| acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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| admiringly | (adverb) with admiration | - |
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| airiness | (noun) the property of something weightless and insubstantial | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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| (noun) the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air | - |
| (noun) lightness in movement or manner | Synonyms: delicacy |
| airing | (noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | Synonyms: ventilation |
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| (noun) a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air | - |
| (noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
| aspirin | (noun) the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets | Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph |
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| aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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| despairing | (adjective) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope | Synonyms: desperate |
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| despairingly | (adverb) with desperation | Synonyms: despondently |
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| enquiringly | (adverb) in an inquiring manner | Synonyms: inquiringly |
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| firing | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
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| (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
| (noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: discharge, firing off |
| (noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: fire |
| hairiness | (noun) the quality of having hair | Synonyms: pilosity |
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| inquiring | (adjective) given to inquiry | - |
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| (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: questioning |
| inquiringly | (adverb) in an inquiring manner | Synonyms: enquiringly |
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| inspiring | (adjective) stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
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| miriness | (noun) The state or quality of being swampy or boggy. | - |
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| pairing | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) the act of grouping things or people in pairs | - |
| retiring | (adjective) not arrogant or presuming | Synonyms: unassuming |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, preceding |
| (adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself | Synonyms: reticent, self-effacing |
| ribavirin | (noun) an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections | Synonyms: Virazole |
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| sapphirine | (adjective) made of or resembling sapphire | - |
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| (noun) a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks | - |
| tiring | (adjective) producing exhaustion | Synonyms: exhausting, wearing, wearying |
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| transpiring | (adjective) that is passing through | - |
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| undesiring | (adjective) having or feeling no desire | Synonyms: undesirous |
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| uninquiring | (adjective) not inquiring | Synonyms: uninquisitive |
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| (adjective) deficient in curiosity | Synonyms: uninquisitive |
| uninspiring | (adjective) depressing to the spirit | - |
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| untiring | (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance | Synonyms: hardworking, industrious, tireless |
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| virino | (noun) (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins | - |
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| wiriness | (noun) the property of being lean and tough and sinewy | - |
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| wiring | (noun) the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device | - |
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| (noun) a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity | - |