| ascending | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
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| attending | (noun) the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) | Synonyms: attendance |
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| (noun) the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others | Synonyms: attention |
| awarding | (noun) a grant made by a law court | Synonyms: award |
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| backgrounding | (noun) the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system | Synonyms: background processing |
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| backsliding | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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| banding | (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: band, stripe |
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| (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, stria, striation |
| beading | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beadwork |
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| (noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beadwork |
| bedding | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedclothes |
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| (noun) material used to provide a bed for animals | Synonyms: bedding material, litter |
| beheading | (noun) killing by cutting off the head | Synonyms: decapitation |
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| (noun) execution by cutting off the victim's head | Synonyms: decapitation |
| beholding | (noun) perception by means of the eyes | Synonyms: seeing, visual perception |
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| bending | (noun) the act of bending something | - |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion |
| (noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bend |
| bidding | (noun) a request to be present | Synonyms: summons |
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| (noun) (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | Synonyms: bid |
| (noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, command, dictation |
| binding | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, dressing |
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| (noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Synonyms: back, book binding, cover |
| (noun) strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration | - |
| (noun) one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall | Synonyms: ski binding |
| (noun) the capacity to attract and hold something | - |
| bleeding | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | Synonyms: haemorrhage, hemorrhage |
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| blending | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: shading |
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| (noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blend |
| boarding | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: embarkation, embarkment |
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| (noun) a structure of boards | - |
| bobsledding | (noun) riding on a bobsled | - |
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| boding | (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: foreboding, premonition, presentiment |
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| bodybuilding | (noun) exercise that builds muscles through tension | Synonyms: anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding |
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| bonding | (noun) fastening firmly together | Synonyms: soldering |
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| (noun) (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel | - |
| (noun) a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child) | - |
| bookbinding | (noun) the craft of binding books | - |
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| braiding | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braid, gold braid |
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| branding | (noun) the act of stigmatizing | Synonyms: stigmatisation, stigmatization |
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| breeding | (noun) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | Synonyms: facts of life, procreation, reproduction |
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| (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
| (noun) the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization | - |
| (noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | Synonyms: education, training |
| (noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | Synonyms: genteelness, gentility |
| brooding | (noun) persistent morbid meditation on a problem | Synonyms: pensiveness |
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| (noun) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | Synonyms: incubation |
| budding | (noun) reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent | - |
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| building | (noun) the act of constructing something | Synonyms: construction |
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| (noun) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones | Synonyms: construction |
| (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | Synonyms: edifice |
| (noun) the occupants of a building | - |
| ceding | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: cession |
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| chiding | (noun) rebuking a person harshly | Synonyms: objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing |
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| cladding | (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: facing |
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| clouding | (noun) the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky | Synonyms: clouding up |
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| coding | (noun) act of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: cryptography, secret writing, steganography |
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| compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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| conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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| corroding | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosion, erosion |
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| crossbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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| (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: interbreeding, miscegenation |
| crossheading | (noun) a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text | Synonyms: crosshead |
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| crowdfunding | (noun) Funding from a large number of small backers | - |
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| crowding | (noun) a situation in which people or things are crowded together | - |
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| cuckolding | (noun) A sexual act where a married person has sex with another person while their spouse watches | - |
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| deciding | (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision | Synonyms: decision making |
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| decoding | (noun) the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | Synonyms: decipherment, decryption |
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| ding | (noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) | Synonyms: dent, gouge, nick |
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| (noun) a ringing sound | - |
| eluding | (noun) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | Synonyms: elusion, slip |
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| encoding | (noun) the activity of converting data or information into code | Synonyms: encryption |
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| ending | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: conclusion, termination |
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| (noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | Synonyms: termination |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, conclusion, end |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: conclusion, finish |
| (noun) the point in time at which something ends | Synonyms: end |
| enfolding | (noun) the action of enfolding something | Synonyms: involution |
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| eroding | (noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively | Synonyms: eating away, erosion, wearing, wearing away |
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| expending | (noun) the act of spending money for goods or services | Synonyms: expenditure |
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| expounding | (noun) a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic | Synonyms: exposition |
