ailing | (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
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angling | (noun) fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | - |
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annealing | (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: tempering |
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appalling | (adjective) causing consternation | Synonyms: dismaying |
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(noun) an experience that appalls | - |
appealing | (adjective) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention | - |
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(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | Synonyms: likable, likeable, sympathetic |
assembling | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, collecting, collection |
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babbling | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babble, lallation |
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baffling | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough |
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bawling | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: wailing |
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beagling | (noun) hunting rabbits with beagles | - |
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beetling | (adjective) jutting or overhanging | Synonyms: beetle |
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befooling | (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: stultification |
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beguiling | (adjective) misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods | - |
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(adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: alluring, enticing, tempting |
belittling | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
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(noun) the act of belittling | - |
(noun) a belittling comment | Synonyms: denigration |
belling | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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bicycling | (noun) riding a bicycle | - |
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billing | (noun) request for payment of a debt | Synonyms: charge |
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birling | (noun) rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) | Synonyms: logrolling |
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bling | (noun) flashy, ostentatious jewelry | Synonyms: bling bling |
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bloodcurdling | (adjective) extremely alarming | Synonyms: hair-raising, nightmarish |
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boiling | (noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | Synonyms: simmering, stewing |
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(noun) the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas | - |
(adverb) passionately or agitatedly | - |
bowling | (noun) a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them | - |
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(noun) the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc | - |
(noun) (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman | - |
brambling | (noun) Eurasian finch | Synonyms: Fringilla montifringilla |
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brisling | (noun) small herring processed like a sardine | Synonyms: Clupea sprattus, sprat |
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(noun) small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines | Synonyms: sprat |
broiling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, grilling |
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bubbling | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy |
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(adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly |
bumbling | (adjective) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | Synonyms: bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed |
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bundling | (noun) the act of binding something into a bundle | - |
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(noun) the act of shoving hastily | - |
(noun) a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing | - |
bungling | (adjective) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | Synonyms: bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed |
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(adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude | Synonyms: clumsy, fumbling, incompetent |
burbling | (adjective) uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm | Synonyms: burbly, effusive, gushing |
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bustling | (adjective) full of energetic and noisy activity | - |
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calling | (noun) the particular occupation for which you are trained | Synonyms: career, vocation |
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caroling | (noun) singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | - |
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castling | (noun) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | Synonyms: castle |
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catling | (noun) a long double-edged knife used for amputations | - |
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ceiling | (noun) the overhead upper surface of a covered space | - |
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(noun) (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds | - |
(noun) maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) | - |
(noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: cap, roof |
changeling | (noun) a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy | - |
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(noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
chilling | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: scary, shivery, shuddery |
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(noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: cooling, temperature reduction |
cling | (noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit | Synonyms: clingstone |
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(verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cohere, stick |
(verb) hold on tightly or tenaciously | Synonyms: hang |
(verb) to remain emotionally or intellectually attached | - |
cobbling | (noun) the shoemaker's trade | Synonyms: shoe repairing, shoemaking |
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codling | (noun) young codfish | - |
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coiling | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled |
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compelling | (adjective) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument | - |
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(adjective) driving or forcing | - |
compiling | (noun) the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list) | Synonyms: compilation |
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concealing | (adjective) covering or hiding | - |
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(noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealment, hiding |
consoling | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: comforting, consolatory |
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controlling | (adjective) able to control or determine policy | - |
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cooling | (noun) a mechanism for keeping something cool | Synonyms: cooling system |
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(noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: chilling, temperature reduction |
counseling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counselling, direction, guidance |
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counselling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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coupling | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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(noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupler |
(noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together | Synonyms: yoke |
cowling | (noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: bonnet, cowl, hood |
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crackling | (noun) the sharp sound of snapping noises | Synonyms: crackle, crepitation |
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(noun) the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered | Synonyms: greaves |
crawling | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, creep, creeping |
