| hamstring | (noun) one of the tendons at the back of the knee | Synonyms: hamstring tendon |
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| (verb) cripple by cutting the hamstring | - |
| (verb) make ineffective or powerless | - |
| handspring | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again | - |
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| hankering | (noun) a yearning for something or to do something | Synonyms: yen |
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| headspring | (noun) the source of water from which a stream arises | Synonyms: fountainhead, head |
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| hearing | (adjective) able to perceive sound | - |
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| (noun) the act of hearing attentively | Synonyms: listening |
| (noun) (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence | - |
| (noun) the ability to hear; the auditory faculty | Synonyms: audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing |
| (noun) a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken | - |
| (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, earshot |
| (noun) an opportunity to state your case and be heard | Synonyms: audience |
| herring | (noun) commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | Synonyms: Clupea harangus |
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| (noun) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled | - |
| hindering | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: clogging, impeding, obstructive |
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| hollering | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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| honoring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honouring, observance |
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| honouring | (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, observance |
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| humoring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humouring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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| humouring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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| imploring | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, pleading |
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| incurring | (noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable) | - |
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| ingathering | (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, solicitation |
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| inpouring | (adjective) pouring inward | - |
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| (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpour, inrush |
| inquiring | (adjective) given to inquiry | - |
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| (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: questioning |
| inspiring | (adjective) stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
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| interfering | (adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | Synonyms: busy, busybodied, meddlesome, meddling, officious |
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| jabbering | (noun) rapid and indistinct speech | Synonyms: gabble, jabber |
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| jarring | (adjective) making or causing a harsh and irritating sound | - |
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| jeering | (adjective) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, mocking, taunting |
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| (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, mockery, scoff, scoffing |
| jittering | (adjective) undergoing small rapid variations | - |
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| laboring | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, labouring, toiling |
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| labouring | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, laboring, toiling |
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| latchstring | (noun) opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside | - |
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| laundering | (noun) washing clothes and bed linens | - |
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| lecturing | (noun) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) | Synonyms: lecture |
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| leering | (adjective) showing sly or knowing malice in a glance | - |
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| (adjective) (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious | - |
| lettering | (noun) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something | Synonyms: inscription |
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| lingering | (noun) the act of tarrying | Synonyms: tarriance |
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| lockring | (noun) washer that prevents a nut from loosening | Synonyms: lock ring, lock washer |
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| lowering | (adjective) darkened by clouds | Synonyms: heavy, sullen, threatening |
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| (noun) the act of causing to become less | - |
| (noun) the act of causing something to move to a lower level | Synonyms: letting down |
| lumbering | (adjective) slow and laborious because of weight | Synonyms: heavy, ponderous |
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| (noun) the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber | - |
| mainspring | (noun) the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism | - |
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| malingering | (noun) evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated | Synonyms: skulking |
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| manufacturing | (noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | Synonyms: fabrication, manufacture |
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| mastering | (noun) the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made | - |
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| (noun) becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of | - |
| meandering | (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: rambling, wandering, winding |
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| measuring | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measurement, mensuration |
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| monitoring | (noun) the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it) | - |
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| mooring | (noun) (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place | Synonyms: mooring line |
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| (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, moorage, slip |
| motoring | (noun) the act of driving an automobile | - |
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| mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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| murmuring | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: susurrant, whispering |
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| (noun) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, murmur, mutter, muttering |
| (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | Synonyms: murmur, murmuration, mussitation, mutter, muttering |
| muttering | (noun) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter |
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| (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | Synonyms: murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitation, mutter |
| neighboring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighbouring |
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| neighbouring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring |
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| neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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| newspapering | (noun) journalism practiced for the newspapers | - |
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| nonbearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own | - |
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| nonflowering | (adjective) without flower or bloom and not producing seeds | Synonyms: flowerless |
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| numbering | (noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: enumeration |
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| offering | (noun) the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity | Synonyms: oblation |
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| (noun) something offered (as a proposal or bid) | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) the verbal act of offering | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes | - |
| offspring | (noun) any immature animal | Synonyms: young |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
| (noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, progeny |
| ordering | (noun) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement | Synonyms: order |
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| (noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | Synonyms: order, ordination |
| outpouring | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, overflow |
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| (noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught |
| (noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, run |
| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, gush |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, spring |
| overbearing | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, dictatorial |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| overpowering | (adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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| pairing | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) the act of grouping things or people in pairs | - |
| paltering | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: fibbing |
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| pampering | (adjective) gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires | - |
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| (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, indulging |
| papering | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanging |
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| paring | (noun) (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel | - |
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| (noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | Synonyms: shaving, sliver |
| persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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| pestering | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| picturing | (noun) visual representation as by photography or painting | Synonyms: pictorial representation |
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| (noun) visual imagery | Synonyms: envisioning |
| plastering | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: daubing |
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| plundering | (adjective) given to taking by force what is desired | - |
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| (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillage, pillaging |
| pondering | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative |
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| posturing | (noun) adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
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| pouring | (adjective) flowing profusely | Synonyms: gushing |
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| prospering | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| quartering | (noun) dividing into four equal parts | - |
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| (noun) living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) | - |
| (noun) a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages | - |
| quavering | (adjective) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | Synonyms: tremulous |
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| quivering | (noun) the act of vibrating | Synonyms: quiver, vibration |
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| (noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration |
| racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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| raring | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: impatient |
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| rearing | (adjective) rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | Synonyms: rampant |
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| (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, upbringing |
| (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, raising |
| reassuring | (adjective) restoring confidence and relieving anxiety | - |
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| reconnoitering | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitring, scouting |
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| reconnoitring | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitering, scouting |
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| recovering | (adjective) returning to health after illness or debility | Synonyms: convalescent |
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| recurring | (adjective) coming back | Synonyms: revenant |
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| rehearing | (noun) the act of hearing again | Synonyms: relistening |
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| remembering | (noun) the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered | Synonyms: memory |
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| rendering | (noun) giving in acknowledgment of obligation | - |
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| (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: interpretation, rendition |
| (noun) perspective drawing of an architect's design | - |
| (noun) a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall | - |
| (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendition |
| (noun) a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. | Synonyms: rendition |
| (noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | Synonyms: interlingual rendition, translation, version |
| reordering | (noun) a rearrangement in a different order | - |
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| retiring | (adjective) not arrogant or presuming | Synonyms: unassuming |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, preceding |
| (adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself | Synonyms: reticent, self-effacing |
| ring | (noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: band |
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| (noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: band |
| (noun) a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling | Synonyms: hoop |
| (noun) a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle | - |
| (noun) a characteristic sound | - |
| (noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ringing, tintinnabulation |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, mob, pack |
| (noun) (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop | Synonyms: closed chain |
| (noun) a toroidal shape | Synonyms: anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo |
| (verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call, call up, phone, telephone |
| (verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: band |
| (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, skirt, surround |
| (verb) sound loudly and sonorously | Synonyms: peal |
| (verb) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification | Synonyms: knell |
| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, resound, reverberate |
| roaring | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving |
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| (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, yowl |
| (noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: boom, roar, thunder |
| (adverb) extremely | - |
| savoring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savouring, tasting |
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| savouring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, tasting |
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| scandalmongering | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: sensationalistic, yellow |
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| (noun) spreading malicious gossip | - |
| scattering | (noun) the act of scattering | Synonyms: scatter, strewing |
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| (noun) spreading widely or driving off | Synonyms: dispersion |
| (noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
| (noun) the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions | - |
| (noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly | Synonyms: sprinkling |
| scoring | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, marking |
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| scouring | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scrub, scrubbing |
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| (noun) moving over territory to search for something | - |
| seafaring | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seagoing |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, sailing |
| (noun) travel by water | Synonyms: water travel |
| searing | (adjective) severely critical | - |
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| severing | (noun) the act of severing | Synonyms: severance |
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