tripling | (noun) increase by a factor of three | - |
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trolling | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: troll |
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troubling | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, worrisome, worrying |
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truckling | (noun) the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons) | - |
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tumbling | (noun) the gymnastic moves of an acrobat | Synonyms: acrobatics |
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twinkling | (adjective) shining intermittently with a sparkling light | - |
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(noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, wink |
unappealing | (adjective) not able to attract favorable attention | - |
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(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings | Synonyms: unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic |
unavailing | (adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: futile, ineffectual, meaningless, otiose |
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underling | (noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary |
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unfailing | (adjective) tireless | Synonyms: unflagging |
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(adjective) always able to supply more | - |
(adjective) not liable to failure | Synonyms: foolproof |
unfeeling | (adjective) devoid of feeling or sensation | - |
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(adjective) devoid of feeling for others | Synonyms: hardhearted, stonyhearted |
unsmiling | (adjective) not smiling | - |
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unsnarling | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: disentanglement, extrication, untangling |
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untangling | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling |
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unveiling | (noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching |
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(noun) putting on display for the first time | - |
unwilling | (adjective) not disposed to and refusing to do something | - |
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(adjective) in spite of contrary volition | - |
veiling | (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, netting |
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vetchling | (noun) any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils | - |
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wailing | (adjective) vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | Synonyms: lamenting, wailful |
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(noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: bawling |
wangling | (noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | Synonyms: wangle |
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weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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wheedling | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: blandishment |
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wheeling | (noun) propelling something on wheels | Synonyms: rolling |
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whirling | (noun) the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | Synonyms: gyration |
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whistling | (noun) the act of whistling a tune | - |
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(noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistle |
(noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistle |
willing | (adjective) disposed or inclined toward | - |
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(adjective) not brought about by coercion or force | Synonyms: uncoerced, unforced |
(noun) the act of making a choice | Synonyms: volition |
wobbling | (adjective) (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily | - |
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worldling | (noun) a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world | - |
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(noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthling, earthman, tellurian |
wrangling | (noun) an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) | Synonyms: haggle, haggling, wrangle |
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wrestling | (noun) the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | Synonyms: grappling, rassling |
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(noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle |
wriggling | (adjective) moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | Synonyms: wiggly, wriggly, writhing |
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yearling | (noun) an animal in its second year | - |
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(noun) a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth | - |
(noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: bambino, toddler, tot |
yelling | (noun) uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | Synonyms: shouting |
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yodeling | (noun) singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto | - |
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