| pleading | (noun) (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | - |
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| plodding | (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, grind |
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| (noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait | Synonyms: plod |
| pounding | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pound |
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| (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: buffeting |
| (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: throb, throbbing |
| pretending | (noun) the act of giving a false appearance | Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretense, simulation |
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| proceeding | (noun) (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Synonyms: legal proceeding, proceedings |
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| prodding | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, spur, spurring, urging |
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| pudding | (noun) any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed | - |
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| (noun) any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes | - |
| (noun) (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) | Synonyms: pud |
| pyramiding | (noun) a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated | - |
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| railroading | (noun) the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads | Synonyms: rail technology |
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| reading | (noun) the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments | Synonyms: meter reading |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message | - |
| (noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: interpretation, version |
| (noun) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | Synonyms: indication, meter reading |
| (noun) written material intended to be read | Synonyms: reading material |
| (noun) a particular interpretation or performance | - |
| (noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: recital, recitation |
| rebuilding | (noun) building again | - |
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| receding | (noun) the act of becoming more distant | Synonyms: recession |
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| (noun) a slow or gradual disappearance | Synonyms: fadeout |
| recoding | (noun) converting from one code to another | - |
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| recording | (noun) the act of making a record (especially an audio record) | Synonyms: transcription |
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| (noun) a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded | - |
| (noun) a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded | - |
| rewording | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rephrasing |
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| riding | (noun) travel by being carried on horseback | Synonyms: horseback riding |
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| (noun) the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements | Synonyms: equitation, horseback riding |
| rollerblading | (noun) skating using Rollerblades | - |
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| rounding | (noun) (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals | Synonyms: rounding error |
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| scaffolding | (noun) a system of scaffolds | Synonyms: staging |
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| scolding | (noun) rebuking a person harshly | Synonyms: chiding, objurgation, tongue-lashing |
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| scudding | (noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | Synonyms: scud |
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| sending | (noun) the act of causing something to go (especially messages) | - |
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| shading | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: blending |
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| (noun) graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting | - |
| shareholding | (noun) a holding in the form of shares of corporations | - |
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| shedding | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | Synonyms: desquamation, peeling |
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| (noun) the process whereby something is shed | Synonyms: sloughing |
| shielding | (noun) the act of shielding from harm | - |
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| (noun) a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay | - |
| (noun) shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference | - |
| shipbuilding | (noun) the construction of ships | Synonyms: ship building |
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| siding | (noun) a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass | Synonyms: railroad siding, sidetrack, turnout |
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| (noun) material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof | - |
| skateboarding | (noun) the sport of skating on a skateboard | - |
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| slaveholding | (noun) the practice of owning slaves | Synonyms: slavery |
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| sledding | (noun) the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh | - |
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| (noun) advancing toward a goal | Synonyms: going |
| smallholding | (noun) a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation | - |
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| snowboarding | (noun) the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard | - |
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| sounding | (noun) the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) | - |
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| (noun) a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line | - |
| speeding | (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: hurrying, speed |
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| spending | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursal, disbursement, outlay |
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| (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: expenditure, outgo, outlay |
| spoonfeeding | (noun) feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon | - |
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| (noun) teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought | - |
| spreading | (noun) act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time | Synonyms: spread |
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| (noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: airing, dissemination, public exposure |
| (noun) process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | Synonyms: spread |
| standing | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position | - |
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| (noun) an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event | - |
| (noun) social or financial or professional status or reputation | - |
| stockholding | (noun) ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock | - |
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| (noun) a specific number of stocks or shares owned | Synonyms: stockholdings |
| subheading | (noun) a heading of a subdivision of a text | Synonyms: subhead |
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| subsiding | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: settling, subsidence |
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| surfboarding | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfing, surfriding |
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| surfriding | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfboarding, surfing |
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| tending | (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: aid, attention, care |
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| trading | (noun) buying or selling securities or commodities | - |
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| understanding | (noun) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | Synonyms: intellect, reason |
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| (noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: apprehension, discernment, savvy |
| (noun) an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion | Synonyms: sympathy |
| (noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: agreement |
| unfolding | (noun) a developmental process | Synonyms: flowering |
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| unloading | (noun) the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
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| upbraiding | (noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over |
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| upending | (noun) turning upside down; setting on end | Synonyms: inversion |
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| vending | (noun) the act of selling goods for a living | Synonyms: hawking, peddling, vendition |
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| voiding | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excreting, excretion |
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| wadding | (noun) any material used especially to protect something | Synonyms: packing, packing material |
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| wading | (noun) walking with your feet in shallow water | - |
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| waterboarding | (noun) torture where water is poured over the face of a captive simulating drowning | - |
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| weatherboarding | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboard |
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| wedding | (noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | Synonyms: marriage, marriage ceremony |
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| (noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | Synonyms: hymeneals, nuptials, wedding ceremony |
| (noun) a party of people at a wedding | Synonyms: wedding party |
| welding | (noun) fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure | - |
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| wilding | (noun) an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women | - |
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| (noun) a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) | - |
| winding | (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, wind |
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| withholding | (noun) the act of deducting from an employee's salary | - |
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| (noun) the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control | - |
| (noun) income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer | Synonyms: withholding tax |
| wording | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage |
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| wounding | (noun) the act of inflicting a wound | Synonyms: wound |
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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 |