ailing | (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
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aniline | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aminobenzine, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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beguiling | (adjective) misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods | - |
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(adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: alluring, enticing, tempting |
bilinear | (adjective) linear with respect to each of two variables or positions | - |
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bilingual | (adjective) using or knowing two languages | - |
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(noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingualist |
bilingualism | (noun) the ability to speak two languages colloquially | - |
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bilingualist | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingual |
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bilingually | (adverb) in a bilingual manner | - |
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boiling | (noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | Synonyms: simmering, stewing |
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(noun) the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas | - |
(adverb) passionately or agitatedly | - |
broiling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, grilling |
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ceiling | (noun) the overhead upper surface of a covered space | - |
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(noun) (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds | - |
(noun) maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) | - |
(noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: cap, roof |
ceilinged | (adjective) provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface | - |
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coiling | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled |
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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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cunnilinctus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilingus |
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cunnilingus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilinctus |
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curvilineal | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilinear |
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curvilinear | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilineal |
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detailing | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: particularisation, particularization |
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failing | (adjective) below acceptable in performance | - |
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(noun) failure to reach a minimum required performance | Synonyms: flunk |
(noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: weakness |
filing | (noun) preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. | - |
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(noun) the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object) | - |
(noun) the entering of a legal document into the public record | - |
(noun) a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file | - |
foiling | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: frustration, thwarting |
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mailing | (noun) the transmission of a letter | Synonyms: posting |
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(noun) mail sent by a sender at one time | - |
matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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matrilineal | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the female line | Synonyms: matrilinear |
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matrilineality | (noun) a system in which a person's descent is traced through their mother and her maternal ancestors. | - |
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matrilineally | (adverb) by descent through the female line | - |
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matrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the female line | Synonyms: matrilineal |
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motilin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine | - |
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multilingual | (adjective) using or knowing more than one language | - |
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oiliness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: greasiness, oleaginousness |
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(noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
parasailing | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: paragliding |
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patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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patrilineal | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilinear |
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patrilineally | (adverb) by descent through the male line | - |
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patrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilineal |
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phycobilin | (noun) water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria | - |
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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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prevailing | (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, predominant, prevalent, rife |
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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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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 | - |
reconciling | (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony | Synonyms: accommodative |
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rectilineal | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilinear |
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rectilinear | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilineal |
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rectilinearity | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that is rectilinear, straight. | - |
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retailing | (noun) the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers | - |
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roiling | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiled, roily, turbulent |
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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 |
siderophilin | (noun) a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron | Synonyms: beta globulin, transferrin |
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smiling | (adjective) smiling with happiness or optimism | Synonyms: beamish, twinkly |
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(noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grin, grinning, smile |
smilingly | (adverb) with smiles; in a smiling manner | - |
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soiling | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: dirtying, soilure |
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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 |
stercobilinogen | (noun) a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine | Synonyms: urobilinogen |
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stockpiling | (noun) accumulating and storing a reserve supply | - |
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subtilin | (noun) a polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium | - |
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tailing | (noun) the act of following someone secretly | Synonyms: shadowing |
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tiling | (noun) the application of tiles to cover a surface | - |
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toiling | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, laboring, labouring |
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trailing | (noun) the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind | Synonyms: tracking |
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trilingual | (adjective) using or knowing three languages | - |
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unavailing | (adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: futile, ineffectual, meaningless, otiose |
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unfailing | (adjective) tireless | Synonyms: unflagging |
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(adjective) always able to supply more | - |
(adjective) not liable to failure | Synonyms: foolproof |
unfailingly | (adverb) without fail | - |
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unsmiling | (adjective) not smiling | - |
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unsmilingly | (adverb) without smile; in an unsmiling manner | - |
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unveiling | (noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching |
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(noun) putting on display for the first time | - |
urobilin | (noun) brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine | - |
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urobilinogen | (noun) a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine | Synonyms: stercobilinogen |
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veiling | (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, netting |
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wailing | (adjective) vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | Synonyms: lamenting, wailful |
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(noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: bawling |
wiliness | (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness |
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