ting: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ting
- beating«Word Popularity Bar5/5
beating
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
whipping.
- noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
trouncing; whacking; drubbing; thrashing; licking; lacing.
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
- reflecting5/5
reflecting
- adjective satellite causing reflection or having a device that reflects
- a reflecting microscope
- verb manifest or bring back
reflect.
- This action reflects his true beliefs
- adjective satellite causing reflection or having a device that reflects
- writing5/5
writing
- noun the act of creating written works
authorship; penning; composition.
- writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
- noun the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
written material; piece of writing.
- the writing in her novels is excellent
- that editorial was a fine piece of writing
- noun the act of creating written works
- getting5/5
getting
- noun the act of acquiring something
acquiring.
- I envied his talent for acquiring
- he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
- verb come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
acquire; get.
- She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
- They acquired a new pet
- Get your results the next day
- Get permission to take a few days off from work
- noun the act of acquiring something
- meeting5/5
meeting
- noun a formally arranged gathering
group meeting.
- next year the meeting will be in Chicago
- the meeting elected a chairperson
- noun a small informal social gathering
get together.
- there was an informal meeting in my living room
- noun a formally arranged gathering
- setting5/5
setting
- noun the context and environment in which something is set
scene.
- the perfect setting for a ghost story
- noun the state of the environment in which a situation exists
scope; background.
- you can't do that in a university setting
- noun the context and environment in which something is set
- operating5/5
operating
- adjective involved in a kind of operation
- the operating conditions of the oxidation pond
- verb direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
operate; run.
- She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
- adjective involved in a kind of operation
- starting5/5
starting
- noun a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
start.
- he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital
- his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down; commence.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- noun a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- resulting5/5
result
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
effect; consequence; upshot; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
answer; solvent; resolution; solution.
- they were trying to find a peaceful solution
- the answers were in the back of the book
- he computed the result to four decimal places
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- putting5/5
putting
- noun hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet"
putt.
- his putting let him down today
- verb put into a certain place or abstract location
set; pose; place; lay; put; position.
- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
- noun hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet"
- reporting5/5
reporting
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reportage; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account; describe.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- shooting5/5
shooting
- noun the act of firing a projectile
shot.
- his shooting was slow but accurate
- noun killing someone by gunfire
- when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies
- noun the act of firing a projectile
- computing5/5
computing
- noun the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
computer science.
- noun the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
calculation; computation.
- noun the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
- treating5/5
treat
- noun something considered choice to eat
goody; kickshaw; delicacy; dainty.
- noun an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
- noun something considered choice to eat
- conducting5/5
conducting
- noun the way of administering a business
- noun the direction of an orchestra or choir
- he does not use a baton for conducting
- noun the way of administering a business
- completing5/5
completing
- adjective satellite acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
complemental; complementary.
- verb come or bring to a finish or an end; others finished in over 4 hours"
finish; complete.
- He finished the dishes
- She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree
- The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours
- adjective satellite acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
- repeating5/5
repeating
- noun the act of doing or performing again
repetition.
- verb to say, state, or perform again
reiterate; repeat; ingeminate; retell; restate; iterate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- noun the act of doing or performing again
- creating5/5
create
- verb make or cause to be or to become
make.
- make a mess in one's office
- create a furor
- verb bring into existence
- The company was created 25 years ago
- He created a new movement in painting
- verb make or cause to be or to become
- waiting5/5
waiting
- noun the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
wait.
- the wait was an ordeal for him
- verb stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
wait.
- I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets
- noun the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
- sitting5/5
sitting
- noun (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
posing.
- he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting
- noun the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
- he read the mystery at one sitting
- noun (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
- marketing5/5
marketing
- noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
selling; merchandising.
- noun the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service
- most companies have a manager in charge of marketing
- noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
- acting5/5
acting
- noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
performing; playacting; playing.
- verb perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
move; act.
- think before you act
- We must move quickly
- The governor should act on the new energy bill
- The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
- noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
- accounting5/5
accounting
- noun a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
- he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions
- noun a system that provides quantitative information about finances
- noun a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
- supporting5/5
supporting
- noun the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
support.
- he leaned against the wall for support
- verb give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
support; back up.
- She supported him during the illness
- Her children always backed her up
- noun the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- cutting5/5
cutting
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
film editing.
- noun a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
slip.
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- representing5/5
represent
- verb take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
correspond; stand for.
- Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; typify; symbolize; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- hunting5/5
hunting
- noun the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
hunt.
- noun the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
search; hunt.
- noun the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- suggesting5/5
suggest
- verb make a proposal, declare a plan for something
propose; advise.
- the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax
- verb drop a hint; intimate by a hint
hint.
- verb make a proposal, declare a plan for something
- indicating5/5
indicate
- verb be a signal for or a symptom of
bespeak; signal; betoken; point.
- These symptoms indicate a serious illness
- Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
- The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
- verb indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
show; designate; point.
- I showed the customer the glove section
- He pointed to the empty parking space
- he indicated his opponents
- verb be a signal for or a symptom of
- pointing5/5
point
- noun a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a point is defined by its coordinates
- noun the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
- noun a geometric element that has position but no extension
- promoting5/5
promote
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
advance; upgrade; kick upstairs; elevate; raise.
- John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
- Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
- I got promoted after many years of hard work
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- listing5/5
listing
- noun a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
list.
- noun the act of making a list of items
itemisation; itemization.
- noun a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- visiting5/5
visiting
- noun the activity of making visits
- the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services
- verb go to see a place, as for entertainment
see; visit.
- We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning
- noun the activity of making visits
- affecting5/5
affecting
- adjective satellite arousing affect
poignant; touching.
- the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene
- poignant grief cannot endure forever
- his gratitude was simple and touching
- verb have an effect upon
impact; touch on; bear upon; bear on; touch; affect.
- Will the new rules affect me?
- adjective satellite arousing affect
- presenting5/5
present
- noun the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
nowadays.
- that is enough for the present
- he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow
- noun something presented as a gift
- his tie was a present from his wife
- noun the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
- rating5/5
rating
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
valuation; evaluation.
- he set a high valuation on friendship
- noun act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
evaluation.
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
- floating5/5
floating
- noun the act of someone who floats on the water
natation.
- verb be in motion due to some air or water current
blow; be adrift; float; drift.
- The leaves were blowing in the wind
- the boat drifted on the lake
- The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
- the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
- noun the act of someone who floats on the water
- exciting5/5
exciting
- adjective creating or arousing excitement
- an exciting account of her trip
- verb arouse or elicit a feeling
excite.
- adjective creating or arousing excitement
- implementing5/5
implement
- noun instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
- verb apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design
- implement a procedure
- noun instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
- shifting5/5
shifting
- noun the act of moving from one place to another
shift.
- his constant shifting disrupted the class
- verb make a shift in or exchange of; then we switched"
shift; switch; change over.
- First Joe led
- noun the act of moving from one place to another
- heating5/5
heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
warming.
- noun utility to warm a building
heating system; heat; heating plant.
- the heating system wasn't working
- they have radiant heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
- generating5/5
generate
- verb bring into existence
bring forth.
- The new manager generated a lot of problems
- The computer bug generated chaos in the office
- The computer generated this image
- The earthquake generated a tsunami
- verb give or supply
return; yield; render; give.
- The cow brings in 5 liters of milk
- This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
- The estate renders some revenue for the family
- verb bring into existence
- editing5/5
editing
- noun putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
redaction.
- verb prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
edit; redact.
- Edit a book on lexical semantics
- she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages
- noun putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
- connecting5/5
connect
- verb connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
tie; link; link up.
- Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
- Tie the ropes together
- Link arms
- verb make a logical or causal connection
tie in; associate; relate; colligate; link; link up.
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all
- verb connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- participating5/5
participating
- adjective satellite taking part in an activity
active.
- an active member of the club
- he was politically active
- the participating organizations
- verb share in something
take part; participate.
- adjective satellite taking part in an activity
- counting5/5
counting
- noun the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
count; tally; enumeration; reckoning; numeration.
- the counting continued for several hours
- verb determine the number or amount of
count; numerate; number; enumerate.
- Can you count the books on your shelf?
- Count your change
- noun the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- contributing5/5
contributing
- adjective satellite tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
contributive; tributary; contributory; conducive.
- working conditions are not conducive to productivity
- the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city
- a contributory factor
- verb bestow a quality on
lend; contribute; add; bring; bestow; impart.
- Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
- The music added a lot to the play
- She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
- This adds a light note to the program
- adjective satellite tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
- expecting5/5
expect
- verb regard something as probable or likely
anticipate.
- The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
- verb consider obligatory; request and expect
ask; require.
- We require our secretary to be on time
- Aren't we asking too much of these children?
- I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons
- verb regard something as probable or likely
- casting5/5
casting
- noun object formed by a mold
cast.
- noun the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
molding.
- noun object formed by a mold
- interpreting5/5
interpreting
- noun an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
rendition; interpretation; rendering.
- the edict was subject to many interpretations
- he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables
- often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning
- verb make sense of; assign a meaning to
see; interpret; construe.
- What message do you see in this letter?
- How do you interpret his behavior?
- noun an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- lifting5/5
lift
- noun the act of giving temporary assistance
- noun the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
aerodynamic lift.
- noun the act of giving temporary assistance
- communicating5/5
communicating
- noun the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
communication.