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| fading | (noun) weakening in force or intensity | Synonyms: attenuation |
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| faultfinding | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: carping |
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| featherbedding | (noun) the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required | - |
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| feeding | (noun) the act of consuming food | Synonyms: eating |
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| (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: alimentation |
| fielding | (noun) (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field | - |
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| finding | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: determination |
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| (noun) the decision of a court on issues of fact or law | - |
| (noun) something that is found | - |
| flashboarding | (noun) boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height | Synonyms: flashboard |
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| flooding | (noun) a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them | Synonyms: implosion therapy |
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| folding | (noun) the act of folding | Synonyms: fold |
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| (noun) the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape | Synonyms: protein folding |
| (noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | Synonyms: fold |
| forbidding | (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance |
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| fording | (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | Synonyms: ford |
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| foreboding | (noun) an unfavorable omen | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, premonition, presentiment |
| foregrounding | (noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system | Synonyms: foreground processing |
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| forwarding | (noun) the act of sending on to another destination | - |
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| (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
| founding | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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| funding | (noun) the act of financing | Synonyms: financing |
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| (noun) financial resources provided to make some project possible | Synonyms: backing, financial backing, financial support, support |
| gelding | (noun) castrated male horse | - |
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| gilding | (noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold | Synonyms: gilt |
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| gliding | (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, sailing, sailplaning, soaring |
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| goading | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging |
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| grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
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| (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
| (noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
| grinding | (noun) a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) | - |
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| (noun) material resulting from the process of grinding | - |
| (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, detrition |
| grounding | (noun) fastening electrical equipment to earth | Synonyms: earthing |
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| (noun) education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge | Synonyms: foundation |
| heading | (noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | Synonyms: drift, gallery |
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| (noun) a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | Synonyms: head, header |
| (noun) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | Synonyms: aim, bearing |
| hiding | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealing, concealment |
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| (noun) the state of being hidden | - |
| hoarding | (noun) large outdoor signboard | Synonyms: billboard |
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| holding | (noun) the act of retaining something | Synonyms: keeping, retention |
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| (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | Synonyms: belongings, property |
| impounding | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impoundment, internment, poundage |
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| inbreeding | (noun) the act of mating closely related individuals | - |
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| infolding | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: introversion, intussusception, invagination |
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| interbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing |
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| (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, miscegenation |
| lading | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment |
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| landholding | (noun) a holding in the form of land | - |
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| (noun) ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land | - |
| landing | (noun) the act of coming to land after a voyage | - |
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| (noun) the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface) | - |
| (noun) structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods | Synonyms: landing place |
| (noun) an intermediate platform in a staircase | - |
| leading | (noun) thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing | Synonyms: lead |
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| (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leadership |
| lending | (noun) disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned | Synonyms: loaning |
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| lipreading | (noun) perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips | - |
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| loading | (noun) the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
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| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, payload, shipment |
| (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, load |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: load |
| (noun) the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift | - |
| marauding | (noun) Raiding and pillaging. | - |
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| mending | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) garments that must be repaired | - |
| misreading | (noun) misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading | - |
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| misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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| (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |
| molding | (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, modelling, moulding |
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| (noun) the act of creating something by casting it in a mold | Synonyms: casting |
| (noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | Synonyms: border, moulding |
| (noun) a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing | Synonyms: moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, mold, mould, moulding |
| moulding | (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, modelling, molding |
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| (noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | Synonyms: border, molding |
| (noun) a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing | Synonyms: molding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, mold, molding, mould |
| musclebuilding | (noun) exercise that builds muscles through tension | Synonyms: anaerobic exercise, bodybuilding, muscle building |
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| outbuilding | (noun) a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building | - |
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| overfeeding | (noun) excessive feeding | - |
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| overshielding | (noun) excessive protection | Synonyms: momism, overprotection |
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| padding | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: cushioning |
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| paragliding | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: parasailing |
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