| 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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| appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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| asinine | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: fatuous, inane |
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| asininity | (noun) the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness | - |
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| basin | (noun) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids | - |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand |
| (noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet | Synonyms: catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed |
| (noun) a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it | - |
| (noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basinful |
| basinal | (adjective) of or relating to a basin | - |
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| basined | (adjective) enclosed in a basin | - |
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| basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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| basinful | (noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basin |
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| casing | (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: case |
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| (noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, shell |
| (noun) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire | - |
| casino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: cassino |
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| (noun) a public building for gambling and entertainment | Synonyms: gambling casino |
| debasing | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: degrading |
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| decreasing | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | - |
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| (adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
| displeasing | (adjective) causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities | - |
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| displeasingly | (adverb) in a displeasing manner | - |
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| easiness | (noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style | - |
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| (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, simpleness, simplicity |
| (noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: relaxation |
| easing | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, relief |
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| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: moderation, relief |
| greasiness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: oiliness, oleaginousness |
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| handbasin | (noun) a basin for washing the hands | Synonyms: lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl |
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| increasing | (adjective) becoming greater or larger | - |
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| (adjective) (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
| increasingly | (adverb) advancing in amount or intensity | Synonyms: more and more, progressively |
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| moccasin | (noun) soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans | Synonyms: mocassin |
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| phrasing | (noun) the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line | - |
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| (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, verbiage, wording |
| pleasing | (adjective) giving pleasure and satisfaction | - |
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| (adjective) pleasant or agreeable to the senses | - |
| (noun) the act of one who pleases | - |
| pleasingly | (adverb) in a pleasing manner | - |
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| pleasingness | (noun) the quality of giving pleasure to the senses | - |
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| purchasing | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: buying |
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| queasiness | (noun) inability to rest or relax or be still | Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness |
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| (noun) a mild state of nausea | Synonyms: qualm, squeamishness |
| releasing | (adjective) emotionally purging (of e.g. art) | Synonyms: cathartic |
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| rephrasing | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rewording |
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| sannyasin | (noun) a Hindu religious mendicant | Synonyms: sannyasi, sanyasi |
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| teasing | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, vexatious, vexing |
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| (adjective) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | Synonyms: mocking, quizzical |
| (adjective) arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it | - |
| (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tantalization, tease |
| (noun) playful vexation | - |
| (noun) the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb | Synonyms: comb-out |
| teasingly | (adverb) in a playfully teasing manner | Synonyms: tauntingly |
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| unceasing | (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unremitting |
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| (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending |
| unceasingly | (adverb) with unflagging resolve | Synonyms: ceaselessly, continuously, endlessly, incessantly, unendingly |
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| uneasiness | (noun) inability to rest or relax or be still | Synonyms: queasiness, restlessness |
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| (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: disquiet, unease |
| (noun) embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you | Synonyms: self-consciousness, uncomfortableness |
| (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, inquietude |
| (noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) | Synonyms: malaise, unease |
| unpleasing | (adjective) unpleasant or disagreeable to the senses | - |
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| unpleasingness | (noun) the quality of being unpleasant to to the senses | - |
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| washbasin | (noun) a basin for washing the hands | Synonyms: handbasin, lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbowl |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: basin, lavatory, washbowl, washstand |