- they could not act without official communication from Moscow
- verb transmit information
put across; pass along; communicate; pass on; pass.
- Please communicate this message to all employees
- pass along the good news
- noun the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- contracting5/5
contracting
- noun becoming infected
catching.
- catching cold is sometimes unavoidable
- the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic
- verb enter into a contractual arrangement
undertake; contract.
- noun becoming infected
- adopting5/5
adopt
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
follow; espouse.
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
- verb take up and practice as one's own
take over; take up; borrow.
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- melting5/5
melting
- noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
thaw; melt; thawing.
- the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
- the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
- verb reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
melt down; run; melt.
- melt butter
- melt down gold
- The wax melted in the sun
- noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- shouting5/5
shouting
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
cheering.
- it's all over but the shouting
- noun uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
yelling.
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
- integrating5/5
integrating
- noun the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
desegregation; integration.
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate; incorporate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- noun the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
- existing5/5
existing
- adjective satellite presently existing
- the existing system
- verb have an existence, be extant
be; exist.
- Is there a God?
- adjective satellite presently existing
- interesting5/5
interesting
- adjective arousing or holding the attention
- verb excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
interest.
- adjective arousing or holding the attention
- testing5/5
testing
- noun the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
- they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons
- noun an examination of the characteristics of something
- there are laboratories for commercial testing
- it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
- noun the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
- fighting5/5
fighting
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; combat; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- verb be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
contend; struggle; fight.
- the tribesmen fought each other
- Siblings are always fighting
- Militant groups are contending for control of the country
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
- eating5/5
eating
- noun the act of consuming food
feeding.
- verb take in solid food
eat.
- She was eating a banana
- What did you eat for dinner last night?
- noun the act of consuming food
- painting5/5
painting
- noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
picture.
- a small painting by Picasso
- he bought the painting as an investment
- his pictures hang in the Louvre
- noun creating a picture with paints
- he studied painting and sculpture for many years
- noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
- relating5/5
relate
- verb make a logical or causal connection
tie in; associate; colligate; link; connect; link up.
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all
- verb be relevant to
touch on; pertain; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb make a logical or causal connection
- printing5/5
printing
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- noun the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- voting5/5
voting
- noun a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
vote; ballot; balloting.
- there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion
- they allowed just one vote per person
- verb express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
vote.
- He voted for the motion
- None of the Democrats voted last night
- noun a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- attempting5/5
attempt
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; effort; endeavor; endeavour.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun the act of attacking
attack.
- attacks on women increased last year
- they made an attempt on his life
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- consisting5/5
consist
- verb originate (in)
dwell; lie in; lie.
- The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
- verb have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in
- The payment consists in food
- What does love consist in?
- verb originate (in)
- wanting5/5
wanting
- adjective satellite nonexistent
absent; lacking; missing.
- the thumb is absent
- her appetite was lacking
- verb feel or have a desire for; want strongly
desire; want.
- I want to go home now
- I want my own room
- adjective satellite nonexistent
- letting5/5
letting
- noun property that is leased or rented out or let
rental; lease.
- verb make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
let; allow; permit.
- This permits the water to rush in
- This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement
- This will permit the rain to run off
- noun property that is leased or rented out or let
- protecting5/5
protecting
- adjective satellite shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort
- the protecting blanket of snow
- a protecting alibi
- verb shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
protect.
- Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain
- adjective satellite shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort
- competing5/5
compete
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
contend; vie.
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- evaluating5/5
evaluate
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
measure; value; assess; valuate; appraise.
- I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
- access all the factors when taking a risk
- verb form a critical opinion of
judge; pass judgment.
- I cannot judge some works of modern art
- How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- lighting5/5
lighting
- noun having abundant light or illumination
light.
- they played as long as it was light
- as long as the lighting was good
- noun apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
- noun having abundant light or illumination
- accepting5/5
accepting
- adjective satellite tolerating without protest
- always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates
- the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting
- verb consider or hold as true
accept.
- I cannot accept the dogma of this church
- accept an argument
- adjective satellite tolerating without protest
- collecting5/5
collecting
- noun the act of gathering something together
assembling; aggregation; collection.
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- noun the act of gathering something together
- limiting5/5
limiting
- noun the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
modification; qualifying.
- verb place limits on (extent or access)
throttle; bound; restrict; trammel; restrain; limit; confine.
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
- noun the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
- preventing5/5
prevent
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
forbid; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
keep.
- We must prevent the cancer from spreading
- His snoring kept me from falling asleep
- Keep the child from eating the marbles
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- resting5/5
rest
- noun something left after other parts have been taken away
residue; residuum; residual; balance; remainder.
- there was no remainder
- he threw away the rest
- he took what he wanted and I got the balance
- noun freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
ease; repose; relaxation.
- took his repose by the swimming pool
- noun something left after other parts have been taken away
- fitting5/5
fitting
- noun making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
adjustment; accommodation.
- noun a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
- noun making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- noting5/5
note
- noun a brief written record
- he made a note of the appointment
- noun a short personal letter
line; billet; short letter.
- drop me a line when you get there
- noun a brief written record
- stating5/5
state
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
province.
- his state is in the deep south
- noun the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the current state of knowledge
- his state of health
- in a weak financial state
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- routing5/5
rout
- noun a disorderly crowd of people
rabble; mob.
- noun an overwhelming defeat
- noun a disorderly crowd of people
- broadcasting5/5
broadcasting
- noun a medium that disseminates via telecommunications
broadcast medium.
- noun taking part in a radio or tv program
- noun a medium that disseminates via telecommunications
- constructing5/5
construct
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
concept; conception.
- verb make by combining materials and parts
make; build.
- this little pig made his house out of straw
- Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- negotiating5/5
negotiate
- verb discuss the terms of an arrangement
talk terms; negociate.
- They negotiated the sale of the house
- verb succeed in passing through, around, or over
negociate.
- The hiker negociated the high mountain pass
- verb discuss the terms of an arrangement
- demonstrating5/5
demonstrate
- verb give an exhibition of to an interested audience
exhibit; demo; present; show.
- She shows her dogs frequently
- We will demo the new software in Washington
- verb establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
shew; show; establish; prove.
- The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
- The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
- verb give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- calculating5/5
calculating
- adjective satellite used of persons
scheming; conniving; calculative; shrewd.
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; calculate; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
- adjective satellite used of persons
- investing5/5
investing
- noun the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
investment.
- verb make an investment
put; invest; place; commit.
- Put money into bonds
- noun the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
- planting5/5
planting
- noun the act of fixing firmly in place
- he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway
- noun a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area
- the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner
- noun the act of fixing firmly in place
- investigating5/5
investigating
- noun the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
investigation.
- verb investigate scientifically
investigate; look into.
- Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese
- noun the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
- selecting5/5
select
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
pick out; choose; take.
- Take any one of these cards
- Choose a good husband for your daughter
- She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
- adjective satellite of superior grade
prime; quality; prize; choice.
- choice wines
- prime beef
- prize carnations
- quality paper
- select peaches
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- dating5/5
dating
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
geological dating.
- verb go on a date with
date.
- Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
- lasting5/5
lasting
- adjective continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
permanent.
- permanent secretary to the president
- permanent address
- literature of permanent value
- verb persist for a specified period of time
last; endure.
- The bad weather lasted for three days
- adjective continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
- consulting5/5
consult
- verb get or ask advice from
confer with.
- Consult your local broker
- They had to consult before arriving at a decision
- verb seek information from
refer; look up.
- You should consult the dictionary
- refer to your notes
- verb get or ask advice from
- conflicting5/5
conflicting
- adjective satellite in disagreement
self-contradictory; contradictory; at odds.
- the figures are at odds with our findings
- contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley
- verb be in conflict
conflict.
- The two proposals conflict!
- adjective satellite in disagreement
- fascinating5/5
fascinating
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
absorbing; riveting; engrossing; gripping.
- a fascinating story
- verb cause to be interested or curious
intrigue; fascinate.
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
- projecting4/5
projecting
- adjective satellite extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
sticking; jutting; protruding; relieved; sticking out; projected.
- the jutting limb of a tree
- massive projected buttresses
- his protruding ribs
- a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck
- verb communicate vividly
project.
- He projected his feelings
- adjective satellite extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
- hurting4/5
hurting
- noun a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
pain.
- the patient developed severe pain and distension
- verb be the source of pain
ache; smart; hurt.
- noun a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
- denoting4/5
denote
- verb be a sign or indication of
- Her smile denoted that she agreed
- verb have as a meaning
refer.
- `multi-' denotes `many'
- verb be a sign or indication of
- hitting4/5
hitting
- noun the act of contacting one thing with another
hit; striking.
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
- after three misses she finally got a hit
- verb cause to move by striking
hit.
- hit a ball
- noun the act of contacting one thing with another
- directing4/5
directing
- adjective satellite showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
guiding; directive; directional.
- felt his mother's directing arm around him
- the directional role of science on industrial progress
- verb command with authority
direct.
- He directed the children to do their homework
- adjective satellite showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
- splitting4/5
splitting
- adjective satellite resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
rending; ripping.
- the tree split with a great ripping sound
- heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward
- verb separate into parts or portions
divide; separate; split up; split; carve up; dissever.
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- adjective satellite resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
- illustrating4/5
illustrate
- verb clarify by giving an example of
exemplify; instance.