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crippling | (adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates | Synonyms: disabling, incapacitating |
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cuddling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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curdling | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, coagulation |
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curling | (adjective) (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl | Synonyms: curled |
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(noun) a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target | - |
cycling | (noun) the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | - |
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cymling | (noun) squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white | Synonyms: pattypan squash |
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dangling | (noun) the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | Synonyms: hanging, suspension |
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darkling | (adjective) (poetic) occurring in the dark or night | - |
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(adjective) uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure | - |
darling | (adjective) dearly loved | Synonyms: beloved, dear |
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(noun) a special loved one | Synonyms: dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet |
(noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
dawdling | (noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | Synonyms: dalliance, trifling |
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dazzling | (adjective) shining intensely | Synonyms: blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary |
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(adjective) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | Synonyms: eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous |
dealing | (noun) method or manner of conduct in relation to others | - |
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(noun) the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) | Synonyms: dealings, transaction |
detailing | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: particularisation, particularization |
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disabling | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disqualifying |
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(adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates | Synonyms: crippling, incapacitating |
dismantling | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: disassembly, dismantlement |
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dissembling | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation |
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(noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretense |
doubling | (noun) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 | Synonyms: double |
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(noun) increase by a factor of two | - |
doweling | (noun) fastening by dowels | - |
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dribbling | (noun) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | Synonyms: dribble |
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drilling | (noun) the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | Synonyms: boring, oil production |
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(noun) the act of drilling | Synonyms: boring |
drizzling | (adjective) (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops | - |
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duckling | (noun) young duck | - |
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(noun) flesh of a young domestic duck | - |
dumpling | (noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | Synonyms: dumplings |
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(noun) dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry | - |
dwelling | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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dwindling | (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains | Synonyms: tapering, tapering off |
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(noun) a becoming gradually less | Synonyms: dwindling away |
earthling | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthman, tellurian, worldling |
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enabling | (adjective) providing legal power or sanction | - |
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encircling | (adjective) being all around the edges; enclosing | Synonyms: skirting |
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enfeebling | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, weakening |
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ennobling | (adjective) tending to exalt | Synonyms: exalting |
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(adjective) investing with dignity or honor | Synonyms: dignifying |
enthralling | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating |
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expelling | (noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: discharge, emission |
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failing | (adjective) below acceptable in performance | - |
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(noun) failure to reach a minimum required performance | Synonyms: flunk |
(noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: weakness |
falling | (adjective) becoming lower or less in degree or value | - |
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(adjective) decreasing in amount or degree | - |
(adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: dropping |
feeling | (noun) the experiencing of affective and emotional states | - |
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(noun) an intuitive understanding of something | Synonyms: intuitive feeling |
(noun) a physical sensation that you experience | - |
(noun) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | Synonyms: tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation |
(noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, impression, notion, opinion |
(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
fiddling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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filing | (noun) preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. | - |
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(noun) the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object) | - |
(noun) the entering of a legal document into the public record | - |
(noun) a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file | - |
filling | (noun) the act of filling something | - |
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(noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: pick, weft, woof |
(noun) (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth | - |
(noun) a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc. | - |
(noun) flow into something (as a container) | - |
(noun) any material that fills a space or container | Synonyms: fill |
fingerling | (noun) a young or small fish | - |
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fingerspelling | (noun) an alphabet of manual signs | Synonyms: finger spelling |
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fledgeling | (adjective) (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers | Synonyms: fledgling |
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(noun) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying | Synonyms: fledgling |
(noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
fledgling | (adjective) (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers | Synonyms: fledgeling |
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(adjective) young and inexperienced | Synonyms: callow, unfledged |
(noun) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying | Synonyms: fledgeling |
(noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
fling | (noun) a brief indulgence of your impulses | Synonyms: spree |
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(noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, go, offer, pass, whirl |
(noun) the act of flinging | - |
(verb) throw with force or recklessness | - |
(verb) move in an abrupt or headlong manner | - |
(verb) indulge oneself | Synonyms: splurge |
(verb) throw or cast away | Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out |
foiling | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: frustration, thwarting |
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fondling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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fooling | (adjective) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility | Synonyms: casual |
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