| incurring | (noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable) | - |
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| infringement | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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| (noun) an act that disregards an agreement or a right | Synonyms: violation |
| ingathering | (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, solicitation |
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| inpouring | (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpour, inrush |
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| inquiring | (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: questioning |
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| jabbering | (noun) rapid and indistinct speech | Synonyms: gabble, jabber |
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| jeering | (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, mockery, scoff, scoffing |
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| latchstring | (noun) opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside | - |
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| laundering | (noun) washing clothes and bed linens | - |
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| lecturing | (noun) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) | Synonyms: lecture |
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| lettering | (noun) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something | Synonyms: inscription |
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| lingering | (noun) the act of tarrying | Synonyms: tarriance |
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| lockring | (noun) washer that prevents a nut from loosening | Synonyms: lock ring, lock washer |
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| lowering | (noun) the act of causing to become less | - |
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| (noun) the act of causing something to move to a lower level | Synonyms: letting down |
| lumbering | (noun) the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber | - |
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| mainspring | (noun) the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism | - |
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| malingering | (noun) evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated | Synonyms: skulking |
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| manufacturing | (noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | Synonyms: fabrication, manufacture |
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| mastering | (noun) the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made | - |
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| (noun) becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of | - |
| measuring | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, mensuration |
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| meringue | (noun) sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar | - |
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| monitoring | (noun) the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it) | - |
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| mooring | (noun) (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place | Synonyms: mooring line |
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| (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, moorage, slip |
| motoring | (noun) the act of driving an automobile | - |
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| mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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| mudspringer | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudskipper |
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| murmuring | (noun) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, murmur, mutter, muttering |
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| (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | Synonyms: murmur, murmuration, mussitation, mutter, muttering |
| muttering | (noun) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter |
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| (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | Synonyms: murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitation, mutter |
| myringa | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: eardrum, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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| myringectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the eardrum | - |
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| myringoplasty | (noun) surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | - |
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| myringotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear) | - |
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| neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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| newspapering | (noun) journalism practiced for the newspapers | - |
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| numbering | (noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: enumeration |
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| offering | (noun) the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity | Synonyms: oblation |
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| (noun) something offered (as a proposal or bid) | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) the verbal act of offering | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes | - |
| offspring | (noun) any immature animal | Synonyms: young |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
| (noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, progeny |
| ordering | (noun) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement | Synonyms: order |
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| (noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | Synonyms: order, ordination |
| outpouring | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, overflow |
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| (noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught |
| (noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, run |
| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, gush |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, spring |
| overbearingness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, imperiousness |
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| pairing | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) the act of grouping things or people in pairs | - |
| paltering | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: fibbing |
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| pampering | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, indulging |
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| papering | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanging |
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| paring | (noun) (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel | - |
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| (noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | Synonyms: shaving, sliver |
| picturing | (noun) visual representation as by photography or painting | Synonyms: pictorial representation |
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| (noun) visual imagery | Synonyms: envisioning |
| plastering | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: daubing |
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| plundering | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillage, pillaging |
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| porringer | (noun) a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) | - |
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| posturing | (noun) adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
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| quartering | (noun) dividing into four equal parts | - |
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| (noun) living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) | - |
| (noun) a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages | - |
| quivering | (noun) the act of vibrating | Synonyms: quiver, vibration |
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| (noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration |
| racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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| rearing | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, upbringing |
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| (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, raising |
| reconnoitering | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitring, scouting |
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| reconnoitring | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitering, scouting |