- verb depict with an illustration
- verb clarify by giving an example of
- biting4/5
biting
- adjective satellite capable of wounding
barbed; pungent; nipping; mordacious.
- a barbed compliment
- a biting aphorism
- pungent satire
- verb to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
bite; seize with teeth.
- Gunny invariably tried to bite her
- adjective satellite capable of wounding
- posting4/5
posting
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
notice; placard; poster; bill; card.
- a poster advertised the coming attractions
- noun (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records
- the posting was made in the cash account
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- bursting4/5
burst
- noun the act of exploding or bursting
explosion.
- the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
- the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
- noun rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
fusillade; volley; salvo.
- our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
- noun the act of exploding or bursting
- anticipating4/5
anticipate
- verb regard something as probable or likely
expect.
- The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
- verb act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
forestall; counter; foresee.
- verb regard something as probable or likely
- sting4/5
sting
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
stinging.
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
- noun a mental pain or distress
pang.
- a pang of conscience
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- grating4/5
grating
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
grate.
- noun a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
grate.
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- activating4/5
activating
- noun the activity of causing to have energy and be active
energizing; activation.
- verb put in motion or move to act
activate; touch off; trigger off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
- noun the activity of causing to have energy and be active
- terminating4/5
terminate
- verb bring to an end or halt
end.
- She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
- The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
- verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
stop; cease; finish; end.
- the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
- Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
- My property ends by the bushes
- The symphony ends in a pianissimo
- verb bring to an end or halt
- panting4/5
panting
- noun breathing heavily (as after exertion)
heaving.
- noun any fabric used to make trousers
trousering.
- noun breathing heavily (as after exertion)
- interrupting4/5
interrupt
- noun a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
- verb make a break in
cut off; disrupt; break up.
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
- noun a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
- contacting4/5
contact
- noun close interaction
- they kept in daily contact
- they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings
- noun the act of touching physically
physical contact.
- her fingers came in contact with the light switch
- noun close interaction
- emitting4/5
emit
- verb expel (gases or odors)
breathe; pass off.
- verb give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
give out; give off.
- The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits
- verb expel (gases or odors)
- separating4/5
separate
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
offprint; reprint.
- noun a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- stimulating4/5
stimulating
- adjective rousing or quickening activity or the senses
- a stimulating discussion
- verb act as a stimulant
excite; stimulate.
- The book stimulated her imagination
- This play stimulates
- adjective rousing or quickening activity or the senses
- eliminating4/5
eliminate
- verb terminate, end, or take out
extinguish; get rid of; do away with.
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
- verb do away with
rid of; obviate.
- verb terminate, end, or take out
- adjusting4/5
adjust
- verb alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
set; correct.
- Adjust the clock, please
- correct the alignment of the front wheels
- verb place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
line up; align; aline.
- align the car with the curb
- align the sheets of paper on the table
- verb alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- citing4/5
cite
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
acknowledgment; reference; mention; citation; credit; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- verb make reference to
name; bring up; advert; mention; refer.
- His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- mounting4/5
mounting
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climbing; climb.
- noun framework used for support or display
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- converting4/5
convert
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
change over.
- We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- awaiting4/5
await
- verb look forward to the probable occurrence of
expect; wait; look.
- We were expecting a visit from our relatives
- She is looking to a promotion
- he is waiting to be drafted
- verb look forward to the probable occurrence of
- facilitating4/5
facilitate
- verb make easier
ease; alleviate.
- you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
- verb be of use
help.
- This will help to prevent accidents
- verb make easier
- formatting4/5
formatting
- noun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
data formatting; data format; format.
- verb set (printed matter) into a specific format
arrange; format.
- Format this letter so it can be printed out
- noun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
- circulating4/5
circulating
- adjective satellite passing from one to another
- circulating bills and coins
- verb become widely known and passed on
spread; go around; circulate.
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
- adjective satellite passing from one to another
- executing4/5
executing
- noun putting a condemned person to death
execution; death penalty; capital punishment.
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
execute; put to death.
- In some states, criminals are executed
- noun putting a condemned person to death
- detecting4/5
detecting
- noun a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
detection; sleuthing; detective work.
- detection is hard on the feet
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
notice; observe; detect; find; discover.
- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
- noun a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
- substituting4/5
substituting
- noun working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
subbing.
- verb put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
interchange; exchange; substitute; replace.
- the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
- substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
- synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
- noun working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
- alternating4/5
alternating
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- alternating current
- verb go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
jump; alternate.
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- concentrating4/5
concentrate
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
dressed ore.
- noun a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- locating4/5
locating
- noun the act of putting something in a certain place
emplacement; placement; positioning; location; position.
- noun a determination of the place where something is
localisation; fix; location; localization.
- he got a good fix on the target
- noun the act of putting something in a certain place
- originating4/5
originate
- verb come into existence; take on form or shape
develop; rise; uprise; spring up; arise; grow.
- A new religious movement originated in that country
- a love that sprang up from friendship
- the idea for the book grew out of a short story
- An interesting phenomenon uprose
- verb bring into being
initiate; start.
- He initiated a new program
- Start a foundation
- verb come into existence; take on form or shape
- celebrating4/5
celebrate
- verb behave as expected during of holidays or rites
observe; keep.
- Keep the commandments
- celebrate Christmas
- Observe Yom Kippur
- verb have a celebration
fete.
- They were feting the patriarch of the family
- After the exam, the students were celebrating
- verb behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- translating4/5
translate
- verb restate (words) from one language into another language
render; interpret.
- I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.
- Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?
- She rendered the French poem into English
- He translates for the U.N.
- verb change from one form or medium into another
transform.
- Braque translated collage into oil
- verb restate (words) from one language into another language
- footing4/5
footing
- noun status with respect to the relations between people or groups
terms.
- on good terms with her in-laws
- on a friendly footing
- noun a relation that provides the foundation for something
ground; basis.
- they were on a friendly footing
- he worked on an interim basis
- noun status with respect to the relations between people or groups
- inserting4/5
insert
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- noun an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
inset.
- noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- initiating4/5
initiate
- noun someone new to a field or activity
tyro; novice; beginner; tiro.
- noun someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
savant; pundit; learned person.
- noun someone new to a field or activity
- parting4/5
parting
- noun the act of departing politely
leave; farewell; leave-taking.
- he disliked long farewells
- he took his leave
- parting is such sweet sorrow
- noun a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
part.
- his part was right in the middle
- noun the act of departing politely
- mating4/5
mating
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
coupling; union; sexual union; pairing; conjugation.
- the casual couplings of adolescents
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
pair; couple; mate; copulate.
- Birds mate in the Spring
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- adapting4/5
adapt
- verb make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate.
- Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
- verb adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
conform; adjust.
- We must adjust to the bad economic situation
- verb make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- updating4/5
updating
- noun the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)
- criminal records need regular updating
- verb modernize or bring up to date
update.
- We updated the kitchen in the old house
- noun the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)
- restricting4/5
restricting
- adjective satellite restricting the scope or freedom of action
constraining; constrictive; confining; limiting.
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curtail; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- adjective satellite restricting the scope or freedom of action
- correcting4/5
correct
- verb make right or correct
right; rectify.
- Correct the mistakes
- rectify the calculation
- verb make reparations or amends for
compensate; right; redress.
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
- verb make right or correct
- twisting4/5
twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
straining; overrefinement; torture; distortion.
- noun the act of rotating rapidly
twist; whirl; spin; twirl.
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- drifting4/5
drifting
- noun aimless wandering from place to place
- verb be in motion due to some air or water current
blow; be adrift; float; drift.
- The leaves were blowing in the wind
- the boat drifted on the lake
- The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
- the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
- noun aimless wandering from place to place
- exporting4/5
exporting
- noun the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
exportation.
- verb sell or transfer abroad
export.
- we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance
- noun the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
- transmitting4/5
transmitting
- noun the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
transmission; transmittal.
- verb transfer to another
transmit; communicate; convey.
- communicate a disease
- noun the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
- importing4/5
importing
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
importation.
- verb bring in from abroad
import.
- noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
- illuminating4/5
illuminating
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
informative; enlightening.
- an enlightening glimpse of government in action
- an illuminating lecture
- verb make lighter or brighter
light; illuminate; illumine; light up; illume.
- This lamp lightens the room a bit
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- motivating4/5
motivating
- noun the act of motivating; providing incentive
motivation.
- verb give an incentive for action
motivate; prompt; propel; incite; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
- noun the act of motivating; providing incentive
- reacting4/5
react
- verb show a response or a reaction to something
respond.
- verb act against or in opposition to
oppose.
- She reacts negatively to everything I say
- verb show a response or a reaction to something
- fleeting4/5
fleeting
- adjective satellite lasting for a markedly brief time
momentaneous; fugitive; momentary.
- a fleeting glance
- fugitive hours
- rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass
- a momentary glimpse
- verb move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
flit; dart; flutter; fleet.
- The hummingbird flitted among the branches
- adjective satellite lasting for a markedly brief time
- departing4/5
depart
- verb move away from a place into another direction
go; go away.
- Go away before I start to cry
- The train departs at noon
- verb be at variance with; be out of line with
vary; deviate; diverge.
- verb move away from a place into another direction
- accelerating4/5
accelerate
- verb move faster
speed up; speed; quicken.
- The car accelerated
- verb cause to move faster
speed up; speed.
