commissioning | (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commission |
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communicating | (noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communication |
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commuting | (noun) the travel of a commuter | Synonyms: commutation |
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comparing | (noun) the act of examining resemblances | Synonyms: comparison |
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compiling | (noun) the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list) | Synonyms: compilation |
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composing | (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composition |
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(noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composition |
compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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computing | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computation |
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(noun) the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | Synonyms: computer science |
concealing | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealment, hiding |
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conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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conditioning | (noun) a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment | - |
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conducting | (noun) the way of administering a business | - |
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(noun) the direction of an orchestra or choir | - |
congregating | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregation |
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conjuring | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjury, invocation |
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conquering | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation |
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contracting | (noun) becoming infected | Synonyms: catching |
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convening | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convention |
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converging | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergence, convergency |
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conveyancing | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveying |
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conveying | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing |
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cooking | (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cookery, preparation |
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cooling | (noun) a mechanism for keeping something cool | Synonyms: cooling system |
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(noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: chilling, temperature reduction |
coping | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: cope, header |
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copying | (noun) an act of copying | - |
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cornhusking | (noun) the act of removing the husks from ears of corn | - |
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(noun) a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn | Synonyms: husking bee |
corroding | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosion, erosion |
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costing | (noun) cost accounting | - |
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coughing | (noun) a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis | Synonyms: cough |
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counseling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counselling, direction, guidance |
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counselling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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counting | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally |
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coupling | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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(noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupler |
(noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together | Synonyms: yoke |
coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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courting | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courtship, suit, wooing |
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covering | (noun) the act of protecting something by covering it | - |
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(noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, coating |
(noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, masking, screening |
(noun) an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | - |
(noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: cover, natural covering |
cowling | (noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: bonnet, cowl, hood |
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cracking | (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: crack, fracture |
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(noun) a sudden sharp noise | Synonyms: crack, snap |
(noun) the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) | - |
crackling | (noun) the sharp sound of snapping noises | Synonyms: crackle, crepitation |
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(noun) the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered | Synonyms: greaves |
cradlesong | (noun) the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: lullaby |
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(noun) a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep | Synonyms: berceuse, lullaby |
craving | (noun) an intense desire for some particular thing | - |
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crawling | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, creep, creeping |
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creaking | (noun) a squeaking sound | Synonyms: creak |
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creeping | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep |
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croaking | (noun) a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | Synonyms: croak |
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crocheting | (noun) creating a garment of needlework | - |
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(noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
crooning | (noun) the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner | - |
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(noun) singing in a soft low tone | - |
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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crossing | (noun) a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) | - |
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(noun) traveling across | - |
(noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
(noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossover, crosswalk |
(noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
(noun) a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect | - |
(noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | Synonyms: ford |
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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crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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crowing | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
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crushing | (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: quelling, stifling, suppression |
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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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crystallizing | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallization |
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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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cuddling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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cunning | (noun) crafty artfulness (especially in deception) | - |
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(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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curbing | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, kerb |
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curdling | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, coagulation |
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curing | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: hardening, set, solidification, solidifying |
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curling | (noun) a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target | - |
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currajong | (noun) widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle | Synonyms: Brachychiton populneus, kurrajong |
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currawong | (noun) bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call | Synonyms: bell magpie |
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cushioning | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: padding |
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cutting | (noun) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends | Synonyms: cut, cutting off |
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(noun) the act of cutting something into parts | Synonyms: cut |
(noun) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge | Synonyms: cut |
(noun) the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film | Synonyms: film editing |
(noun) the act of diluting something | Synonyms: thinning |
(noun) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Synonyms: carving |
(noun) the division of a deck of cards before dealing | Synonyms: cut |
(noun) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting |
(noun) a piece cut off from the main part of something | - |
(noun) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | Synonyms: slip |
cycling | (noun) the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | - |
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cymling | (noun) squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white | Synonyms: pattypan squash |
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dabbing | (noun) pressing a marijuana concentrate to a hot surface in order to vaporize it and inhale the concentrate | - |
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(noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | Synonyms: dab |
dairying | (noun) the business of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farming |
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dampening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: moistening |
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dancing | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, saltation, terpsichore |
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dangling | (noun) the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | Synonyms: hanging, suspension |
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daring | (noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | Synonyms: boldness, hardihood, hardiness |
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(noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | Synonyms: dare |
darkening | (noun) changing to a darker color | Synonyms: blackening |
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darling | (noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet |
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(noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
darning | (noun) the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads | - |
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dating | (noun) use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens | Synonyms: geological dating |
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daubing | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: plastering |
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dawdling | (noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | Synonyms: dalliance, trifling |
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dawning | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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daydreaming | (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, oneirism, reverie, revery |
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dayspring | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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deadening | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, impairment, stultification |
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dealing | (noun) method or manner of conduct in relation to others | - |
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(noun) the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) | Synonyms: dealings, transaction |
debriefing | (noun) report of a mission or task | - |
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debunking | (noun) the exposure of falseness or pretensions | Synonyms: repudiation |
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decentering | (noun) Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others. | Synonyms: decentration |
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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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decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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deepening | (noun) a process of becoming deeper and more profound | - |
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deerstalking | (noun) stalking deer | - |
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defining | (noun) any process serving to define the shape of something | Synonyms: shaping |
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defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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