| hiding | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealing, concealment |
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| (noun) the state of being hidden | - |
| hoarding | (noun) large outdoor signboard | Synonyms: billboard |
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| holding | (noun) the act of retaining something | Synonyms: keeping, retention |
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| (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | Synonyms: belongings, property |
| impeding | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: clogging, hindering, obstructive |
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| impending | (adjective) close in time; about to occur | Synonyms: at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent |
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| impounding | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impoundment, internment, poundage |
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| inbreeding | (noun) the act of mating closely related individuals | - |
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| infolding | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: introversion, intussusception, invagination |
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| interbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing |
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| (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, miscegenation |
| intruding | (adjective) projecting inward | - |
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| invading | (adjective) involving invasion or aggressive attack | Synonyms: incursive, invasive |
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| lading | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment |
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| landholding | (noun) a holding in the form of land | - |
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| (noun) ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land | - |
| landing | (noun) the act of coming to land after a voyage | - |
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| (noun) the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface) | - |
| (noun) structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods | Synonyms: landing place |
| (noun) an intermediate platform in a staircase | - |
| leading | (adjective) going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way | - |
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| (adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | Synonyms: preeminent |
| (adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: ahead, in the lead |
| (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: prima, star, starring, stellar |
| (noun) thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing | Synonyms: lead |
| (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leadership |
| lending | (noun) disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned | Synonyms: loaning |
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| lipreading | (noun) perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips | - |
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| loading | (noun) the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
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| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, payload, shipment |
| (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, load |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: load |
| (noun) the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift | - |
| longstanding | (adjective) having existed for a long time | Synonyms: long-standing |
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| marauding | (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: predatory, raiding |
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| (noun) Raiding and pillaging. | - |
| mending | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) garments that must be repaired | - |
| misleading | (adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | Synonyms: deceptive |
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| misreading | (noun) misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading | - |
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| misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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| (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |
| molding | (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, modelling, moulding |
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| (noun) the act of creating something by casting it in a mold | Synonyms: casting |
| (noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | Synonyms: border, moulding |
| (noun) a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing | Synonyms: moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, mold, mould, moulding |
| moulding | (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, modelling, molding |
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| (noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | Synonyms: border, molding |
| (noun) a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing | Synonyms: molding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, mold, molding, mould |
| musclebuilding | (noun) exercise that builds muscles through tension | Synonyms: anaerobic exercise, bodybuilding, muscle building |
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| nodding | (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, drooping, pendulous, weeping |
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| notwithstanding | (adverb) despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | Synonyms: all the same, at the same time, even so, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, withal, yet |
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| offending | (adjective) offending against or breaking a law or rule | - |
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| outbuilding | (noun) a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building | - |
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| outstanding | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: prominent, salient, spectacular, striking |
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| (adjective) of major significance or importance | Synonyms: great |
| (adjective) distinguished from others in excellence | - |
| (adjective) owed as a debt | Synonyms: owing, undischarged |
| overfeeding | (noun) excessive feeding | - |
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| overriding | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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| overshielding | (noun) excessive protection | Synonyms: momism, overprotection |
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| padding | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: cushioning |
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| paragliding | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: parasailing |
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| pending | (adjective) awaiting conclusion or confirmation | - |
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| pleading | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, imploring |
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| (noun) (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | - |
| plodding | (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious | Synonyms: leaden |
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| (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, grind |
| (noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait | Synonyms: plod |
| pounding | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pound |
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| (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: buffeting |
| (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: throb, throbbing |
| preceding | (adjective) existing or coming before | - |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, retiring |
| pretending | (noun) the act of giving a false appearance | Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretense, simulation |
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| proceeding | (noun) (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | Synonyms: legal proceeding, proceedings |
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| prodding | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, spur, spurring, urging |
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| protruding | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, relieved, sticking, sticking out |
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| pudding | (noun) any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed | - |
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| (noun) any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes | - |
| (noun) (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) | Synonyms: pud |
| pyramiding | (noun) a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated | - |
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| raiding | (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: marauding, predatory |
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| railroading | (noun) the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads | Synonyms: rail technology |
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| reading | (noun) the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments | Synonyms: meter reading |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message | - |