- He accelerated the car
- verb move faster
- prompting4/5
prompting
- noun persuasion formulated as a suggestion
suggestion.
- noun a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
prompt.
- the audience could hear his prompting
- noun persuasion formulated as a suggestion
- tasting4/5
tasting
- noun a small amount (especially of food or wine)
- noun a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
taste.
- a wine tasting
- noun a small amount (especially of food or wine)
- defeating4/5
defeat
- noun an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
licking.
- it was a narrow defeat
- the army's only defeat
- they suffered a convincing licking
- noun the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
frustration.
- noun an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
- culminating4/5
culminate
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
climax.
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
- verb bring to a head or to the highest point
- Seurat culminated pointillism
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- retreating4/5
retreat
- noun (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- the disorderly retreat of French troops
- noun a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- noun (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- accommodating4/5
accommodating
- adjective helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
accommodative.
- the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in
- made a special effort to be accommodating
- verb be agreeable or acceptable to
accommodate; fit; suit.
- This suits my needs
- adjective helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
- humiliating4/5
humiliating
- adjective satellite causing awareness of your shortcomings
humbling; mortifying; demeaning.
- golf is a humbling game
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; chagrin; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- adjective satellite causing awareness of your shortcomings
- chanting4/5
chanting
- noun the act of singing in a monotonous tone
intonation.
- verb recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
chant; cantillate; intonate; intone.
- The rabbi chanted a prayer
- noun the act of singing in a monotonous tone
- chatting4/5
chat
- noun an informal conversation
confab; schmoose; confabulation; schmooze.
- noun birds having a chattering call
New World chat.
- noun an informal conversation
- shutting4/5
shutting
- noun the act of closing something
closing.
- verb move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
close; shut.
- Close the door
- shut the window
- noun the act of closing something
- uniting4/5
uniting
- noun the combination of two or more commercial companies
merger; amalgamation.
- noun the act of making or becoming a single unit
union; unification; jointure; conjugation.
- the union of opposing factions
- he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
- noun the combination of two or more commercial companies
- migrating4/5
migrate
- verb move from one country or region to another and settle there
transmigrate.
- Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
- This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries
- verb move periodically or seasonally
- birds migrate in the Winter
- The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting
- verb move from one country or region to another and settle there
- articulating4/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- reconstructing4/5
reconstruct
- verb reassemble mentally
construct; retrace.
- reconstruct the events of 20 years ago
- verb build again
rebuild.
- The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb
- verb reassemble mentally
- exhausting4/5
exhausting
- adjective satellite having a debilitating effect
draining.
- an exhausting job in the hot sun
- verb wear out completely
wash up; exhaust; tucker; beat; tucker out.
- This kind of work exhausts me
- I'm beat
- He was all washed up after the exam
- adjective satellite having a debilitating effect
- fluctuating4/5
fluctuating
- adjective satellite having unpredictable ups and downs
- fluctuating prices
- verb cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
fluctuate.
- adjective satellite having unpredictable ups and downs
- parenting4/5
parent
- noun a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
- noun an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
- noun a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
- granting4/5
grant
- noun any monetary aid
- noun the act of providing a subsidy
subsidization; subsidisation.
- noun any monetary aid
- regulating4/5
regulating
- noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule
regulation.
- fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians
- verb fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
regulate; modulate.
- regulate the temperature
- modulate the pitch
- noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- incorporating4/5
incorporate
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- verb include or contain; have as a component
comprise; contain.
- A totally new idea is comprised in this paper
- The record contains many old songs from the 1930's
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
- coating4/5
coating
- noun a thin layer covering something
coat.
- a second coat of paint
- noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
finishing; finish.
- the boat had a metallic finish
- he applied a coat of a clear finish
- when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
- noun a thin layer covering something
- distributing4/5
distribute
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb distribute or disperse widely
spread.
- The invaders spread their language all over the country
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- interacting4/5
interact
- verb act together or towards others or with others
- He should interact more with his colleagues
- verb act together or towards others or with others
- devastating4/5
devastating
- adjective satellite making light of
withering; annihilating.
- afire with annihilating invective
- a devastating portrait of human folly
- to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
desolate; devastate; scourge; lay waste to; ravage; waste.
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- adjective satellite making light of
- predicting4/5
predict
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
anticipate; forebode; foretell; call; promise; prognosticate.
- Call the outcome of an election
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
- greeting4/5
greeting
- noun (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
salutation.
- verb express greetings upon meeting someone
recognize; recognise; greet.
- noun (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
- rotating4/5
rotate
- verb turn on or around an axis or a center
revolve; go around.
- The Earth revolves around the Sun
- The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
- verb exchange on a regular basis
- We rotate the lead soprano every night
- verb turn on or around an axis or a center
- rejecting4/5
reject
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
cull.
- verb refuse to accept or acknowledge
- I reject the idea of starting a war
- The journal rejected the student's paper
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
- sorting4/5
sorting
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
sort.
- the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
- noun the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
categorisation; categorization; classification.
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- committing4/5
commit
- verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
perpetrate; pull.
- perpetrate a crime
- pull a bank robbery
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; consecrate; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- requesting4/5
request
- noun a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
postulation; petition.
- noun the verbal act of requesting
asking.
- noun a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- assisting4/5
assist
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
aid; assistance; help.
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
- noun (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- quoting4/5
quote
- noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
quotation mark; inverted comma.
- noun a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
citation; quotation.
- noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- asserting4/5
asserting
- adjective relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
declarative; declaratory.
- verb state categorically
assert; asseverate; maintain.
- adjective relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- penetrating4/5
penetrating
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
acute; incisive; penetrative; piercing; discriminating; keen; sharp; knifelike.
- an acute observer of politics and politicians
- incisive comments
- icy knifelike reasoning
- as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
- penetrating insight
- frequent penetrative observations
- verb pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
penetrate; perforate.
- The bullet penetrated her chest
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- attracting4/5
attract
- verb direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
pull; pull in; draw in; draw.
- Her good looks attract the stares of many men
- The ad pulled in many potential customers
- This pianist pulls huge crowds
- The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
- verb be attractive to
appeal.
- The idea of a vacation appeals to me
- The beautiful garden attracted many people
- verb direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- forecasting4/5
forecasting
- noun a statement made about the future
prognostication; prediction; foretelling.
- verb predict in advance
calculate; forecast.
- noun a statement made about the future
- insisting4/5
insisting
- noun continual and persistent demands
insistence.
- verb be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
take a firm stand; insist.
- I must insist!
- noun continual and persistent demands
- coordinating4/5
coordinating
- adjective serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'"
coordinative.
- `and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction
- verb bring order and organization to
coordinate; organize; organise.
- Can you help me organize my files?
- adjective serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'"
- wasting4/5
wasting
- noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
cachexy; cachexia.
- noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
atrophy; wasting away.
- noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
- drafting4/5
drafting
- noun writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
- noun the craft of drawing blueprints
mechanical drawing.
- noun writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
- resisting4/5
resist
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
defy; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
withstand; hold out; stand firm.
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
- depicting4/5
depicting
- noun a representation by picture or portraiture
depiction; portrayal; portraying.
- verb show in, or as in, a picture
picture; depict; render; show.
- This scene depicts country life
- the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
- noun a representation by picture or portraiture
- costing4/5
costing
- noun cost accounting
- verb be priced at
be; cost.
- These shoes cost $100
- noun cost accounting
- constituting4/5
constitute
- verb form or compose
represent; be; comprise; make up.
- This money is my only income
- The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
- These constitute my entire belonging
- The children made up the chorus
- This sum represents my entire income for a year
- These few men comprise his entire army
- verb create and charge with a task or function
appoint; nominate; name.
- nominate a committee
- verb form or compose
- violating4/5
violate
- verb fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
go against; break.
- This sentence violates the rules of syntax
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
go against; infract; break; offend; breach; transgress.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
- verb fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- handwriting4/5
handwriting
- noun something written by hand
script; hand.
- she recognized his handwriting
- his hand was illegible
- noun the activity of writing by hand
- handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis
- noun something written by hand
- educating4/5
educate
- verb give an education to
- We must educate our youngsters better
- verb create by training and teaching
train; develop; prepare.
- The old master is training world-class violinists
- we develop the leaders for the future
- verb give an education to
- exhibiting4/5
exhibit
- noun an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
- noun something shown to the public
showing; display.
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
- noun an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
- commenting4/5
comment
- noun a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
input; remark.
- from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account
- noun a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
commentary.
- he wrote an extended comment on the proposal
- noun a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
- frustrating4/5
frustrating
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- manipulating4/5
manipulate
- verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously
pull wires; pull strings.
- He manipulated public opinion in his favor
- verb hold something in one's hands and move it
- verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously
- formulating4/5
formulate
- verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
explicate; develop.
- Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
- verb come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
devise; contrive; invent; excogitate; forge.
- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
- verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- submitting4/5
submit
- verb refer for judgment or consideration
subject.
- The lawyers submitted the material to the court
- verb put before
posit; state; put forward.
- I submit to you that the accused is guilty
- verb refer for judgment or consideration
- cultivating4/5
cultivate
- verb foster the growth of
- verb prepare for crops
work; crop.
- Work the soil
- cultivate the land
- verb foster the growth of
- transporting4/5
transport
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
conveyance.
- noun an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
- extracting4/5
extract
- noun a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
infusion.
- noun a passage selected from a larger work
excerption; selection; excerpt.
