accompanyist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanist |
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annoying | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation |
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ayin | (noun) the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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baddeleyite | (noun) a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide | - |
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boyishness | (noun) being characteristic of a boy | - |
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bricklaying | (noun) the craft of laying bricks | - |
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bullying | (noun) the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something | Synonyms: intimidation |
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burying | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burial |
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buying | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: purchasing |
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clayiness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
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(noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
clayishness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
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(noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
conveying | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing |
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copying | (noun) an act of copying | - |
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copyist | (noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | Synonyms: scribe, scrivener |
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cronyism | (noun) favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications) | - |
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crying | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: tears, weeping |
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dairying | (noun) the business of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farming |
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dandyism | (noun) the manner and dress of a fop or dandy | Synonyms: foppishness |
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dideoxyinosine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Synonyms: ddI, DDI, didanosine |
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dirtying | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: soiling, soilure |
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dying | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, demise |
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emptying | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: evacuation, voidance |
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essayist | (noun) a writer of literary works | Synonyms: litterateur |
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falsifying | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, refutal, refutation |
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ferrying | (noun) transport by boat or aircraft | Synonyms: ferry |
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flying | (noun) an instance of traveling by air | Synonyms: flight |
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frying | (noun) cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle | Synonyms: sauteing |
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haying | (noun) the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder | Synonyms: haying time |
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(noun) the harvesting of hay | - |
hobbyism | (noun) a devotion to hobbies | - |
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hobbyist | (noun) a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure | - |
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hurrying | (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: speed, speeding |
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inventorying | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventory, stock-taking, stocktaking |
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journeying | (noun) the act of traveling from one place to another | Synonyms: journey |
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laying | (noun) the production of eggs (especially in birds) | Synonyms: egg laying |
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lobbyism | (noun) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
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lobbyist | (noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
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longyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: lungi, lungyi |
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lungyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungi |
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lying | (noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication |
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mayidism | (noun) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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myiasis | (noun) infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation | - |
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naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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playing | (noun) the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation | - |
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(noun) the act of playing a musical instrument | - |
(noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, performing, playacting |
portraying | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depicting, depiction, portrayal |
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prying | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, snoopiness |
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pyinma | (noun) relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous | - |
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qualifying | (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, passing |
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(noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, modification |
quarrying | (noun) the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry | - |
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rallying | (noun) the act of mobilizing for a common purpose | - |
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(noun) the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort | Synonyms: rally |
readying | (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: preparation |
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reburying | (noun) the act of burying again | Synonyms: reburial |
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rigidifying | (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, stiffening |
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roleplaying | (noun) acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) | - |
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rowdyism | (noun) rowdy behavior | Synonyms: disorderliness, roughness, rowdiness |
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saying | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, locution |
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slaying | (noun) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | Synonyms: execution, murder |
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solidifying | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidification |
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soothsaying | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, foretelling, fortune telling |
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spaying | (noun) neutering a female by removing the ovaries | - |
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spraying | (noun) the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer | - |
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(noun) the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) | Synonyms: crop-dusting |
(noun) a quantity of small objects flying through the air | Synonyms: spray |
spying | (noun) the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes | Synonyms: undercover work |
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(noun) keeping a secret or furtive watch | - |
(noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spotting |
studying | (noun) reading carefully with intent to remember | Synonyms: perusal, perusing, poring over |
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supplying | (noun) the activity of supplying or providing something | Synonyms: provision, supply |
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surveying | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | - |
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tiyin | (noun) 100 tiyin equal 1 tenge in Kazakhstan | - |
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(noun) 100 tiyin equal 1 som in Uzbekistan | - |
tomboyishness | (noun) masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women) | Synonyms: hoydenism |
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toying | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting |
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tying | (noun) the act of tying or binding things together | Synonyms: ligature |
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tyiyn | (noun) 100 tyiyn equal 1 som in Kyrgyzstan | - |
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untying | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, unfastening |
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unyieldingness | (noun) resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible | Synonyms: adamance, obduracy |
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worrying | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, torment |
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(noun) the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes | - |
yid | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew | Synonyms: hymie, kike, sheeny |
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yield | (noun) production of a certain amount | Synonyms: output |
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(noun) an amount of a product | Synonyms: fruit |
(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings |
(noun) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) | Synonyms: output, production |
yielder | (noun) a person who yields or surrenders | Synonyms: surrenderer |
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yielding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: conceding, concession |
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(noun) a verbal act of admitting defeat | Synonyms: giving up, surrender |
yin | (noun) the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology | - |
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yip | (noun) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) | Synonyms: yelp, yelping |
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yips | (noun) nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts) | - |
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zayin | (noun) the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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