| (noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: interpretation, version |
| (noun) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | Synonyms: indication, meter reading |
| (noun) written material intended to be read | Synonyms: reading material |
| (noun) a particular interpretation or performance | - |
| (noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: recital, recitation |
| rebuilding | (noun) building again | - |
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| receding | (adjective) (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back | - |
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| (noun) the act of becoming more distant | Synonyms: recession |
| (noun) a slow or gradual disappearance | Synonyms: fadeout |
| recoding | (noun) converting from one code to another | - |
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| recording | (noun) the act of making a record (especially an audio record) | Synonyms: transcription |
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| (noun) a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded | - |
| (noun) a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded | - |
| rending | (adjective) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | Synonyms: ripping, splitting |
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| resounding | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, reverberating, reverberative |
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| rewarding | (adjective) providing personal satisfaction | - |
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| rewording | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rephrasing |
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| riding | (noun) travel by being carried on horseback | Synonyms: horseback riding |
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| (noun) the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements | Synonyms: equitation, horseback riding |
| rollerblading | (noun) skating using Rollerblades | - |
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| rounding | (noun) (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals | Synonyms: rounding error |
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| scaffolding | (noun) a system of scaffolds | Synonyms: staging |
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| scolding | (noun) rebuking a person harshly | Synonyms: chiding, objurgation, tongue-lashing |
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| scudding | (noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | Synonyms: scud |
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| sending | (noun) the act of causing something to go (especially messages) | - |
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| shading | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: blending |
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| (noun) graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting | - |
| shareholding | (noun) a holding in the form of shares of corporations | - |
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| shedding | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | Synonyms: desquamation, peeling |
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| (noun) the process whereby something is shed | Synonyms: sloughing |
| shielding | (noun) the act of shielding from harm | - |
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| (noun) a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay | - |
| (noun) shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference | - |
| shipbuilding | (noun) the construction of ships | Synonyms: ship building |
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| siding | (noun) a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass | Synonyms: railroad siding, sidetrack, turnout |
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| (noun) material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof | - |
| skateboarding | (noun) the sport of skating on a skateboard | - |
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| slaveholding | (adjective) allowing slavery | - |
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| (noun) the practice of owning slaves | Synonyms: slavery |
| sledding | (noun) the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh | - |
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| (noun) advancing toward a goal | Synonyms: going |
| sliding | (adjective) being a smooth continuous motion | - |
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| smallholding | (noun) a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation | - |
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| snowboarding | (noun) the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard | - |
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| sodding | (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
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| sounding | (adjective) making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form | - |
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| (adjective) having volume or deepness | - |
| (adjective) appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms | Synonyms: looking |
| (noun) the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) | - |
| (noun) a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line | - |
| speeding | (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: hurrying, speed |
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| spellbinding | (adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing |
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| spending | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursal, disbursement, outlay |
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| (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: expenditure, outgo, outlay |
| spoonfeeding | (noun) feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon | - |
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| (noun) teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought | - |
| spreading | (noun) act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time | Synonyms: spread |
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| (noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: airing, dissemination, public exposure |
| (noun) process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | Synonyms: spread |
| standing | (adjective) (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs | - |
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| (adjective) executed in or initiated from a standing position | - |
| (adjective) (of fluids) not moving or flowing | - |
| (adjective) having a supporting base | - |
| (adjective) not created for a particular occasion | - |
| (adjective) permanent | - |
| (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position | - |
| (noun) an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event | - |
| (noun) social or financial or professional status or reputation | - |
| stockholding | (noun) ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock | - |
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| (noun) a specific number of stocks or shares owned | Synonyms: stockholdings |
| subheading | (noun) a heading of a subdivision of a text | Synonyms: subhead |
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| subsiding | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: settling, subsidence |
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| succeeding | (adjective) coming after or following | - |
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| (adjective) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | Synonyms: future, next |
| surfboarding | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfing, surfriding |
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| surfriding | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfboarding, surfing |
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| surrounding | (adjective) closely encircling | Synonyms: circumferent, encompassing |
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| tending | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | Synonyms: apt, disposed, given, minded |
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| (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: aid, attention, care |
| thudding | (adjective) not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft | Synonyms: dull |
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| trading | (noun) buying or selling securities or commodities | - |
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| unbending | (adjective) incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | Synonyms: inflexible, rigid |
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| uncomprehending | (adjective) lacking understanding | - |
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| undemanding | (adjective) requiring little if any patience or effort or skill | - |
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| understanding | (adjective) characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy | - |
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| (noun) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | Synonyms: intellect, reason |
| (noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: apprehension, discernment, savvy |
| (noun) an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion | Synonyms: sympathy |
| (noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: agreement |