1) Acuminates 2) Becomes narrower 3) Becomes pointed 4) Candles 5) Church candles 6) Comes to a point 7) Comes to the point 8) Feeble lights 9) Gets narrower 10) Gets thinner toward one end 11) Gets to the point 12) Gradually narrows 13) Gradually reduces 14) Grows narrower 15) Items in sconces 16) Long waxed wicks 1) Drops off 
[Frankenstein] wax candles, especially long, slender ones.