abbreviation abbreviature abrege abridgment abstract accelerando acceleration accretion adherence adhesion agglomeration agglutination aggravation apocope astriction astringency beefing-up blowing up blowup bottleneck breviary brief capsule cervix circumscription cling clinging clotting clumping clustering coagulation coarctation coherence cohesion cohesiveness compactedness compaction compend compression compressure concentration concretion condensed version congealment congelation conglobation conglomeration consolidation conspectus constriction constringency contraction contracture curtailment decrease deepening densification digest diminuendo distillation draft dribble drip dripping drop elision ellipsis enhancement epitome exacerbation exaggeration explosion foreshortening hardening head heating-up heightening hourglass hourglass figure information explosion inseparability intensification isthmus junction knitting leaching lixiviation magnification narrow place narrowing neck outline overview pandect percolation pickup population explosion precis puckering pursing recap recapitulation redoubling reduction reinforcement retrenchment review rubric seepage seeping set shortened version shortening skeleton sketch solidification speedup spurtle step-up sticking stranglement strangulation strengthening striction stricture summary summation survey sweating syllabus syncope synopsis systole telescoping thumbnail sketch tightening topical outline trickle tricklet truncation wasp waist wrinkling