acquiring | (noun) the act of acquiring something | Synonyms: getting |
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adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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(adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
airing | (noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | Synonyms: ventilation |
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(noun) a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air | - |
(noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
alluring | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: beguiling, enticing, tempting |
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altering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: fixing, neutering |
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answering | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: respondent |
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appearing | (noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | Synonyms: appearance, coming into court |
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aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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assuring | (adjective) giving confidence | - |
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badgering | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: bedevilment, torment, worrying |
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bantering | (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone | Synonyms: facetious, tongue-in-cheek |
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baring | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: denudation, husking, stripping, uncovering |
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barring | (noun) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | Synonyms: blackball |
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battering | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: banging |
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bearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain | - |
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(noun) a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily | - |
(noun) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield | Synonyms: armorial bearing, charge, heraldic bearing |
(noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: comportment, mien, presence |
(noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: carriage, posture |
(noun) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | Synonyms: aim, heading |
(noun) relevant relation or interconnection | - |
bedspring | (noun) (usually in the plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed | - |
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beleaguering | (noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | Synonyms: besieging, military blockade, siege |
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bettering | (adjective) changing for the better | - |
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bickering | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff |
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bioengineering | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: biotechnology, ergonomics |
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blaring | (adjective) unpleasantly loud and penetrating | Synonyms: blasting |
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(noun) a loud harsh or strident noise | Synonyms: blare, cacophony, clamor, din |
blistering | (adjective) very fast; capable of quick response and great speed | Synonyms: hot, red-hot |
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(adjective) hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters | Synonyms: blistery |
(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
(noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: vesication, vesiculation |
blustering | (adjective) blowing in violent and abrupt bursts | Synonyms: blusterous, blustery |
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boring | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
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(noun) the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | Synonyms: drilling, oil production |
(noun) the act of drilling | Synonyms: drilling |
bowstring | (noun) the string of an archer's bow | - |
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bring | (verb) bring into a different state | Synonyms: land |
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(verb) induce or persuade | - |
(verb) go or come after and bring or take back | Synonyms: convey, fetch, get |
(verb) be accompanied by | - |
(verb) cause to come into a particular state or condition | - |
(verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: make for, play, work, wreak |
(verb) advance or set forth in court | Synonyms: institute |
(verb) attract the attention of | - |
(verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: convey, take |
(verb) be sold for a certain price | Synonyms: bring in, fetch |
(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, contribute, impart, lend |
buccaneering | (noun) hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it | Synonyms: piracy |
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bullring | (noun) a stadium where bullfights take place | - |
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butchering | (noun) the business of a butcher | Synonyms: butchery |
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cantering | (adjective) riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop | - |
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caring | (adjective) feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others | - |
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(noun) a loving feeling | Synonyms: lovingness |
catering | (noun) providing food and services | - |
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censoring | (noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | Synonyms: censorship |
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(noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | Synonyms: censorship, security review |
centering | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centring, snap |
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(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
centring | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centering, snap |
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(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
chattering | (noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chatter |
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(noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chatter |
cheering | (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: comforting, satisfying |
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(noun) encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators | Synonyms: shouting |
cheeseparing | (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: close, near, penny-pinching, skinny |
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childbearing | (adjective) relating to or suitable for childbirth | - |
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(noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: accouchement, childbirth, vaginal birth |
clamoring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry |
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clamouring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry |
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clangoring | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, crash |
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clearing | (noun) the act of freeing from suspicion | - |
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(noun) the act of removing solid particles from a liquid | Synonyms: clarification |
(noun) a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | Synonyms: glade |
clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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coloring | (noun) the act or process of changing the color of something | Synonyms: colouring |
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(noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, colour, colouring |
(noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food | Synonyms: colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring |
colouring | (noun) the act or process of changing the color of something | Synonyms: coloring |
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(noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colour |
(noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food | Synonyms: coloring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring |
comparing | (noun) the act of examining resemblances | Synonyms: comparison |
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concurring | (adjective) being of the same opinion | Synonyms: concordant |
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conjuring | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjury, invocation |
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conquering | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation |
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cooccurring | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous |
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covering | (noun) the act of protecting something by covering it | - |
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(noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, coating |
(noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, masking, screening |
(noun) an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | - |
(noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: cover, natural covering |
curing | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: hardening, set, solidification, solidifying |
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daring | (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | Synonyms: audacious, venturesome, venturous |
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(adjective) radically new or original | Synonyms: avant-garde |
(noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | Synonyms: boldness, hardihood, hardiness |
(noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | Synonyms: dare |
dayspring | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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decentering | (noun) Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others. | Synonyms: decentration |
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despairing | (adjective) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope | Synonyms: desperate |
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devouring | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, esurient, greedy |
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disappearing | (noun) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation | Synonyms: disappearance |
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dithering | (noun) the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color | - |
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doddering | (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age | Synonyms: doddery, gaga, senile |
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domineering | (adjective) tending to domineer | - |
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drawstring | (noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | Synonyms: drawing string, string |
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earring | (noun) jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe | - |
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electioneering | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, political campaign |
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(noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, canvassing |
endearing | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: adorable, lovely |
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enduring | (adjective) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble | Synonyms: long-suffering |
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(adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: abiding, imperishable |
engineering | (noun) the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry | - |
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(noun) a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located | Synonyms: engine room |
(noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Synonyms: applied science, engineering science, technology |
entering | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entrance, entry, incoming, ingress |
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(noun) a movement into or inward | Synonyms: entrance |
erring | (adjective) capable of making an error | Synonyms: error-prone |
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factoring | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factorisation, factorization |
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faltering | (adjective) unsteady in speech or action | - |
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(noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: falter, hesitation, waver |
feathering | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feather |
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festering | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration |
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(noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | Synonyms: maturation, suppuration |
figuring | (noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: calculation, computation, reckoning |
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fingering | (noun) touching something with the fingers | - |
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(noun) the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument | - |
firing | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
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(noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
(noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: discharge, firing off |
(noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: fire |
flaring | (adjective) streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air | Synonyms: aflare |
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flattering | (adjective) showing or representing to advantage | - |
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(adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: adulatory |
flavoring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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flickering | (adjective) shining unsteadily | Synonyms: aflicker |
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flooring | (noun) the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) | Synonyms: floor |
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(noun) building material used in laying floors | - |
flowering | (adjective) when a plant is in a state of possessing one or multiple flowers and/or blooms | - |
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(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, inflorescence |
(noun) a developmental process | Synonyms: unfolding |
fluttering | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flapping, flutter |
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forbearing | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: longanimous |
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forswearing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, renunciation |
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fostering | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fosterage |
foundering | (noun) (of a ship) sinking | Synonyms: going under |
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furring | (noun) strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard | Synonyms: furring strip |
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(noun) a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue | - |
gathering | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assemblage, assembly |
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(noun) the act of gathering something | Synonyms: gather |
(noun) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching | Synonyms: gather |
(noun) a group of persons together in one place | Synonyms: assemblage |
gearing | (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gear, geartrain, power train, train |
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glaring | (adjective) shining intensely | Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary |
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(adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, gross, rank |
glimmering | (noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding | Synonyms: glimmer, inkling, intimation |
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glistering | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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glittering | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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glowering | (adjective) showing a brooding ill humor | Synonyms: dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen |
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gossipmongering | (noun) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | Synonyms: gossiping |
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hairspring | (noun) a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece | - |
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hammering | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, pound, pounding |
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