neighboring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighbouring |
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neighbouring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring |
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neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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newspapering | (noun) journalism practiced for the newspapers | - |
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nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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nonbearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own | - |
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nonflowering | (adjective) without flower or bloom and not producing seeds | Synonyms: flowerless |
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numbering | (noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: enumeration |
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offering | (noun) the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity | Synonyms: oblation |
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(noun) something offered (as a proposal or bid) | Synonyms: offer |
(noun) the verbal act of offering | Synonyms: offer |
(noun) money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes | - |
offspring | (noun) any immature animal | Synonyms: young |
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(noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
(noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, progeny |
ordering | (noun) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement | Synonyms: order |
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(noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | Synonyms: order, ordination |
outpouring | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, overflow |
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(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught |
(noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, run |
(noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, gush |
(noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, spring |
overbearing | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, dictatorial |
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(adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
overbearingly | (adverb) in an overbearing manner | - |
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overbearingness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, imperiousness |
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overpowering | (adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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overpoweringly | (adverb) incapable of being resisted | Synonyms: irresistibly, overwhelmingly |
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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 | - |
paltering | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: fibbing |
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pampering | (adjective) gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires | - |
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(noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, indulging |
papering | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanging |
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paring | (noun) (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel | - |
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(noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | Synonyms: shaving, sliver |
persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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perseveringly | (adverb) with perseverance | - |
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pestering | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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picturing | (noun) visual representation as by photography or painting | Synonyms: pictorial representation |
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(noun) visual imagery | Synonyms: envisioning |
plastering | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: daubing |
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plundering | (adjective) given to taking by force what is desired | - |
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(noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillage, pillaging |
pondering | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative |
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porringer | (noun) a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) | - |
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posturing | (noun) adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
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pouring | (adjective) flowing profusely | Synonyms: gushing |
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prospering | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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quartering | (noun) dividing into four equal parts | - |
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(noun) living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) | - |
(noun) a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages | - |
quavering | (adjective) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | Synonyms: tremulous |
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quaveringly | (adverb) in an unsteady quavering manner | - |
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quivering | (noun) the act of vibrating | Synonyms: quiver, vibration |
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(noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration |
racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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raring | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: impatient |
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rearing | (adjective) rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | Synonyms: rampant |
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(noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, upbringing |
(noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, raising |
reassuring | (adjective) restoring confidence and relieving anxiety | - |
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reassuringly | (adverb) in a reassuring manner | - |
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reconnoitering | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitring, scouting |
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reconnoitring | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitering, scouting |
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recovering | (adjective) returning to health after illness or debility | Synonyms: convalescent |
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recurring | (adjective) coming back | Synonyms: revenant |
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rehearing | (noun) the act of hearing again | Synonyms: relistening |
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remembering | (noun) the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered | Synonyms: memory |
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rendering | (noun) giving in acknowledgment of obligation | - |
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(noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: interpretation, rendition |
(noun) perspective drawing of an architect's design | - |
(noun) a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall | - |
(noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendition |
(noun) a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. | Synonyms: rendition |
(noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | Synonyms: interlingual rendition, translation, version |
reordering | (noun) a rearrangement in a different order | - |
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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 |
ring | (noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: band |
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(noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: band |
(noun) a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling | Synonyms: hoop |
(noun) a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle | - |
(noun) a characteristic sound | - |
(noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ringing, tintinnabulation |
(noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, mob, pack |
(noun) (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop | Synonyms: closed chain |
(noun) a toroidal shape | Synonyms: anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo |
(verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call, call up, phone, telephone |
(verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: band |
