| advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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| (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
| antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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| appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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| blessing | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
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| (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, approving |
| (noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
| (noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: grace, thanksgiving |
| (noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: boon |
| braising | (noun) cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture | - |
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| browsing | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browse |
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| (noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browse |
| buttressing | (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | Synonyms: buttress |
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| canvassing | (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, electioneering |
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| caressing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| casing | (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: case |
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| (noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, shell |
| (noun) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire | - |
| causing | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causation |
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| cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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| cleansing | (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleanup |
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| closing | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closure, shutdown |
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| (noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: shutting |
| (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: completion, culmination, mop up, windup |
| (noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closure |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending |
| composing | (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composition |
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| (noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composition |
| compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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| condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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| coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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| crossing | (noun) a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) | - |
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| (noun) traveling across | - |
| (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
| (noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossover, crosswalk |
| (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
| (noun) a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect | - |
| (noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | Synonyms: ford |
| decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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| defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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| degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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| despising | (noun) a feeling of scornful hatred | Synonyms: despisal |
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| devising | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: fashioning, making |
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| diagnosing | (noun) identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | Synonyms: diagnosis |
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| disingenuousness | (noun) the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor | - |
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| distressingness | (noun) the quality of being painful | Synonyms: painfulness |
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| dousing | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: ducking, immersion, submersion |
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| dowsing | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowse, rhabdomancy |
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| dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
| (noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
| (noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
| (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
| easing | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, relief |
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| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: moderation, relief |
| enclosing | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosure, envelopment, inclosure |
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| enterprisingness | (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprise, go-ahead, initiative |
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| exercising | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercise, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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| focusing | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focalization |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focussing |
| focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
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| gassing | (noun) the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas | - |
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| (noun) the process of interacting with gas | - |
| guessing | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guesswork, shot |
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| hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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| (noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
| hissing | (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation |
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| housing | (noun) structures collectively in which people are housed | Synonyms: living accommodations, lodging |
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| (noun) a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component | - |
| (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, trapping |
| isinglass | (noun) any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity | Synonyms: mica |
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| kissing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| lapsing | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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| losings | (noun) something lost (especially money lost at gambling) | Synonyms: losses |
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| marbleising | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleization, marbleizing |
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| merchandising | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: marketing, selling |
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| (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: advertising, publicizing |
| (noun) branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups | Synonyms: merchandise |
| multiprocessing | (noun) simultaneous processing by two or more processing units | Synonyms: parallel processing |
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| musing | (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
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| nursing | (noun) the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm | - |
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| (noun) nourishing at the breast | Synonyms: breast feeding |
| (noun) the profession of a nurse | - |
| overcrossing | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: footbridge, pedestrian bridge |
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| passing | (noun) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it | Synonyms: overtaking |
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| (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, qualifying |
| (noun) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | Synonyms: pass, passing game, passing play |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) the end of something | - |
| perusing | (noun) reading carefully with intent to remember | Synonyms: perusal, poring over, studying |
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| phrasing | (noun) the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line | - |
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| (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, verbiage, wording |
| pissing | (noun) informal terms for urination | Synonyms: pee, peeing, piss |
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| pleasing | (noun) the act of one who pleases | - |
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| pleasingness | (noun) the quality of giving pleasure to the senses | - |
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| posing | (noun) (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) | Synonyms: sitting |
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| pressing | (noun) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure | Synonyms: press, pressure |
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| (noun) a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press | - |
| processing | (noun) preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure | - |
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| professing | (noun) an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion | Synonyms: profession |
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| pulsing | (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulse |
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| purchasing | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: buying |
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| raising | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing |
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| (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, rearing |
| (noun) the event of something being raised upward | Synonyms: elevation, lift |
| refocusing | (noun) focusing again | - |
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| relapsing | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, reversion, reverting |
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| rephrasing | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rewording |
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| revising | (noun) editing that involves writing something again | Synonyms: rewriting |
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| rinsing | (noun) the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing | Synonyms: rinse |
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| rising | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprising |
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| (noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
| rousing | (noun) the act of arousing | Synonyms: arousal |
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| sassing | (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, mouth, sass |
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| sensing | (noun) becoming aware of something via the senses | Synonyms: perception |
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| (noun) the perception that something has occurred or some state exists | Synonyms: detection |
| sensitising | (noun) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections | Synonyms: sensitisation, sensitization, sensitizing |
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| singalong | (noun) informal group singing of popular songs | Synonyms: singsong |
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| singe | (noun) a surface burn | Synonyms: scorch |
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| singer | (noun) a person who sings | Synonyms: vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer |
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| singing | (noun) the act of singing vocal music | Synonyms: vocalizing |
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| (noun) disclosing information or giving evidence about another | Synonyms: tattle, telling |
| single | (noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base | Synonyms: bingle |
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| (noun) the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | Synonyms: 1, ace, I, one, unity |
| singleness | (noun) the quality of concentrating on one central objective | - |
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| (noun) without hypocrisy | Synonyms: straightforwardness |
| singles | (noun) tennis played with one person on each side | - |
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| (noun) badminton played with one person on each side | - |
| singlestick | (noun) a stick used instead of a sword for fencing | Synonyms: backsword, fencing stick |
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| singlet | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: undershirt, vest |
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| singleton | (noun) the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt | - |
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| (noun) a set containing a single member | - |
| (noun) a single object (as distinguished from a pair) | - |
| singsong | (noun) informal group singing of popular songs | Synonyms: singalong |
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| (noun) a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation | - |
| singular | (noun) the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton | Synonyms: singular form |
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| singularity | (noun) the quality of being one of a kind | Synonyms: uniqueness |
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| (noun) strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual | - |
| singultus | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccough, hiccup |
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| socialising | (noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialisation, socialization, socializing |
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| sousing | (noun) the act of making something completely wet | Synonyms: drenching, soaking, souse |
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| supervising | (noun) management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group | Synonyms: oversight, superintendence, supervision |
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| surprisingness | (noun) extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected | Synonyms: unexpectedness |
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| symbolising | (noun) the act of representing something with a symbol | Synonyms: symbolizing |
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| synchronising | (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing |
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| teasing | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tantalization, tease |
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| (noun) playful vexation | - |
| (noun) the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb | Synonyms: comb-out |
| teleprocessing | (noun) data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities | Synonyms: distributed data processing, remote-access data processing |
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| unappetisingness | (noun) the property of spoiling the appetite | Synonyms: unappetizingness |
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| unpleasingness | (noun) the quality of being unpleasant to to the senses | - |
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| uprising | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising |
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| using | (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | Synonyms: exploitation, victimisation, victimization |
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