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| 1 | n. slow growth in size or amount | 47 sets | |
| 2 | growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; v. accrete | 46 sets | |
| 3 | slow growth in size or amount | 33 sets | |
| 4 | a growth in size; an increase in amount | 30 sets | |
| 5 | the growing of separate things into one | 25 sets | |
| 6 | an addition | 21 sets | |
| 7 | a growth in size, an increase in amount | 18 sets | |
| 8 | growth in size or increase in amount | 17 sets | |
| 9 | growth | 11 sets | |
| 10 | the growing of seperate things into one | 10 sets | |
| 11 | growth; increase | 10 sets | |
| 12 | (n.) slow growth in size or amount (stalactites are formed by the ___ of minerals from the roofs of caves. | 9 sets | |
| 13 | the process of growth or enlargement | 8 sets | |
| 14 | something contributing to growth or increase | 8 sets | |
| 15 | an increase by natural growth or addition | 7 sets | |
| 16 | an increase; an addition | 7 sets | |
| 17 | a gradual increase in size by external addition | 7 sets | |
| 18 | (n.) slow growth in size or amount (stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves | 7 sets | |
| 19 | growth, increase | 6 sets | |
| 20 | growth, increase by successive addition, building up | 6 sets | |
| 21 | n. growth; increase | 6 sets | |
| 22 | accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside | 6 sets | |
| 23 | an increase by natural growth | 5 sets | |
| 24 | growth in size, increase in amount | 5 sets | |
| 25 | (n.) slow growth in size or amount | 4 sets | |
| 26 | an expansion made by natural growth (a beach accretes when calm waves carry sand to shore). the opposite of erosion. | 4 sets | |
| 27 | a growth in size; increase in amount | 4 sets | |
| 28 | n. growth or increase by means of gradual additions | 4 sets | |
| 29 | an addition or increase | 4 sets | |
| 30 | (n.) slow growth in size or amount (stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.) | 4 sets | |
| 31 | a slow process in which a sea plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow outward | 3 sets | |
| 32 | increase | 3 sets | |
| 33 | a gradual increase in the amount or size of something | 3 sets | |
| 34 | growth by addition | 3 sets | |
| 35 | n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition | 3 sets | |
| 36 | growth, accumulation | 3 sets | |
| 37 | n. growth in size or increase in amount | 3 sets | |
| 38 | growth, especially by addition or accumulation | 3 sets | |
| 39 | growth in size | 3 sets | |
| 40 | n. growth, increase | 3 sets | |