- he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
- noun a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- differentiating4/5
differentiate
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; distinguish; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
distinguish; mark.
- His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
- verb mark as different
- graduating4/5
graduate
- noun a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
alum; alumna; grad; alumnus.
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
- noun a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- nesting4/5
nest
- noun a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- noun a kind of gun emplacement
- a machine-gun nest
- a nest of snipers
- noun a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- weighting4/5
weighting
- noun (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
weight.
- verb weight down with a load
burthen; weight down; weight; burden.
- noun (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- liberating4/5
liberate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
emancipate.
- verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
unloosen; unloose; loose; free; release.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- emanating4/5
emanate
- verb proceed or issue forth, as from a source
- Water emanates from this hole in the ground
- verb give out (breath or an odor)
exhale; give forth.
- The chimney exhales a thick smoke
- verb proceed or issue forth, as from a source
- disgusting4/5
disgusting
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- verb fill with distaste
gross out; repel; revolt; disgust.
- This spoilt food disgusts me
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- haunting4/5
haunting
- adjective satellite continually recurring to the mind
persistent.
- haunting memories
- the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
- verb follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
stalk; haunt.
- her ex-boyfriend stalked her
- the ghost of her mother haunted her
- adjective satellite continually recurring to the mind
- inhibiting4/5
inhibit
- verb to put down by force or authority
stamp down; subdue; suppress; curb; conquer.
- suppress a nascent uprising
- stamp down on littering
- conquer one's desires
- verb limit the range or extent of
- Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs
- verb to put down by force or authority
- accumulating4/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- protesting4/5
protest
- noun a formal and solemn declaration of objection
protestation.
- they finished the game under protest to the league president
- the senator rose to register his protest
- the many protestations did not stay the execution
- noun the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
objection; dissent.
- noun a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- inventing4/5
invent
- verb come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
formulate; devise; contrive; excogitate; forge.
- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
- verb make up something artificial or untrue
fabricate; manufacture; cook up; make up.
- verb come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- irritating4/5
irritating
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; nettlesome; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
annoy; rag; devil; bother; vex; irritate; nettle; rile; get to; nark; get at; gravel; chafe.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- allocating4/5
allocate
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
apportion.
- I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
- I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
- skating4/5
skating
- noun the sport of gliding on skates
- verb move along on skates
skate.
- The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter
- noun the sport of gliding on skates
- amounting4/5
amount
- noun a quantity of money
amount of money; sum; sum of money.
- he borrowed a large sum
- the amount he had in cash was insufficient
- noun the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
- an adequate amount of food for four people
- noun a quantity of money
- imitating4/5
imitate
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
copy; simulate.
- The mime imitated the passers-by
- Children often copy their parents or older siblings
- verb appear like, as in behavior or appearance
- Life imitate art
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- deteriorating4/5
deteriorate
- verb become worse or disintegrate
- His mind deteriorated
- verb grow worse
drop; devolve; degenerate.
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
- verb become worse or disintegrate
- combating4/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- cooperating4/5
cooperate
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
collaborate; join forces; get together.
- The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well
- We joined forces with another research group
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
- isolating4/5
isolating
- adjective satellite relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
- verb place or set apart
isolate; insulate.
- They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
- adjective satellite relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
- estimating4/5
estimate
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
approximation; estimation; idea.
- an estimate of what it would cost
- a rough idea how long it would take
- noun a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
estimation.
- many factors are involved in any estimate of human life
- in my estimation the boy is innocent
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- vomiting4/5
vomiting
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
emesis; disgorgement; puking; vomit; regurgitation.
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- inviting4/5
inviting
- adjective attractive and tempting
- an inviting offer
- verb increase the likelihood of
ask for; invite.
- ask for trouble
- invite criticism
- adjective attractive and tempting
- sporting4/5
sporting
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
sporty; clean; sportsmanlike.
- a clean fight
- a sporting solution of the disagreement
- sportsmanlike conduct
- verb wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
sport; feature; boast.
- she was sporting a new hat
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- contrasting4/5
contrasting
- adjective satellite strikingly different; tending to contrast
contrastive.
- contrasting (or contrastive) colors
- verb put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
contrast.
- The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student
- adjective satellite strikingly different; tending to contrast
- permitting4/5
permit
- noun a legal document giving official permission to do something
licence; license.
- noun the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
license; permission.
- noun a legal document giving official permission to do something
- recruiting4/5
recruit
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
military recruit.
- noun any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
enlistee.
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
- confronting4/5
confront
- verb oppose, as in hostility or a competition
face.
- You must confront your opponent
- Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring
- The two enemies finally confronted each other
- verb deal with (something unpleasant) head on
face up; face.
- You must confront your problems
- He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes
- verb oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- trusting4/5
trusting
- adjective inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
trustful.
- great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall
- verb have confidence or faith in
rely; trust; bank; swear.
- We can trust in God
- Rely on your friends
- bank on your good education
- I swear by my grandmother's recipes
- adjective inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
- admitting4/5
admit
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
acknowledge.
- He admitted his errors
- She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
- verb allow to enter; grant entry to
intromit; let in; allow in.
- We cannot admit non-members into our club building
- This pipe admits air
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- harvesting4/5
harvesting
- noun the gathering of a ripened crop
harvest home; harvest.
- verb gather, as of natural products
harvest; glean; reap.
- harvest the grapes
- noun the gathering of a ripened crop
- fasting4/5
fasting
- noun abstaining from food
fast.
- verb abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
fast.
- Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
- noun abstaining from food
- tempting4/5
tempting
- adjective satellite highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
alluring; beguiling; enticing.
- an alluring prospect
- her alluring smile
- the voice was low and beguiling
- difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement
- a tempting invitation
- verb dispose or incline or entice to
allure; tempt.
- We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
- adjective satellite highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
- comforting4/5
comforting
- adjective satellite providing freedom from worry
cheering; satisfying.
- verb give moral or emotional strength to
soothe; comfort; console; solace.
- adjective satellite providing freedom from worry
- auditing4/5
audit
- noun an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA
audited account.
- noun a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation
- he made an audit of all the plants on his property
- an energy efficiency audit
- an email log audit
- noun an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA
- seating4/5
seating
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
seating area; seating room; seats.
- there is seating for 40 students in this classroom
- noun the service of ushering people to their seats
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
- sweating4/5
sweating
- noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
perspiration; diaphoresis; hidrosis; sudation.
- perspiration is a homeostatic process
- verb excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
perspire; sweat; sudate.
- Exercise makes one sweat
- noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
- exploiting4/5
exploit
- noun a notable achievement
effort; feat.
- he performed a great feat
- the book was her finest effort
- verb use or manipulate to one's advantage
work.
- He exploit the new taxation system
- She knows how to work the system
- he works his parents for sympathy
- noun a notable achievement
- highlighting4/5
highlighting
- noun an area of lightness in a picture
highlight.
- verb move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
foreground; spotlight; play up; highlight.
- The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
- noun an area of lightness in a picture
- dissenting4/5
dissenting
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
dissentient; dissident.
- verb withhold assent
dissent.
- Several Republicans dissented
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
- budgeting4/5
budget
- noun a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year
- noun a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
- the president submitted the annual budget to Congress
- noun a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- dominating4/5
dominating
- adjective satellite most powerful or important or influential
ascendent; ascendant.
- the economically ascendant class
- D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; prevail; reign; rule; predominate.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- adjective satellite most powerful or important or influential
- plotting4/5
plot
- noun a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
game; secret plan.
- they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
- I saw through his little game from the start
- noun a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
patch; plot of land; plot of ground.
- a bean plot
- a cabbage patch
- a briar patch
- noun a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- advocating4/5
advocate
- noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
advocator; proponent; exponent.
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
counsel; counselor-at-law; counsellor; pleader; counselor.
- noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- prohibiting4/5
prohibit
- verb command against
forbid; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- cheating4/5
cheating
- noun a deception for profit to yourself
cheat.
- verb deprive somebody of something by deceit
cheat; rip off; chisel.
- The con-man beat me out of $50
- This salesman ripped us off!
- we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
- They chiseled me out of my money
- noun a deception for profit to yourself
- troubleshooting4/5
troubleshoot
- verb solve problems
trouble-shoot.
- He is known to be good at trouble-shooting
- verb solve problems
- mediating4/5
mediate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
intermediate; liaise; intercede; arbitrate.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- mediate between the old and the new
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- documenting4/5
document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- disappointing4/5
disappointing
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
unsatisfying; dissatisfactory.
- a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
disappoint; let down.
- Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
- deleting4/5
delete
- verb remove or make invisible
cancel.
- Please delete my name from your list
- verb wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
erase.
- Who erased the files form my hard disk?
- verb remove or make invisible
- daunting4/5
daunting
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
intimidating.
- verb cause to lose courage
scare away; scare off; frighten off; dash; pall; daunt; scare; frighten away.
- dashed by the refusal
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
- preexisting4/5
preexisting
- adjective satellite existing previously or before something
pre-existent; preexistent; pre-existing.
- variations on pre-existent musical themes
- verb exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time
preexist.
- Did this condition pre-exist?
- adjective satellite existing previously or before something
- neglecting4/5
neglect
- noun lack of attention and due care
disregard.
- noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
disuse.
- the house was in a terrible state of neglect
- noun lack of attention and due care
- debating4/5
debate
- noun a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
argumentation; argument.
- the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
- noun the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
public debate; disputation.
- noun a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- rewriting4/5
rewriting
- noun editing that involves writing something again
revising.
- verb write differently; alter the writing of
rewrite.
- The student rewrote his thesis
- noun editing that involves writing something again
- betting4/5
betting
- adjective satellite preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
dissipated; sporting; card-playing.
- led a dissipated life
- a betting man
- a card-playing son of a bitch
- a gambling fool
- sporting gents and their ladies
- verb maintain with or as if with a bet
wager; bet.
- I bet she will be there!
- adjective satellite preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
- discriminating4/5
discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- knitting4/5
knitting
- noun needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
knit; knitwork.
- noun creating knitted wear
- noun needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
- insulting4/5
insulting
- adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
scornful; disdainful; contemptuous.
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
diss; affront; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
- adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
- excepting4/5
except
- verb take exception to
demur.
- he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday
- verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
take out; omit; leave off; leave out; exclude.
- The bad results were excluded from the report
- Leave off the top piece
- verb take exception to
- appointing4/5
appoint
- verb create and charge with a task or function
nominate; constitute; name.
- nominate a committee
- verb assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
charge.
- He was appointed deputy manager
- She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
- verb create and charge with a task or function
- associating4/5
associate
- noun a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- he had to consult his associate before continuing
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
familiar; comrade; fellow; companion.
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
- noun a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- subtracting4/5
subtract
- verb make a subtraction
deduct; take off.
- subtract this amount from my paycheck
- verb take off or away
- this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French
- verb make a subtraction
- targeting4/5
target
- noun a reference point to shoot at
mark.
- his arrow hit the mark
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
fair game; prey; quarry.
- he fell prey to muggers
- everyone was fair game
- the target of a manhunt
- noun a reference point to shoot at
- respecting4/5
respect
- noun (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point
regard.
- it differs in that respect
- noun the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
regard; esteem.
- it is held in esteem
- a man who has earned high regard
- noun (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point
- forgetting4/5
forget
- verb dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
bury.
- I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
- verb be unable to remember
blank out; block; draw a blank.
- I'm drawing a blank
- You are blocking the name of your first wife!
- verb dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- contemplating4/5
contemplate
- verb look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
- contemplate one's navel
- verb consider as a possibility
- I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job
- verb look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
- hosting4/5
host
- noun a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- noun a vast multitude
legion; horde.
- noun a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- experimenting4/5
experiment
- noun the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
experimentation.
- noun the testing of an idea
experimentation.
- it was an experiment in living
- not all experimentation is done in laboratories
- noun the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
- everlasting4/5
everlasting
- noun any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
everlasting flower.
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
unending; unceasing; perpetual; eternal; ageless; eonian; aeonian.
- the ageless themes of love and revenge
- eternal truths
- life everlasting
- hell's perpetual fires
- the unending bliss of heaven
- noun any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
- vibrating3/5
vibrate
- verb shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- verb move or swing from side to side regularly
oscillate.
- the needle on the meter was oscillating
- verb shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- radiating3/5
radiating
- adjective satellite diverging from a common point
- verb send out rays or waves
radiate.
- The sun radiates heat
- adjective satellite diverging from a common point
- blasting3/5
blasting
- adjective satellite causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
ruinous.
- the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit
- the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces
- a ruinous war
- verb make a strident sound
blast; blare.
- She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone
- adjective satellite causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
- patting3/5
pat
- noun the sound made by a gentle blow
tap; rap.
- noun a light touch or stroke
tap; dab.
- noun the sound made by a gentle blow
- distracting3/5
distract
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
- reciting3/5
recite
- verb recite in elocution
declaim.
- verb repeat aloud from memory
- she recited a poem
- The pupil recited his lesson for the day
- verb recite in elocution
- upsetting3/5
upsetting
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
disconcerting.
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
- verb disturb the balance or stability of
upset.
- The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
- effecting3/5
effect
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
result; consequence; upshot; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun an outward appearance
impression.
- he made a good impression
- I wanted to create an impression of success
- she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- disrupting3/5
disrupt
- verb make a break in
interrupt; cut off; break up.
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
- verb throw into disorder
- This event disrupted the orderly process
- verb make a break in
- designating3/5
designate
- verb assign a name or title to
denominate.
- verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
depute; assign; delegate.
- verb assign a name or title to
- undulating3/5
undulate
- verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
ripple; riffle; ruffle; cockle.
- verb occur in soft rounded shapes
roll.
- The hills rolled past
- verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- modulating3/5
modulate
- verb change the key of, in music
- modulate the melody
- verb vary the pitch of one's speech
inflect; tone.
- verb change the key of, in music
- inverting3/5
invert
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- here the theme is inverted
- verb reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
reverse.
- when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb
- verb make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- pasting3/5
paste
- noun any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
- noun a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry
- noun any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
- disquieting3/5
disquieting
- adjective satellite causing mental discomfort
- the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite causing mental discomfort
- grunting3/5
grunt
- noun the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
oink.
- noun an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
- infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts
- he went from grunt to chairman in six years
- noun the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
- erupting3/5
erupt
- verb start abruptly
break out.
- After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc
- verb erupt or intensify suddenly
flare; break open; flare up; burst out; irrupt.
- Unrest erupted in the country
- Tempers flared at the meeting
- The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
- verb start abruptly
- arresting3/5
arresting
- adjective satellite commanding attention
sensational; stunning.
- an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
- a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
- a stunning performance
- verb take into custody
nab; cop; pick up; apprehend; nail; arrest; collar.
- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
- adjective satellite commanding attention
- quitting3/5
quit
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
discontinue; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
- Quit teasing your little brother
- verb give up or retire from a position
step down; leave office; resign.
- The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
- verb put an end to a state or an activity
- grafting3/5
grafting
- noun the act of grafting something onto something else
graft.
- verb cause to grow together parts from different plants
ingraft; engraft; graft.
- graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree
- noun the act of grafting something onto something else
- decorating3/5
decorate
- verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
ornament; embellish; beautify; grace; adorn.
- Decorate the room for the party
- beautify yourself for the special day
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; beautify; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- propagating3/5
propagate
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagate these characteristics
- verb travel through the air
- sound and light propagate in this medium
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- instructing3/5
instruct
- verb impart skills or knowledge to
teach; learn.
- I taught them French
- He instructed me in building a boat
- verb give instructions or directions for some task
- She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation
- verb impart skills or knowledge to
- rotting3/5
rotting
- noun (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
rot; putrefaction; decomposition.
- verb break down
moulder; molder; rot; decompose.
- The bodies decomposed in the heat
- noun (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- compensating3/5
compensate
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; indemnify; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb adjust for
- wetting3/5
wetting
- noun the act of making something wet
- noun a euphemism for urination
passing water; leak; making water.
- he had to take a leak
- noun the act of making something wet
- spitting3/5
spitting
- noun the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
expectoration; spit.
- verb expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
spew; spue; ptyalise; ptyalize; spit.
- The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer
- noun the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- thrusting3/5
thrusting
- noun a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
poke; poking; jabbing; thrust; jab.
- he warned me with a jab with his finger
- he made a thrusting motion with his fist
- verb push forcefully
thrust.
- He thrust his chin forward
- noun a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- halting3/5
halting
- adjective satellite disabled in the feet or legs
halt; lame; gimpy; game; crippled.
- a crippled soldier
- a game leg
- verb cause to stop
arrest; hold; halt.
- Halt the engines
- Arrest the progress
- halt the presses
- adjective satellite disabled in the feet or legs
- resorting3/5
resort
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
resort hotel; holiday resort.
- noun a frequently visited place
stamping ground; hangout; haunt; repair.
- noun a hotel located in a resort area
- exiting3/5
exit
- noun an opening that permits escape or release
issue; way out; outlet.
- he blocked the way out
- the canyon had only one issue
- noun euphemistic expressions for death
loss; departure; going; expiration; release; passing.
- thousands mourned his passing
- noun an opening that permits escape or release
- validating3/5
validating
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
collateral; verificatory; verifying; substantiative; confirming; confirmatory; corroboratory; corroborative; substantiating; validatory; confirmative.
- collateral evidence
- verb declare or make legally valid
formalize; validate; formalise.
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
- insulating3/5
insulate
- verb protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
- We had his bedroom insulated before winter came
- verb place or set apart
isolate.
- They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
- verb protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
- clotting3/5
clotting
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
curdling; coagulation.
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
clot; coagulate.
- coagulated blood
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
- recounting3/5
recounting
- noun an act of narration
telling; relation.
- he was the hero according to his own relation
- his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
- verb narrate or give a detailed account of
recite; tell; narrate; recount.
- Tell what happened
- The father told a story to his child
- noun an act of narration
- complicating3/5
complicate
- verb make more complicated
perplex.
- There was a new development that complicated the matter
- verb make more complex, intricate, or richer
rarify; elaborate; refine.
- refine a design or pattern
- verb make more complicated
- manifesting3/5
manifest
- noun a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- noun a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
- injecting3/5
inject
- verb give an injection to
shoot.
- We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
- verb to introduce (a new aspect or element)
- He injected new life into the performance
- verb give an injection to
- tilting3/5
tilt
- noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
joust.
- noun a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
contestation; contention; arguing; argument; controversy; disputation; disceptation.
