consumption, decline
| WASTE |
| Word | Clue |
|---|---|
| USE | consumption |
| JUNK | trash, waste |
| NOTE | use, employment |
| SLAG | Waste material from a coal mine |
| WANE | decline, diminution |
| TABES | consumption, expenditure |
| TRASH | waste, garbage |
| LITTER | waste, rubbish |
| REFUSE | waste, rubbish |
| ATROPHY | consumption, destruction |
| DECLINE | consumption, atrophy |
| PILLAGE | devastation, waste |
| RUBBISH | waste, discards |
| DISCARDS | waste, trash |
| DOWNFALL | overthrow, decline |
| GLUTTONY | over-indulgence and over-consumption |
| MARASMUS | decline, wane |
| PHTHISIS | decline, downfall |
| DEGENERACY | decline, atrophy |
| DIMINUTION | decline, phthisis |
| DECLINE | consumption, atrophy |
| ATROPHY | consumption, destruction |