accenting | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accentuation, emphasizing |
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accounting | (noun) the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business | Synonyms: accountancy |
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(noun) a system that provides quantitative information about finances | - |
(noun) a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes | - |
(noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance | Synonyms: account, account statement |
(noun) a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts | Synonyms: accounting system, method of accounting |
aching | (noun) a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | Synonyms: ache |
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acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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acting | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: performing, playacting, playing |
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activating | (noun) the activity of causing to have energy and be active | Synonyms: activation, energizing |
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adducing | (noun) citing as evidence or proof | - |
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adulting | (noun) acting like an adult | - |
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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 |
advertizing | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
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ageing | (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: aging, senescence |
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(noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: aging, ripening |
aging | (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, senescence |
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(noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, ripening |
airing | (noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | Synonyms: ventilation |
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(noun) a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air | - |
(noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
alerting | (noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alert |
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(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alertness |
almsgiving | (noun) making voluntary contributions to aid the poor | Synonyms: alms-giving |
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altering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: fixing, neutering |
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analog | (noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else | Synonyms: analogue, parallel |
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anglewing | (noun) nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings | - |
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angling | (noun) fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | - |
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annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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annotating | (noun) the act of adding notes | Synonyms: annotation |
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annoying | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation |
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anointing | (noun) the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | Synonyms: anointment |
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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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antilog | (noun) the number of which a given number is the logarithm | Synonyms: antilogarithm |
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appalling | (noun) an experience that appalls | - |
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appearing | (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearance, coming into court |
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apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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approaching | (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, coming |
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(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, coming |
(noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approach |
approving | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, blessing |
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aqualung | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba |
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arguing | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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arming | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, equipping |
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arranging | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arrangement, transcription |
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artlang | (noun) a constructed language designed for aesthetic pleasure. | Synonyms: artistic language |
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ascending | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
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asking | (noun) the verbal act of requesting | Synonyms: request |
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assembling | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, collecting, collection |
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assenting | (noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) | Synonyms: accession |
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assigning | (noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assignment |
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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 |
autosexing | (noun) (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching | - |
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averting | (noun) the act of preventing something from occurring | - |
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(noun) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away | Synonyms: aversion |
awakening | (noun) the act of waking | Synonyms: wakening, waking up |
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awarding | (noun) a grant made by a law court | Synonyms: award |
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awning | (noun) a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun | Synonyms: sunblind, sunshade |
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babbitting | (noun) lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal | - |
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babbling | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babble, lallation |
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babysitting | (noun) the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home | Synonyms: baby sitting |
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backflowing | (noun) a flow that returns toward its source | Synonyms: backflow |
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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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backing | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backup, championship, patronage |
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(noun) something forming a back that is added for strengthening | Synonyms: mount |
(noun) financial resources provided to make some project possible | Synonyms: financial backing, financial support, funding, support |
backlighting | (noun) lighting from behind | - |
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backlog | (noun) an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) | - |
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(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | Synonyms: reserve, stockpile |
(noun) the large log at the back of a hearth fire | - |
backpacking | (noun) carrying something in a pack on the back | Synonyms: packing |
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backsliding | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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badgering | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: bedevilment, torment, worrying |
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bag | (noun) an activity that you like or at which you are superior | Synonyms: cup of tea, dish |
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(noun) mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) | Synonyms: udder |
(noun) a flexible container with a single opening | - |
(noun) a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes | Synonyms: grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag |
(noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: handbag, pocketbook, purse |
(noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring | Synonyms: base |
(noun) an ugly or ill-tempered woman | Synonyms: old bag |
(noun) the quantity that a bag will hold | Synonyms: bagful |
(noun) the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person) | - |
bagging | (noun) coarse fabric used for bags or sacks | Synonyms: sacking |
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bagwig | (noun) an 18th-century wig with hair pushed back into a bag. | - |
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baiting | (noun) harassment especially of a tethered animal | - |
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baking | (noun) cooking by dry heat in an oven | - |
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(noun) making bread or cake or pastry etc. | - |
balancing | (noun) getting two things to correspond | Synonyms: reconciliation |
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ballooning | (noun) flying in a balloon | - |
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balloting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, vote, voting |
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bandaging | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: binding, dressing |
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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 |
bandyleg | (noun) a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) | Synonyms: bandy leg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara |
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bang | (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, strike |
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(noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: fringe |
(noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, blast, clap, eruption |
(noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bash, belt, knock, smash |
(noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
banging | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: battering |
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(noun) a continuing very loud noise | - |
banking | (noun) transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc. | - |
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(noun) engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
banning | (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, forbiddance, forbidding |
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banqueting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: feasting |
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banteng | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banting, Bos banteng, tsine |
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banting | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, Bos banteng, tsine |
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barbecuing | (noun) roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire | - |
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bareboating | (noun) boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions | - |
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bargaining | (noun) the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement | - |
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baring | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: denudation, husking, stripping, uncovering |
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barong | (noun) a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines | - |
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barracking | (noun) shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree | Synonyms: heckling |
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barring | (noun) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | Synonyms: blackball |
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basting | (noun) moistening a roast as it is cooking | - |
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(noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together | Synonyms: baste, basting stitch, tacking |
bathing | (noun) immersing the body in water or sunshine | - |
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(noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person) | Synonyms: washup |
battering | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: banging |
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batting | (noun) (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base | - |
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(noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: batten |
batwing | (noun) one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon) | - |
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bawling | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: wailing |
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beading | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beadwork |
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(noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beadwork |
beagling | (noun) hunting rabbits with beagles | - |
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beanbag | (noun) a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games | - |
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bearing | (noun) a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily | - |
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(noun) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield | Synonyms: armorial bearing, charge, heraldic bearing |
(noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: comportment, mien, presence |
(noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: carriage, posture |
(noun) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | Synonyms: aim, heading |
(noun) relevant relation or interconnection | - |
beating | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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(noun) the act of overcoming or outdoing | Synonyms: whipping |
bedbug | (noun) bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood | Synonyms: bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius |
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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 |
bedspring | (noun) (usually in the plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed | - |
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beekeeping | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: apiculture |
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befooling | (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: stultification |
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begging | (noun) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | Synonyms: beggary, mendicancy |
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beginning | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: commencement, start |
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(noun) the first part or section of something | - |
(noun) the event consisting of the start of something | - |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: origin, root, rootage, source |
(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |