| 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 |
| 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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| adulting | (noun) acting like an adult | - |
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| 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 |
| annotating | (noun) the act of adding notes | Synonyms: annotation |
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| anointing | (noun) the act of applying oil or an oily liquid | Synonyms: anointment |
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| assenting | (noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) | Synonyms: accession |
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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 |
| babbitting | (noun) lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal | - |
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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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| backlighting | (noun) lighting from behind | - |
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| baiting | (noun) harassment especially of a tethered animal | - |
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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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| banqueting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: feasting |
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| banting | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, Bos banteng, tsine |
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| bareboating | (noun) boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions | - |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| belting | (noun) the material of which belts are made | - |
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| berating | (noun) a severe rebuke | Synonyms: blowing up |
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| birdnesting | (noun) hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs | - |
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| bloodletting | (noun) formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) | - |
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| (noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodshed |
| boasting | (noun) speaking of yourself in superlatives | Synonyms: boast, jactitation, self-praise |
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| boating | (noun) water travel for pleasure | Synonyms: yachting |
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| broadcasting | (noun) taking part in a radio or tv program | - |
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| (noun) a medium that disseminates via telecommunications | Synonyms: broadcast medium |
| buffeting | (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: pounding |
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| bullfighting | (noun) the activity at a bullfight | Synonyms: tauromachy |
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| bunting | (noun) any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America | - |
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| (noun) a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. | - |
| carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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| carting | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: cartage |
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| casting | (noun) the act of creating something by casting it in a mold | Synonyms: molding |
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| (noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: cast |
| (noun) the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie | - |
| (noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: cast |
| chanting | (noun) the act of singing in a monotonous tone | Synonyms: intonation |
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| cheating | (noun) a deception for profit to yourself | Synonyms: cheat |
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| clotting | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: coagulation, curdling |
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| coating | (noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, covering |
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| (noun) a thin layer covering something | Synonyms: coat |
| (noun) a heavy fabric suitable for coats | - |
| (noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | Synonyms: finish, finishing |
| cockfighting | (noun) participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight | - |
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| collecting | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, assembling, collection |
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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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| 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 |
| 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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| contracting | (noun) becoming infected | Synonyms: catching |
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| costing | (noun) cost accounting | - |
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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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| 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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| crocheting | (noun) creating a garment of needlework | - |
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| (noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
| 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 |
| dating | (noun) use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens | Synonyms: geological dating |
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| delegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegation, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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| depicting | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depiction, portrayal, portraying |
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| deregulating | (noun) the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | Synonyms: deregulation |
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| detecting | (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detection, detective work, sleuthing |
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| dieting | (noun) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | Synonyms: diet |
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| drafting | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: draftsmanship, drawing |
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| (noun) writing a first version to be filled out and polished later | - |
| (noun) the craft of drawing blueprints | Synonyms: mechanical drawing |
| drifting | (noun) aimless wandering from place to place | - |
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| eating | (noun) the act of consuming food | Synonyms: feeding |
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| editing | (noun) putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | Synonyms: redaction |
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| enlisting | (noun) the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) | Synonyms: recruitment |
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| equating | (noun) the act of regarding as equal | Synonyms: equation |
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| erecting | (noun) the act of building or putting up | Synonyms: erection |
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| everlasting | (noun) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | Synonyms: everlasting flower |
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| everting | (noun) the act of turning inside out | Synonyms: eversion, inversion |
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| excreting | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, voiding |
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| executing | (noun) putting a condemned person to death | Synonyms: capital punishment, death penalty, execution |
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| exporting | (noun) the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country | Synonyms: exportation |
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| faggoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: fagoting |
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| fagoting | (noun) embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches | Synonyms: faggoting |
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| farting | (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, flatus, wind |
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| fasting | (noun) abstaining from food | Synonyms: fast |
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| faulting | (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift |
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| feasting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: banqueting |
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| fermenting | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, zymolysis, zymosis |
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| fighting | (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: combat, fight, scrap |
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| fingerpointing | (noun) the imputation of blame | Synonyms: finger-pointing |
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| fingerprinting | (noun) the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification | - |
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| fitting | (noun) putting clothes on to see whether they fit | Synonyms: try-on, trying on |
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| (noun) a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system | - |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: appointment |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, adjustment |
| flirting | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, toying |
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| floating | (noun) the act of someone who floats on the water | Synonyms: natation |
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| fluting | (noun) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) | Synonyms: flute |
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| footing | (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: foothold |
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| (noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something | Synonyms: basis, ground |
| (noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups | Synonyms: terms |
| forecasting | (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: foretelling, prediction, prognostication |
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| formatting | (noun) the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) | Synonyms: data format, data formatting, format |
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| frosting | (noun) a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes | Synonyms: ice, icing |
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| getting | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: acquiring |
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| gloating | (noun) malicious satisfaction | Synonyms: glee, gloat |
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| grafting | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: graft |
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| grating | (noun) a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air | Synonyms: grate |
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| (noun) a frame of iron bars to hold a fire | Synonyms: grate |
| (noun) optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum | Synonyms: diffraction grating |
| greeting | (noun) (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) | Synonyms: salutation |
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| hairsplitting | (noun) making too fine distinctions of little importance | Synonyms: word-splitting |
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| handwriting | (noun) the activity of writing by hand | - |
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| (noun) something written by hand | Synonyms: hand, script |
| harvesting | (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest, harvest home |
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| heating | (noun) utility to warm a building | Synonyms: heat, heating plant, heating system |
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| (noun) the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature | Synonyms: warming |
| highlighting | (noun) an area of lightness in a picture | Synonyms: highlight |
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| hitting | (noun) the act of contacting one thing with another | Synonyms: hit, striking |
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| hunting | (noun) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts | Synonyms: hunt |
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| (noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport | Synonyms: hunt |
| (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, search |
| hurting | (noun) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | Synonyms: pain |
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