] Reference
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