Term: accretion: an increase by natural growth or addition
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: masonry: structure built of stone or brick by a mason
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: wall rocket: yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: gynophobia: a morbid fear of women
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: snare: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: felwort: gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: imbrication: covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: cocaine: a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: barye: the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: stake: the money risked on a gamble
Broader: increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Unrelated: asia: the nations of the Asian continent collectively