| inkling | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, glimmering, intimation |
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| installing | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installment, instalment |
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| instilling | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: inculcation, ingraining |
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| jostling | (noun) the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) | Synonyms: jostle |
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| juggling | (noun) throwing and catching several objects simultaneously | Synonyms: juggle |
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| (noun) the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression | Synonyms: juggle |
| killing | (noun) the act of terminating a life | Synonyms: kill, putting to death |
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| (noun) an event that causes someone to die | Synonyms: violent death |
| (noun) a very large profit | Synonyms: cleanup |
| kindling | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, inflammation, lighting |
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| (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: punk, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
| kneeling | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneel |
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| leveling | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalisation, equalization |
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| (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: demolishing, razing, tearing down |
| (noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: grading |
| ling | (noun) elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried | Synonyms: Molva molva |
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| (noun) American hakes | - |
| (noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: burbot, cusk, eelpout, Lota lota |
| (noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: broom, Calluna vulgaris, heather, Scots heather |
| (noun) water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs | Synonyms: ling ko, Trapa bicornis |
| logrolling | (noun) rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) | Synonyms: birling |
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| (noun) act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects | - |
| mailing | (noun) the transmission of a letter | Synonyms: posting |
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| (noun) mail sent by a sender at one time | - |
| marbling | (noun) the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat | - |
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| meddling | (noun) the act of altering something secretly or improperly | Synonyms: tampering |
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| middling | (noun) any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran) | - |
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| milling | (noun) corrugated edge of a coin | - |
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| mingling | (noun) the action of people mingling and coming into contact | - |
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| misspelling | (noun) a spelling that is incorrect | - |
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| modeling | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modelling |
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| (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modelling, molding, moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modelling, mold, molding, mould, moulding |
| modelling | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modeling |
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| (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, molding, moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, mold, molding, mould, moulding |
| motorcycling | (noun) riding a motorcycle | - |
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| mottling | (noun) the act of coloring with areas of different shades | - |
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| mumbling | (noun) ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) | Synonyms: gumming |
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| (noun) indistinct enunciation | - |
| nestling | (noun) young bird not yet fledged | Synonyms: baby bird |
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| (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
| nurseling | (noun) an infant considered in relation to its nurse | Synonyms: nursling, suckling |
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| nursling | (noun) an infant considered in relation to its nurse | Synonyms: nurseling, suckling |
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| paling | (noun) a fence made of upright pickets | Synonyms: picket fence |
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| paneling | (noun) a panel or section of panels in a wall or door | Synonyms: pane, panelling |
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| panelling | (noun) a panel or section of panels in a wall or door | Synonyms: pane, paneling |
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| parasailing | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: paragliding |
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| parceling | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parcelling |
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| parcelling | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling |
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| pealing | (noun) a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | Synonyms: peal, roll, rolling |
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| peddling | (noun) the act of selling goods for a living | Synonyms: hawking, vending, vendition |
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| peeling | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | Synonyms: desquamation, shedding |
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| pigeonholing | (noun) a system for classifying things into groups | Synonyms: grouping |
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| piling | (noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | Synonyms: pile, spile, stilt |
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| prickling | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: tingle, tingling |
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| princeling | (noun) a young prince | - |
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| (noun) a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality | - |
| profiling | (noun) recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people | - |
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| pulling | (noun) the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | Synonyms: pull |
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| quadrupling | (noun) increase by a factor of four | - |
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| quelling | (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: crushing, stifling, suppression |
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| quintupling | (noun) increasing by a factor of five | - |
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| quisling | (noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborationist, collaborator |
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| railing | (noun) a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports | Synonyms: rail |
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| (noun) material for making rails or rails collectively | - |
| rassling | (noun) the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | Synonyms: grappling, wrestling |
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| rattling | (noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) | Synonyms: rale, rattle |
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| raveling | (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric | Synonyms: ravelling |
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| ravelling | (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric | Synonyms: raveling |
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| recycling | (noun) the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products | - |
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| (noun) used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products | - |
| refilling | (noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: renewal, replacement, replenishment |
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| refueling | (noun) the activity of supplying or taking on fuel | Synonyms: fueling, fuelling |
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| reshuffling | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffle |
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| retailing | (noun) the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers | - |
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| revealing | (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: disclosure, revelation |
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| ridgeling | (noun) a colt with undescended testicles | Synonyms: ridgel, ridgil, ridgling |
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| ridgling | (noun) a colt with undescended testicles | Synonyms: ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil |
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| rifling | (noun) the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm | Synonyms: grooving |
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| rippling | (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: riffle, ripple, wavelet |
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| rolling | (noun) propelling something on wheels | Synonyms: wheeling |
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| (noun) the act of robbing a helpless person | - |
| (noun) a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | Synonyms: peal, pealing, roll |
| rosemaling | (noun) a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs | - |
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| ruling | (noun) the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | Synonyms: opinion |
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| rumbling | (noun) a loud low dull continuous noise | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, rumble |
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| rustling | (noun) the stealing of cattle | - |
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| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, whisper, whispering |
| sailing | (noun) riding in a sailboat | - |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, seafaring |
| (noun) the departure of a vessel from a port | - |
| (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring |
| sampling | (noun) (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study | - |
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| (noun) measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) | - |
| (noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | Synonyms: sample, sample distribution |
| sanderling | (noun) small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world | Synonyms: Crocethia alba |
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| sapling | (noun) young tree | - |
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| scaling | (noun) act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale | - |
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| (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: grading |
| (noun) ascent by or as if by a ladder | - |
| scantling | (noun) an upright in house framing | Synonyms: stud |
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| scheduling | (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programing, programming |
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| schilling | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Austria | Synonyms: Austrian schilling |
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| schooling | (noun) the act of teaching at school | - |
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| (noun) the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage) | - |
| (noun) the process of being formally educated at a school | Synonyms: school |
| sculling | (noun) rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell | - |
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| sealing | (noun) the act of treating something to make it repel water | Synonyms: waterproofing |
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| seedling | (noun) young plant or tree grown from a seed | - |
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| selling | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: marketing, merchandising |
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| settling | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: subsidence, subsiding |
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| shambling | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shuffle, shuffling |
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| shelling | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment |
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| shilling | (noun) an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound | - |
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| (noun) a former monetary unit in Great Britain | Synonyms: bob, British shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Kenyan shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Somalian shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Tanzanian shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Ugandan shilling |
| shingling | (noun) the laying on of shingles | - |
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| (noun) (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction | - |
| shrilling | (noun) a continuing shrill noise | - |
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| shuffling | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffle |
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| (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffle |
| sibling | (noun) a person's brother or sister | Synonyms: sib |
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| signaling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalling |
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| signalling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signaling |
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| sling | (noun) bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck | Synonyms: scarf bandage, triangular bandage |
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| (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: catapult, slingshot |
| (noun) a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released | - |
| (noun) a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel | Synonyms: slingback |
| (noun) a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice | - |
| smelling | (noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something | Synonyms: smell |
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| smiling | (noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grin, grinning, smile |
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| smuggling | (noun) secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due | - |
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| sniveling | (noun) whining in a tearful manner | Synonyms: snivel |
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| snorkeling | (noun) skin diving with a snorkel | Synonyms: snorkel diving |
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| snuggling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching |
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| soiling | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: dirtying, soilure |
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| sparkling | (noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: scintillation, twinkle |
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| sparling | (noun) the common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus |
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| (noun) common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt |
| spelling | (noun) forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage | - |
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| spoiling | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoilage |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoilage |