| protecting | (adjective) shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort | - |
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| punting | (noun) (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | Synonyms: punt |
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| putting | (noun) hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter | Synonyms: putt |
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| quilting | (noun) a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric | - |
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| (noun) stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design | - |
| radiating | (adjective) diverging from a common point | - |
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| ranting | (noun) a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion | Synonyms: harangue, rant |
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| rating | (noun) act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of | Synonyms: evaluation |
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| (noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: evaluation, valuation |
| (noun) standing or position on a scale | - |
| (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, paygrade |
| ratting | (noun) to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | Synonyms: informing |
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| recasting | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: rephrasing, rewording |
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| recounting | (noun) an act of narration | Synonyms: relation, telling |
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| reflecting | (adjective) causing reflection or having a device that reflects | - |
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| refrigerating | (adjective) causing cooling or freezing | Synonyms: refrigerant |
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| regenerating | (adjective) that are generating anew | - |
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| regulating | (noun) the act of controlling or directing according to rule | Synonyms: regulation |
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| relegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegation |
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| renting | (noun) the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | Synonyms: rental |
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| repeating | (noun) the act of doing or performing again | Synonyms: repetition |
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| reporting | (noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: coverage, reportage |
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| repositing | (noun) depositing in a warehouse | Synonyms: reposition, storage, warehousing |
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| reprinting | (noun) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale | Synonyms: reissue, reprint |
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| resonating | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resounding, reverberating, reverberative |
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| restricting | (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting |
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| reverberating | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberative |
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| reverting | (adjective) tending to return to an earlier state | Synonyms: returning |
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| (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion |
| revolting | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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| rewriting | (noun) editing that involves writing something again | Synonyms: revising |
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| rioting | (noun) a state of disorder involving group violence | Synonyms: riot |
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| riveting | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping |
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| roasting | (noun) cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added) | - |
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| rooting | (noun) the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow | - |
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| rotting | (noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, putrefaction, rot |
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| rusting | (noun) the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water | Synonyms: rust |
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| salting | (noun) the act of adding salt to food | - |
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| scintillating | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, sparkly |
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| (adjective) brilliantly clever | - |
| (adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, sparkly |
| scouting | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring |
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| seating | (noun) the service of ushering people to their seats | - |
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| (noun) an area that includes places where several people can sit | Synonyms: seating area, seating room, seats |
| semiconducting | (adjective) having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors | Synonyms: semiconductive |
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| setting | (noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | Synonyms: mount |
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| (noun) arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted | Synonyms: mise en scene, stage setting |
| (noun) a table service for one person | Synonyms: place setting |
| (noun) the context and environment in which something is set | Synonyms: scene |
| (noun) the physical position of something | - |
| (noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists | Synonyms: background, scope |
| (noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: circumstance, context |
| sexting | (noun) sending sexual messages using a mobile phone or computer | - |
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| sheeting | (noun) fabric from which bed sheets are made | - |
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| shifting | (adjective) (of soil) unstable | Synonyms: unfirm |
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| (adjective) changing position or direction | Synonyms: shifty |
| (adjective) continuously varying | - |
| (noun) the act of moving from one place to another | Synonyms: shift |
| shirting | (noun) any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts | - |
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| shitting | (noun) the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | Synonyms: defecation, laxation |
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| shooting | (noun) the act of firing a projectile | Synonyms: shot |
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| (noun) killing someone by gunfire | - |
| shoplifting | (noun) the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store | Synonyms: shrinkage |
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| shouting | (noun) encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators | Synonyms: cheering |
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| (noun) uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | Synonyms: yelling |
| shutting | (noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: closing |
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| sidesplitting | (adjective) very funny | Synonyms: killing |
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| sifting | (noun) the act of separating grain from chaff | Synonyms: winnow, winnowing |
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| sighting | (noun) the act of observing | - |
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| sitting | (adjective) (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks | Synonyms: seated |
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| (adjective) not moving and therefore easy to attack | - |
| (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position | - |
| (noun) (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) | Synonyms: posing |
| (noun) a session as of a legislature or court | - |
| (noun) a meeting of spiritualists | Synonyms: seance, session |
| skating | (noun) the sport of gliding on skates | - |
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| skirting | (adjective) being all around the edges; enclosing | Synonyms: encircling |
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| skywriting | (noun) writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane | - |
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| slanting | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, sloped, sloping |
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| slating | (noun) the act of laying slates for a roof | - |
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| (noun) a severely critical attack | - |
| (noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing | Synonyms: slate |
| slighting | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory |
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| smarting | (noun) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore | Synonyms: smart, smartness |
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| snorting | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: huffing, puffing |
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| somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| sorting | (noun) grouping by class or kind or size | - |
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| (noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, classification |
| (noun) an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion | Synonyms: sort |
| spitting | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: expectoration, spit |
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| splitting | (adjective) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | Synonyms: rending, ripping |
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| sporting | (adjective) relating to or used in sports | - |
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| (adjective) involving risk or willingness to take a risk | - |
| (adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | Synonyms: clean, sportsmanlike, sporty |
| (adjective) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | Synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated, gambling |
| spotting | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spying |
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| (noun) the act of spotting or staining something | Synonyms: maculation, staining |
| spouting | (adjective) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | Synonyms: jetting, spurting, squirting |
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| sprouting | (noun) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow | Synonyms: germination |
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| spurting | (adjective) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | Synonyms: jetting, spouting, squirting |
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| squatting | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | Synonyms: squat |
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| (noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles | Synonyms: knee bend, squat |
| squinting | (adjective) having eyes half closed in order to see better | Synonyms: squinched |
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| squirting | (adjective) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | Synonyms: jetting, spouting, spurting |
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| starting | (adjective) appropriate to the beginning or start of an event | - |
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| (adjective) (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear | - |
| (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: start |
| stimulating | (adjective) rousing or quickening activity or the senses | - |
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| (adjective) making lively and cheerful | Synonyms: exhilarating |
| (adjective) that stimulates | Synonyms: stimulant |
| sting | (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle |
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| (noun) operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act | Synonyms: sting operation |
| (noun) a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung | Synonyms: stinging |
| (noun) a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | Synonyms: bite, insect bite |
| (noun) a mental pain or distress | Synonyms: pang |
| (verb) saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | Synonyms: stick |
| (verb) deliver a sting to | Synonyms: bite, prick |
| (verb) cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | - |
| (verb) cause a stinging pain | Synonyms: prick, twinge |
| (verb) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | Synonyms: bite, burn |
| stinting | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing |
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| stunting | (noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft | Synonyms: acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying |
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| subordinating | (adjective) serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause | Synonyms: subordinative |
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| substantiating | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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| substituting | (noun) working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | Synonyms: subbing |
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| subtweeting | (noun) the act of tweeting without tagging a user so that they will not see the post | - |
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| suffocating | (adjective) causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | Synonyms: choking, smothering, suffocative |
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| suiting | (noun) a fabric used for suits | - |
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| supplanting | (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | Synonyms: displacement |
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| supporting | (adjective) capable of bearing a structural load | Synonyms: load-bearing |
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| (adjective) furnishing support and encouragement | Synonyms: encouraging |
| (noun) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening | Synonyms: support |
| sweating | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation |
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| tasting | (noun) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | Synonyms: taste |
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| (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring |
| (noun) a small amount (especially of food or wine) | - |
| tatting | (noun) the act or art of making handmade lace | Synonyms: lace making |
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| (noun) needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle | - |
| taunting | (adjective) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking |
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| (noun) aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing | Synonyms: taunt, twit |
| telecasting | (noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | Synonyms: television, TV, video |
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| telecommuting | (noun) employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem | Synonyms: teleworking |
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| telemarketing | (noun) the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | Synonyms: telecommerce, teleselling |
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| tempting | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalising, tantalizing |
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| (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: alluring, beguiling, enticing |
| tenting | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, camping, encampment |
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| testing | (noun) the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works | - |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: examination |
| (noun) an examination of the characteristics of something | - |
| texting | (noun) the act of sending messages via SMS | - |
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| thermosetting | (adjective) having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured | Synonyms: thermoset |
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| thrusting | (noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust |
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| thwarting | (adjective) preventing realization or attainment of a desire | Synonyms: frustrating, frustrative |
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| (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: foiling, frustration |
| tightfitting | (adjective) fitting snugly | Synonyms: skinny, tight-fitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting |
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| ting | (noun) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell | Synonyms: tinkle |
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| (verb) make a light, metallic sound; go `ting' | - |
| (verb) cause to make a ting | - |