accusing | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusive |
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accusingly | (adverb) in an accusing manner | - |
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advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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(noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
agonising | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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amusing | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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(adjective) providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | Synonyms: amusive, diverting |
amusingly | (adverb) in an entertaining and amusing manner | Synonyms: divertingly |
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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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appetising | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetizing |
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appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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appraising | (adjective) exercising or involving careful evaluations | Synonyms: evaluative |
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blessing | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
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(noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, approving |
(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: grace, thanksgiving |
(noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: boon |
braising | (noun) cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture | - |
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browsing | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browse |
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(noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browse |
bruising | (adjective) brutally forceful and compelling | - |
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(adjective) causing mental or emotional injury | - |
buttressing | (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | Synonyms: buttress |
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canvassing | (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, electioneering |
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caressing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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carousing | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, orgiastic |
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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 | - |
causing | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causation |
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centralising | (adjective) tending to draw to a central point | Synonyms: centralizing |
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cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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cleansing | (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: purifying |
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(adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: ablutionary |
(noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleanup |
closing | (adjective) final or ending | - |
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(noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closure, shutdown |
(noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: shutting |
(noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: completion, culmination, mop up, windup |
(noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closure |
(noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending |
composing | (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composition |
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(noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composition |
compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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compromising | (adjective) making or willing to make concessions | Synonyms: conciliatory, flexible |
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(adjective) vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion | - |
condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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confusing | (adjective) causing confusion or disorientation | - |
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(adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: perplexing, puzzling |
confusingly | (adverb) in a bewildering and confusing manner | Synonyms: bewilderingly |
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coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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crossing | (noun) a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) | - |
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(noun) traveling across | - |
(noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
(noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossover, crosswalk |
(noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
(noun) a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect | - |
(noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | Synonyms: ford |
debasing | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: degrading |
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decentralising | (adjective) tending away from a central point | Synonyms: decentralizing |
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decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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decreasing | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | - |
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(adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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demoralising | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting |
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depressing | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: cheerless, uncheerful |
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depressingly | (adverb) in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree | - |
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desensitising | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitizing |
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despising | (noun) a feeling of scornful hatred | Synonyms: despisal |
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devising | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: fashioning, making |
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diagnosing | (noun) identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | Synonyms: diagnosis |
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diffusing | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative |
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disingenuous | (adjective) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness | Synonyms: artful |
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disingenuously | (adverb) in a disingenuous manner | Synonyms: artfully |
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disingenuousness | (noun) the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor | - |
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displeasing | (adjective) causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities | - |
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displeasingly | (adverb) in a displeasing manner | - |
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distressing | (adjective) bad; unfortunate | Synonyms: deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry |
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(adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
distressingly | (adverb) unpleasantly | Synonyms: painfully |
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distressingness | (noun) the quality of being painful | Synonyms: painfulness |
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dousing | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: ducking, immersion, submersion |
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dowsing | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowse, rhabdomancy |
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dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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(noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
(noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
(noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
(noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
(noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
drowsing | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsy |
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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 |
embarrassing | (adjective) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment | Synonyms: awkward, sticky, unenviable |
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(adjective) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | Synonyms: mortifying |
embarrassingly | (adverb) causing embarrassment | - |
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enclosing | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosure, envelopment, inclosure |
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encompassing | (adjective) closely encircling | Synonyms: circumferent, surrounding |
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(adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide |
energising | (adjective) supplying motive force | Synonyms: energizing, kinetic |
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engrossing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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enterprising | (adjective) marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects | - |
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enterprisingly | (adverb) in an enterprising manner | - |
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enterprisingness | (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprise, go-ahead, initiative |
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exercising | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercise, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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familiarising | (adjective) serving to make familiar | Synonyms: familiarizing |
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focusing | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focalization |
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(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focussing |
focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
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galvanising | (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanic, galvanizing |
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gassing | (noun) the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas | - |
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(noun) the process of interacting with gas | - |
guessing | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guesswork, shot |
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hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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(noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
hissing | (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hushing, sibilation |
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housing | (noun) structures collectively in which people are housed | Synonyms: living accommodations, lodging |
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(noun) a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component | - |
(noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, trapping |
imposing | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: distinguished, grand, magisterial |
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(adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: baronial, noble, stately |
imposingly | (adverb) in an impressive manner | Synonyms: impressively |
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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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isinglass | (noun) any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity | Synonyms: mica |
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kissing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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lapsing | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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losings | (noun) something lost (especially money lost at gambling) | Synonyms: losses |
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marbleising | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleization, marbleizing |
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maximising | (adjective) making as great as possible | Synonyms: maximizing |
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merchandising | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: marketing, selling |
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(noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: advertising, publicizing |
(noun) branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups | Synonyms: merchandise |
missing | (adjective) not able to be found | - |
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(adjective) nonexistent | Synonyms: absent, lacking, wanting |
multiprocessing | (noun) simultaneous processing by two or more processing units | Synonyms: parallel processing |
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musing | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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(noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
musingly | (adverb) in a meditative manner | - |
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narcotising | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotizing |
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nonenterprising | (adjective) lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome | Synonyms: unenterprising |
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nursing | (noun) the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm | - |
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(noun) nourishing at the breast | Synonyms: breast feeding |
(noun) the profession of a nurse | - |
opposing | (adjective) characterized by active hostility | Synonyms: opponent |
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overcrossing | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: footbridge, pedestrian bridge |
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passing | (adjective) of advancing the ball by throwing it | Synonyms: pass |
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(adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | Synonyms: casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial |
(adjective) lasting a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory |
(adjective) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily | - |
(noun) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it | Synonyms: overtaking |
(noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, qualifying |
(noun) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | Synonyms: pass, passing game, passing play |
(noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passage |
(noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release |
(noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passage |
(noun) the end of something | - |
(adverb) to an extraordinary degree | Synonyms: surpassingly |