- they were involved in a violent argument
- noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- spotting3/5
spotting
- noun the act of spotting or staining something
staining; maculation.
- noun the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
detection; espial; spying; catching.
- noun the act of spotting or staining something
- distorting3/5
distort
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; garble.
- verb form into a spiral shape
twist; twine.
- The cord is all twisted
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- elevating3/5
elevate
- verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
advance; upgrade; kick upstairs; promote; raise.
- John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
- Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
- I got promoted after many years of hard work
- verb raise from a lower to a higher position
get up; lift; bring up; raise.
- Raise your hands
- Lift a load
- verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- feasting3/5
feasting
- noun eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
banqueting.
- verb partake in a feast or banquet
feast; banquet; junket.
- noun eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
- oscillating3/5
oscillating
- adjective satellite having periodic vibrations
oscillatory.
- verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
hover; vacillate; vibrate; oscillate.
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
- adjective satellite having periodic vibrations
- subjecting3/5
subject
- noun the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
topic; theme.
- he didn't want to discuss that subject
- it was a very sensitive topic
- his letters were always on the theme of love
- noun something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
content; depicted object.
- a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
- noun the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- alienating3/5
alienating
- adjective satellite causing hostility or loss of friendliness
- her sudden alienating aloofness
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
alien; disaffect; alienate; estrange.
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
- adjective satellite causing hostility or loss of friendliness
- commuting3/5
commuting
- noun the travel of a commuter
commutation.
- verb exchange positions without a change in value
commute; transpose.
- These operators commute with each other
- noun the travel of a commuter
- equating3/5
equating
- noun the act of regarding as equal
equation.
- verb consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
liken; compare; equate.
- We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans
- You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed
- noun the act of regarding as equal
- precipitating3/5
precipitating
- adjective satellite bringing on suddenly or abruptly
- the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce
- verb bring about abruptly
precipitate.
- The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution
- adjective satellite bringing on suddenly or abruptly
- squatting3/5
squatting
- noun exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
knee bend; squat.
- noun the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
squat.
- noun exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
- replicating3/5
replicate
- verb bend or turn backward
retroflex.
- verb reproduce or make an exact copy of
copy.
- replicate the cell
- copy the genetic information
- verb bend or turn backward
- excruciating3/5
excruciating
- adjective satellite extremely painful
agonising; torturous; torturing; agonizing; harrowing; torturesome.
- verb torment emotionally or mentally
torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- imparting3/5
imparting
- noun the transmission of information
impartation; conveyance.
- verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
leave; give; pass on; impart.
- give a secret to the Russians
- leave your name and address here
- impart a new skill to the students
- noun the transmission of information
- elaborating3/5
elaborate
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
expound; lucubrate; dilate; expatiate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
- verb produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- The bee elaborates honey
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- impacting3/5
impact
- noun the striking of one body against another
- noun a forceful consequence; a strong effect
wallop.
- the book had an important impact on my thinking
- the book packs a wallop
- noun the striking of one body against another
- aggravating3/5
aggravating
- adjective satellite making worse
exacerbating; exasperating.
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- adjective satellite making worse
- corrupting3/5
corrupting
- adjective satellite seducing into corrupt practices
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- adjective satellite seducing into corrupt practices
- rioting3/5
rioting
- noun a state of disorder involving group violence
riot.
- verb take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
riot.
- Students were rioting everywhere in 1968
- noun a state of disorder involving group violence
- supplementing3/5
supplement
- noun textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
postscript; addendum.
- noun a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
supplementation.
- noun textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- dusting3/5
dust
- noun fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- the furniture was covered with dust
- noun the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
detritus; junk; debris; rubble.
- noun fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- animating3/5
animating
- adjective satellite giving spirit and vivacity
enlivening.
- verb heighten or intensify
invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire; exalt.
- These paintings exalt the imagination
- adjective satellite giving spirit and vivacity
- alleviating3/5
alleviate
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; relieve; palliate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb make easier
ease; facilitate.
- you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
- bunting3/5
bunting
- noun a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- noun any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
- noun a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- moderating3/5
moderating
- adjective lessening in intensity or strength
- verb preside over
chair; moderate; lead.
- John moderated the discussion
- adjective lessening in intensity or strength
- narrating3/5
narrate
- verb provide commentary for a film, for example
- verb narrate or give a detailed account of
recite; tell; recount.
- Tell what happened
- The father told a story to his child
- verb provide commentary for a film, for example
- sifting3/5
sifting
- noun the act of separating grain from chaff
winnow; winnowing.
- the winnowing was done by women
- verb move as if through a sieve
sift.
- The soldiers sifted through the woods
- noun the act of separating grain from chaff
- slanting3/5
slanting
- adjective satellite having an oblique or slanted direction
aslope; aslant; diagonal; sloped; slanted; sloping.
- verb lie obliquely
slant.
- A scar slanted across his face
- adjective satellite having an oblique or slanted direction
- coexisting3/5
coexisting
- adjective satellite existing at the same time
coexistent.
- verb coexist peacefully, as of nations
coexist.
- adjective satellite existing at the same time
- inciting3/5
incite
- verb give an incentive for action
motivate; prompt; propel; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; instigate; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb give an incentive for action
- pulsating3/5
pulsate
- verb expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
throb; pulse.
- The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it
- verb move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
beat; quiver.
- the city pulsated with music and excitement
- verb expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
- assimilating3/5
assimilating
- adjective satellite capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
assimilatory; assimilative.
- an assimilative substance
- verb take up mentally
assimilate; absorb; take in; ingest.
- he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
- adjective satellite capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
- siting3/5
sit
- verb be seated
sit down.
- verb be around, often idly or without specific purpose
sit around.
- The object sat in the corner
- We sat around chatting for another hour
- verb be seated
- disintegrating3/5
disintegrate
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- The material disintegrated
- the group disintegrated after the leader died
- verb cause to undergo fission or lose particles
- verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- infecting3/5
infect
- verb communicate a disease to
- Your children have infected you with this head cold
- verb contaminate with a disease or microorganism
taint.
- verb communicate a disease to
- patenting3/5
patent
- noun a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
patent of invention.
- noun an official document granting a right or privilege
letters patent.
- noun a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- fretting3/5
fret
- noun agitation resulting from active worry
swither; sweat; stew; lather.
- don't get in a stew
- he's in a sweat about exams
- noun a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
worn spot.
- noun agitation resulting from active worry
- tormenting3/5
torment
- noun unbearable physical pain
torture.
- noun extreme mental distress
anguish; torture.
- noun unbearable physical pain
- aggregating3/5
aggregate
- noun the whole amount
sum; total; totality.
- noun material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- noun the whole amount
- duplicating3/5
duplicate
- noun something additional of the same kind
extra.
- he always carried extras in case of an emergency
- noun a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
duplication.
- he made a duplicate for the files
- noun something additional of the same kind
- contaminating3/5
contaminating
- adjective spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
dirty.
- the air near the foundry was always dirty
- a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout
- verb make impure
foul; pollute; contaminate.
- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
- adjective spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- regretting3/5
regret
- noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
sorrow; ruefulness; rue.
- he drank to drown his sorrows
- he wrote a note expressing his regret
- to his rue, the error cost him the game
- verb feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
repent; rue.
- noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- reciprocating3/5
reciprocate
- verb act, feel, or give mutually or in return
- We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!
- verb alternate the direction of motion of
- the engine reciprocates the propeller
- verb act, feel, or give mutually or in return
- transplanting3/5
transplanting
- noun the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
transplantation; transplant.
- the transplant did not flower until the second year
- too frequent transplanting is not good for families
- she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation
- verb lift and reset in another soil or situation
transfer; transplant.
- Transplant the young rice plants
- noun the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
- regenerating3/5
regenerating
- adjective that are generating anew
- regenerating fibers
- verb reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
regenerate; renew.
- We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years
- They renewed their membership
- adjective that are generating anew
- skirting3/5
skirting
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
encircling.
- his encircling arms
- the room's skirting board needs painting
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; sidestep; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
- eradicating3/5
eradicate
- verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish.
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
exterminate; uproot; root out; extirpate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb kill in large numbers
- busting3/5
bust
- noun a complete failure
flop; fizzle.
- the play was a dismal flop
- noun the chest of a woman
female chest.
- noun a complete failure
- lubricating3/5
lubricate
- verb have lubricating properties
- the liquid in this can lubricates well
- verb apply a lubricant to
lube.
- lubricate my car
- verb have lubricating properties
- congratulating3/5
congratulate
- verb say something to someone that expresses praise
compliment.
- He complimented her on her last physics paper
- verb express congratulations
felicitate.
- verb say something to someone that expresses praise
- snorting3/5
snorting
- noun an act of forcible exhalation
huffing; puffing.
- verb indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
snort.
- she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom
- noun an act of forcible exhalation
- emulating3/5
emulate
- verb strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister
- verb imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
- verb strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- reiterating3/5
reiterate
- verb to say, state, or perform again
repeat; ingeminate; retell; restate; iterate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- verb to say, state, or perform again
- digesting3/5
digest
- noun a periodical that summarizes the news
- noun something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
compilation.
- noun a periodical that summarizes the news
- legitimating3/5
legitimate
- verb make legal
legitimatize; decriminalize; legitimatise; legalise; legalize; legitimise; decriminalise; legitimize.