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| rehearing | (noun) the act of hearing again | Synonyms: relistening |
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| remembering | (noun) the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered | Synonyms: memory |
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| rendering | (noun) giving in acknowledgment of obligation | - |
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| (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: interpretation, rendition |
| (noun) perspective drawing of an architect's design | - |
| (noun) a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall | - |
| (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendition |
| (noun) a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. | Synonyms: rendition |
| (noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | Synonyms: interlingual rendition, translation, version |
| reordering | (noun) a rearrangement in a different order | - |
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| ring | (noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: band |
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| (noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: band |
| (noun) a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling | Synonyms: hoop |
| (noun) a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle | - |
| (noun) a characteristic sound | - |
| (noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ringing, tintinnabulation |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, mob, pack |
| (noun) (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop | Synonyms: closed chain |
| (noun) a toroidal shape | Synonyms: anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo |
| ringdove | (noun) greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged | Synonyms: Streptopelia risoria |
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| (noun) Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | Synonyms: Columba palumbus, cushat, wood pigeon |
| ringer | (noun) (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg | - |
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| (noun) a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses | - |
| (noun) a person who is almost identical to another | Synonyms: clone, dead ringer |
| (noun) a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) | Synonyms: bell ringer, toller |
| ringgit | (noun) the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen | - |
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| ringhals | (noun) highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet | Synonyms: Hemachatus haemachatus, rinkhals, spitting snake |
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| ringing | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| (noun) the giving of a ring as a token of engagement | - |
| (noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ring, tintinnabulation |
| ringleader | (noun) a person who leads (especially in illicit activities) | - |
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| ringlet | (noun) any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae | Synonyms: ringlet butterfly |
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| (noun) a little ring | - |
| (noun) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl | Synonyms: curl, whorl |
| (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, roll, scroll, whorl |
| ringmaster | (noun) the person in charge of performances in a circus ring | - |
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| rings | (noun) gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises | - |
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| ringside | (noun) first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring | Synonyms: ringside seat |
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| ringtail | (noun) an immature golden eagle | - |
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| (noun) North American raccoon | Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, Procyon lotor |
| (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat |
| (noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | Synonyms: capuchin, Cebus capucinus |
| ringway | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: beltway, bypass, ring road |
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| ringworm | (noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: roundworm, tinea |
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| roaring | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, yowl |
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| (noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: boom, roar, thunder |
| savoring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savouring, tasting |
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| savouring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, tasting |
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| scandalmongering | (noun) spreading malicious gossip | - |
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| scattering | (noun) the act of scattering | Synonyms: scatter, strewing |
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| (noun) spreading widely or driving off | Synonyms: dispersion |
| (noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
| (noun) the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions | - |
| (noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly | Synonyms: sprinkling |
| scoring | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, marking |
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| scouring | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scrub, scrubbing |
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| (noun) moving over territory to search for something | - |
| seafaring | (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, sailing |
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| (noun) travel by water | Synonyms: water travel |
| severing | (noun) the act of severing | Synonyms: severance |
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| sharing | (noun) a distribution in shares | Synonyms: share-out |
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| (noun) sharing thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: communion |
| (noun) having in common | - |
| (noun) using or enjoying something jointly with others | - |
| shattering | (noun) the act of breaking something into small pieces | Synonyms: smashing |
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| shearing | (noun) removing by cutting off or clipping | - |
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| sheepshearing | (noun) act of shearing sheep | - |
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| (noun) a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared | - |
| (noun) the time or season when sheep are sheared | - |
| shirring | (noun) baking shelled eggs | - |
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| shivering | (noun) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | Synonyms: chill |
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| shoestring | (noun) a lace used for fastening shoes | Synonyms: shoe lace, shoe string, shoelace |
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| (noun) a small amount of money | Synonyms: shoe string |
| shoring | (noun) the act of propping up with shores | Synonyms: propping up, shoring up |
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| (noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shore |
| simmering | (noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | Synonyms: boiling, stewing |
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| sloganeering | (noun) persuasion by means of empty slogans | - |
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| smattering | (noun) a slight or superficial understanding of a subject | - |
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| (noun) a small number or amount | Synonyms: handful |
| snoring | (noun) the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound | Synonyms: snore, stertor |
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| soaring | (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailing, sailplaning |
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| soldering | (noun) fastening firmly together | Synonyms: bonding |
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| soldiering | (noun) the evasion of work or duty | Synonyms: goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking |
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| (noun) skills that are required for the life of soldier | Synonyms: soldiership |
| souring | (noun) the process of becoming sour | - |
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| spacefaring | (noun) a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere | Synonyms: space travel, spaceflight |
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