| subjoining | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjunction, supplementation |
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| summoning | (noun) calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations | Synonyms: evocation |
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| sweetening | (noun) the act of adding a sweetener to food | - |
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| (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | Synonyms: enhancement |
| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetener |
| swooning | (adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: faint, light-headed, light, lightheaded |
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| tanning | (noun) making leather from rawhide | - |
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| (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping |
| (noun) process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light | - |
| thickening | (adjective) becoming more intricate or complex | - |
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| (adjective) accumulating and becoming more intense | Synonyms: deepening |
| (noun) the act of thickening | Synonyms: inspissation |
| (noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: knob, node |
| (noun) any material used to thicken | Synonyms: thickener |
| thinning | (noun) the act of diluting something | Synonyms: cutting |
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| threatening | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister |
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| (adjective) darkened by clouds | Synonyms: heavy, lowering, sullen |
| threateningly | (adverb) in a menacing manner | Synonyms: menacingly |
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| tightening | (noun) the act of making something tighter | - |
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| tinning | (noun) the application of a protective layer of tin | Synonyms: tin-plating |
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| (noun) the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them | - |
| tobogganing | (noun) riding on a long light sled with low handrails | - |
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| training | (noun) activity leading to skilled behavior | Synonyms: grooming, preparation |
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| (noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | Synonyms: breeding, education |
| tuning | (noun) (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency | - |
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| turning | (noun) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course | Synonyms: turn |
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| (noun) act of changing in practice or custom | - |
| (noun) the activity of shaping something on a lathe | - |
| (noun) the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe | - |
| (noun) a movement in a new direction | Synonyms: turn |
| (noun) a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe | - |
| twinning | (adjective) producing two offspring at a time | Synonyms: biparous |
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| uncomplaining | (adjective) not complaining | - |
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| uncomplainingly | (adverb) without complaining | - |
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| underreckoning | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimate, underestimation, underrating |
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| undiscerning | (adjective) lacking discernment | - |
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| unenlightening | (adjective) failing to inform or clarify | Synonyms: unilluminating |
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| (adjective) not edifying | Synonyms: unedifying |
| unfastening | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, untying |
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| unmeaning | (adjective) without meaning | - |
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| unquestioning | (adjective) being without doubt or reserve | Synonyms: implicit |
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| (adjective) not inclined to ask questions | - |
| unquestioningly | (adverb) in an unquestioning manner | - |
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| unreasoning | (adjective) not based on reason or evidence | Synonyms: blind |
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| unreasoningly | (adverb) in an unreasoning visceral manner | Synonyms: viscerally |
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| unthreatening | (adjective) not unfriendly or threatening | Synonyms: well-meaning |
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| vacationing | (noun) the act of taking a vacation | - |
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| wakening | (noun) the act of waking | Synonyms: awakening, waking up |
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| waning | (adjective) (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases | - |
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| (noun) a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent | - |
| warning | (adjective) serving to warn | Synonyms: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory |
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| (noun) a message informing of danger | - |
| (noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) | Synonyms: admonition, monition, word of advice |
| (noun) notification of something, usually in advance | - |
| weakening | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling |
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| (adjective) moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker | - |
| (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
| (noun) becoming weaker | - |
| weaning | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: ablactation |
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| whitening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: lightening |
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| widening | (noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: broadening |
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| (noun) a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park | Synonyms: turnout |
| (noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: broadening |
| winning | (adjective) very attractive; capturing interest | Synonyms: fetching, taking |
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| (adjective) having won | Synonyms: victorious |
| (noun) succeeding with great difficulty | - |
| winnings | (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, win |
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| woodgraining | (noun) a texture like that of wood | Synonyms: graining |
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| worsening | (adjective) changing for the worse | - |
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| (noun) changing something with the result that it becomes worse | - |
| (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, deterioration |
| yawning | (adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom | Synonyms: drowsy, oscitant |
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| (adjective) gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something | - |
| (adjective) with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness | - |
| (noun) an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom | Synonyms: oscitance, oscitancy, yawn |
| yearning | (noun) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | Synonyms: hungriness, longing |
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| yearningly | (adverb) in a yearning manner | Synonyms: longingly |
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| zoning | (noun) dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc | - |
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