diminishing scale
abase
abash
abate
abbreviate
ablate
abrade
abridge
abstract
abuse
adjust to
allay
alleviate
allow for
alter
anesthetize
appease
assuage
attemper
attenuate
bank the fire
bate
be eaten away
belittle
benumb
blunt
boil down
box in
bring down
bring low
chasten
cheapen
circumscribe
clip
close
color
compress
condense
condition
confine
constrain
constrict
consume
consume away
contract
decrease
lessen
minify
diminished
diminishes
diminishing
animallike
brother
corn-bread
dunghill
kite-shaped
leaden-footed
noncombatant
nonhostile
safelight
sanguiferous
skilfullest
stonewall
subdominant
subglottal
sunlike
three-note
transpose
water-holding
well-sounding
Finnish
finish
minish
refinish
enlarge
increase
maximize