(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, skirt, surround |
(verb) sound loudly and sonorously | Synonyms: peal |
(verb) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification | Synonyms: knell |
(verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, resound, reverberate |
ringdove | (noun) greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged | Synonyms: Streptopelia risoria |
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(noun) Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | Synonyms: Columba palumbus, cushat, wood pigeon |
ringed | (adjective) wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married | - |
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(adjective) having colored rings around the body | - |
(adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped |
ringer | (noun) (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg | - |
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(noun) a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses | - |
(noun) a person who is almost identical to another | Synonyms: clone, dead ringer |
(noun) a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) | Synonyms: bell ringer, toller |
ringgit | (noun) the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen | - |
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ringhals | (noun) highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet | Synonyms: Hemachatus haemachatus, rinkhals, spitting snake |
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ringing | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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(noun) the giving of a ring as a token of engagement | - |
(noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ring, tintinnabulation |
ringleader | (noun) a person who leads (especially in illicit activities) | - |
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ringlet | (noun) any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae | Synonyms: ringlet butterfly |
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(noun) a little ring | - |
(noun) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl | Synonyms: curl, whorl |
(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, roll, scroll, whorl |
ringleted | (adjective) (of hair) shaped into ringlets | - |
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ringlike | (adjective) having the shape of a ring | - |
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ringmaster | (noun) the person in charge of performances in a circus ring | - |
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rings | (noun) gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises | - |
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ringside | (noun) first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring | Synonyms: ringside seat |
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ringtail | (noun) an immature golden eagle | - |
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(noun) North American raccoon | Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, Procyon lotor |
(noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat |
(noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | Synonyms: capuchin, Cebus capucinus |
ringway | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: beltway, bypass, ring road |
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ringworm | (noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: roundworm, tinea |
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roaring | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving |
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(noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, yowl |
(noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: boom, roar, thunder |
(adverb) extremely | - |
savoring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savouring, tasting |
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savouring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, tasting |
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scandalmongering | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: sensationalistic, yellow |
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(noun) spreading malicious gossip | - |
scattering | (noun) the act of scattering | Synonyms: scatter, strewing |
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(noun) spreading widely or driving off | Synonyms: dispersion |
(noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
(noun) the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions | - |
(noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly | Synonyms: sprinkling |
scoring | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, marking |
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scouring | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scrub, scrubbing |
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(noun) moving over territory to search for something | - |
seafaring | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seagoing |
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(noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, sailing |
(noun) travel by water | Synonyms: water travel |
searing | (adjective) severely critical | - |
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severing | (noun) the act of severing | Synonyms: severance |
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sharing | (adjective) unselfishly willing to share with others | - |
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(noun) a distribution in shares | Synonyms: share-out |
(noun) sharing thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: communion |
(noun) having in common | - |
(noun) using or enjoying something jointly with others | - |
shattering | (adjective) seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering | - |
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(noun) the act of breaking something into small pieces | Synonyms: smashing |
shearing | (noun) removing by cutting off or clipping | - |
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sheepshearing | (noun) act of shearing sheep | - |
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(noun) a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared | - |
(noun) the time or season when sheep are sheared | - |
shirring | (noun) baking shelled eggs | - |
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shivering | (adjective) vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | Synonyms: shaky, trembling |
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(noun) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | Synonyms: chill |
shoestring | (noun) a lace used for fastening shoes | Synonyms: shoe lace, shoe string, shoelace |
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(noun) a small amount of money | Synonyms: shoe string |
shoring | (noun) the act of propping up with shores | Synonyms: propping up, shoring up |
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(noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shore |
shuddering | (adjective) shaking convulsively or violently | - |
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shudderingly | (adverb) with a shudder | - |
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simmering | (noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | Synonyms: boiling, stewing |
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simperingly | (adverb) with a lack of courage and determination | Synonyms: pusillanimously |
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slithering | (adjective) moving as on a slippery surface | Synonyms: slipping |
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sloganeering | (noun) persuasion by means of empty slogans | - |
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smattering | (noun) a slight or superficial understanding of a subject | - |
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(noun) a small number or amount | Synonyms: handful |
smoldering | (adjective) showing scarcely suppressed anger | Synonyms: smouldering |
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smolderingly | (adverb) with barely repressed anger | Synonyms: smoulderingly |
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smothering | (adjective) causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | Synonyms: choking, suffocating, suffocative |
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smouldering | (adjective) showing scarcely suppressed anger | Synonyms: smoldering |
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smoulderingly | (adverb) with barely repressed anger | Synonyms: smolderingly |
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sneering | (adjective) expressive of contempt | Synonyms: snide, supercilious |
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sneeringly | (adverb) with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner | Synonyms: snidely, superciliously |
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