| skating | (noun) the sport of gliding on skates | - |
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| skywriting | (noun) writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane | - |
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| slating | (noun) the act of laying slates for a roof | - |
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| (noun) a severely critical attack | - |
| (noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing | Synonyms: slate |
| smarting | (noun) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore | Synonyms: smart, smartness |
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| snorting | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: huffing, puffing |
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| somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| sorting | (noun) grouping by class or kind or size | - |
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| (noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, classification |
| (noun) an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion | Synonyms: sort |
| spitting | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: expectoration, spit |
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| spotting | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spying |
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| (noun) the act of spotting or staining something | Synonyms: maculation, staining |
| sprouting | (noun) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow | Synonyms: germination |
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| squatting | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | Synonyms: squat |
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| (noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles | Synonyms: knee bend, squat |
| starting | (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: start |
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| sting | (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle |
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| (noun) operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act | Synonyms: sting operation |
| (noun) a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung | Synonyms: stinging |
| (noun) a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | Synonyms: bite, insect bite |
| (noun) a mental pain or distress | Synonyms: pang |
| stunting | (noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft | Synonyms: acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying |
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| substituting | (noun) working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | Synonyms: subbing |
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| subtweeting | (noun) the act of tweeting without tagging a user so that they will not see the post | - |
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| suiting | (noun) a fabric used for suits | - |
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| supplanting | (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | Synonyms: displacement |
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| supporting | (noun) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening | Synonyms: support |
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| sweating | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation |
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| tasting | (noun) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | Synonyms: taste |
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| (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring |
| (noun) a small amount (especially of food or wine) | - |
| tatting | (noun) the act or art of making handmade lace | Synonyms: lace making |
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| (noun) needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle | - |
| taunting | (noun) aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing | Synonyms: taunt, twit |
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| telecasting | (noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | Synonyms: television, TV, video |
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| telecommuting | (noun) employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem | Synonyms: teleworking |
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| telemarketing | (noun) the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | Synonyms: telecommerce, teleselling |
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| tenting | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, camping, encampment |
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| testing | (noun) the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works | - |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: examination |
| (noun) an examination of the characteristics of something | - |
| texting | (noun) the act of sending messages via SMS | - |
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| thrusting | (noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust |
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| thwarting | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: foiling, frustration |
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| ting | (noun) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell | Synonyms: tinkle |
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| tinting | (noun) the act of adding a tinge of color | - |
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| toasting | (noun) cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill | Synonyms: browning |
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| transmitting | (noun) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted | Synonyms: transmission, transmittal |
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| transplanting | (noun) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location | Synonyms: transplant, transplantation |
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| trapshooting | (noun) the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird | Synonyms: skeet, skeet shooting |
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| twisting | (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture |
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| (noun) the act of rotating rapidly | Synonyms: spin, twirl, twist, whirl |
| typewriting | (noun) writing done with a typewriter | Synonyms: typing |
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| underrating | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimate, underestimation, underreckoning |
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| uniting | (noun) the act of making or becoming a single unit | Synonyms: conjugation, jointure, unification, union |
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| (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: amalgamation, merger |
| updating | (noun) the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something) | - |
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| uplifting | (noun) the rise of something | - |
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| vaccinating | (noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity | Synonyms: inoculating |
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| vaulting | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: curvet |
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| (noun) (architecture) a vaulted structure | - |
| venting | (noun) the act of venting | Synonyms: discharge |
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| visiting | (noun) the activity of making visits | - |
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| vomiting | (noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit |
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| voting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, balloting, vote |
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| wainscoting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscotting |
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| (noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscotting |
| wainscotting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscoting |
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| (noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscoting |
| waiting | (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: wait |
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| wasting | (noun) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | Synonyms: atrophy, wasting away |
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| (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexia, cachexy |
| weighting | (noun) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | Synonyms: weight |
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| weightlifting | (noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | Synonyms: weightlift |
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| wetting | (noun) the act of making something wet | - |
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| (noun) a euphemism for urination | Synonyms: leak, making water, passing water |
| whiting | (noun) a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus | Synonyms: Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus |
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| (noun) any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters | - |
| (noun) found off Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake |
| (noun) a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish | - |
| (noun) flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America | - |
| (noun) flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe | - |
| wilting | (noun) causing to become limp or drooping | Synonyms: wilt |
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| writing | (noun) the activity of putting something in written form | Synonyms: committal to writing |
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| (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: authorship, composition, penning |
| (noun) the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) | Synonyms: piece of writing, written material |
| (noun) letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) the collected work of an author | - |
| yachting | (noun) water travel for pleasure | Synonyms: boating |
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