- Marijuana should be legalized
- verb show or affirm to be just and legitimate
- verb make legal
- rafting3/5
raft
- noun a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- noun a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
- subverting3/5
subvert
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
bring down; overturn; overthrow.
- The Czar was overthrown
- subvert the ruling class
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
- exacerbating3/5
exacerbating
- adjective satellite making worse
aggravating; exasperating.
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- adjective satellite making worse
- evaporating3/5
evaporate
- verb lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
vaporise; vaporize.
- evaporate milk
- verb cause to change into a vapor
vaporise.
- The chemist evaporated the water
- verb lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
- automating3/5
automate
- verb make automatic or control or operate automatically
automatise; automatize.
- automatize the production
- automate the movement of the robot
- verb make automatic or control or operate automatically
- glinting3/5
glinting
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glittery; fulgid; glistering; scintillant; coruscant; sparkly; aglitter; scintillating; glittering.
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
- verb be shiny, as if wet
shine; glint; glitter; glisten; gleam.
- His eyes were glistening
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- saluting3/5
salute
- noun an act of honor or courteous recognition
salutation.
- a musical salute to the composer on his birthday
- noun a formal military gesture of respect
military greeting.
- noun an act of honor or courteous recognition
- dedicating3/5
dedicate
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; consecrate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
- The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- agitating3/5
agitating
- adjective satellite causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
provoking; agitative.
- a provoking delay at the airport
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; agitate; foment.
- adjective satellite causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
- matting3/5
matting
- noun a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
- noun mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
mat.
- noun a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
- exasperating3/5
exasperating
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
maddening; infuriating; vexing.
- his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
- I've had an exasperating day
- her infuriating indifference
- the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
- verb exasperate or irritate
aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
- batting3/5
batting
- noun (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
- noun stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
batten.
- noun (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
- intimidating3/5
intimidating
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
daunting.
- verb make timid or fearful
intimidate.
- Her boss intimidates her
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
- renting3/5
renting
- noun the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
rental.
- verb let for money
rent; lease.
- We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad
- noun the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
- debilitating3/5
debilitating
- adjective impairing the strength and vitality
- verb make weak
debilitate; enfeeble; drain.
- Life in the camp drained him
- adjective impairing the strength and vitality
- escalating3/5
escalate
- verb increase in extent or intensity
step up; intensify.
- The Allies escalated the bombing
- verb increase in extent or intensity
- appreciating3/5
appreciate
- verb recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- verb be fully aware of; realize fully
take account.
- Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?
- verb recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- exacting3/5
exacting
- adjective having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
fastidious.
- fastidious microorganisms
- certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
- verb claim as due or just
exact; demand.
- The bank demanded payment of the loan
- adjective having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- simulating3/5
simulate
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
imitate; copy.
- The mime imitated the passers-by
- Children often copy their parents or older siblings
- verb create a representation or model of
model.
- The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights
- verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- collaborating3/5
collaborate
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
join forces; get together; cooperate.
- The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well
- We joined forces with another research group
- verb cooperate as a traitor
- he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris
- verb work together on a common enterprise of project
- consolidating3/5
consolidate
- verb unite into one
- The companies consolidated
- verb make firm or secure; strengthen
- consolidate one's gains
- consolidate one's hold on first place
- verb unite into one
- mitigating3/5
mitigate
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
extenuate; palliate.
- The circumstances extenuate the crime
- verb make less severe or harsh
- mitigating circumstances
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- prosecuting3/5
prosecute
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- verb bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
- The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- intersecting3/5
intersecting
- adjective satellite crossed or intersected in the form of an X
decussate; intersectant.
- verb meet at a point
cross; intersect.
- adjective satellite crossed or intersected in the form of an X
- boasting3/5
boasting
- noun speaking of yourself in superlatives
self-praise; boast; jactitation.
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun speaking of yourself in superlatives
- outing3/5
outing
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
sashay; expedition; pleasure trip; jaunt; junket; excursion.
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
- noun a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
field day; picnic.
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
- roasting3/5
roasting
- noun cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)
- the slow roasting took several hours
- verb cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
roast.
- roast the turkey
- noun cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)
- exerting3/5
exert
- verb put to use
exercise.
- exert one's power or influence
- verb have and exercise
maintain; wield.
- wield power and authority
- verb put to use
- boosting3/5
boost
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
encouragement.
- noun an increase in cost
hike; rise; cost increase.
- they asked for a 10% rise in rates
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
- eliciting3/5
elicit
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; arouse; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
draw out; extract; educe; evoke.
- We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- courting3/5
courting
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
wooing; courtship; suit.
- its was a brief and intense courtship
- verb make amorous advances towards
romance; woo; court; solicit.
- John is courting Mary
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- soliciting3/5
solicit
- verb make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
tap; beg.
- Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
- My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
- verb make amorous advances towards
romance; woo; court.
- John is courting Mary
- verb make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- fainting3/5
faint
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
swoon; deliquium; syncope.
- verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
swoon; pass out; conk.
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- inflicting3/5
inflict
- verb impose something unpleasant
bring down; impose; visit.
- The principal visited his rage on the students
- verb impose something unpleasant
- flirting3/5
flirting
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; dalliance; flirt; flirtation; toying.
- verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
butterfly; coquet; coquette; mash; flirt; romance; philander; dally; chat up.
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- darting3/5
dart
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- noun a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- diverting3/5
diverting
- adjective satellite providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
amusing; amusive.
- an amusing speaker
- a diverting story
- verb turn aside; turn away from
divert; deviate.
- adjective satellite providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
- rooting3/5
rooting
- noun the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
- verb take root and begin to grow
root.
- this plant roots quickly
- noun the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
- intoxicating3/5
intoxicating
- adjective satellite causing
intoxicant.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite causing
- polluting3/5
pollute
- verb make impure
foul; contaminate.
- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
- verb make impure
- disconcerting3/5
disconcerting
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
upsetting.
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
- whiting3/5
whiting
- noun flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- noun flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
- noun flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- uplifting3/5
uplifting
- noun the rise of something
- the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- noun the rise of something
- disseminating3/5
disseminate
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb cause to become widely known
- sighting3/5
sighting
- noun the act of observing
- several sightings of enemy troops were reported
- verb catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
spy; sight.
- he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
- noun the act of observing
- appropriating3/5
appropriate
- verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
set aside; earmark; allow; reserve.
- I will earmark this money for your research
- She sets aside time for meditation every day
- verb take possession of by force, as after an invasion
capture; conquer; seize.
- the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
- The army seized the town
- The militia captured the castle
- verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- revisiting3/5
revisit
- verb visit again
- We revisited Rome after 25 years
- verb visit again
- reinventing3/5
reinvent
- verb bring back into existence
- The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected
- verb create anew and make over
- He reinvented African music for American listeners
- verb bring back into existence
- perfecting3/5
perfect
- noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
perfective; perfect tense; perfective tense.
- verb make perfect or complete
hone.
- perfect your French in Paris!
- noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
- smelting3/5
smelt
- noun small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
- noun small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
- noun small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
- instituting3/5
institute
- noun an association organized to promote art or science or education
- verb set up or lay the groundwork for
constitute; found; plant; establish.
- establish a new department
- noun an association organized to promote art or science or education
- positing3/5
posit
- noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
postulate.
- verb put (something somewhere) firmly
fix; situate; deposit.
- She posited her hand on his shoulder
- deposit the suitcase on the bench
- fix your eyes on this spot
- noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- sprouting3/5
sprouting
- noun the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
germination.
- verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
shoot; bourgeon; sprout; spud; pullulate; burgeon forth; germinate.
- the potatoes sprouted
- noun the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
- approximating3/5
approximate
- verb be close or similar
come close.
- Her results approximate my own
- verb judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
judge; estimate; guess; gauge.
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
- verb be close or similar
- suffocating3/5
suffocating
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
suffocative; smothering.
- the choking June dust
- the smothering soft voices
- smothering heat
- the room was suffocating--hot and airless
- verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; suffocate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
- exaggerating3/5
exaggerate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb do something to an excessive degree
overdo.
- He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- orbiting3/5
orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
celestial orbit.
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
arena; domain; sphere; area; field.
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- depositing3/5
deposit
- noun the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
sedimentation; alluviation.
- noun matter that has been deposited by some natural process
sediment.
- noun the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- lamenting3/5
lamenting
- adjective satellite vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
wailing; wailful.
- lamenting sinners
- wailing mourners
- the wailing wind
- wailful bagpipes
- tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare
- verb express grief verbally
keen; lament.
- we lamented the death of the child
- adjective satellite vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
- revolting3/5
revolting
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- verb make revolution
revolt.
- The people revolted when bread prices tripled again
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- consenting3/5
consenting
- adjective satellite having given consent
- consenting adults
- verb give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
consent; go for; accept.
- I cannot accept your invitation
- I go for this resolution
- adjective satellite having given consent
- dissecting3/5
dissect
- verb cut open or cut apart
- dissect the bodies for analysis
- verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
take apart; analyze; analyse; break down.
- analyze a specimen
- analyze a sentence
- analyze a chemical compound
- verb cut open or cut apart
- offsetting3/5
offset
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; start; beginning; commencement; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun a compensating equivalent
counterbalance.
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
- alerting3/5
alerting
- noun a state of readiness to respond
alertness.
- alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
- noun a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
alert.
- noun a state of readiness to respond
- trotting3/5
trot
- noun a slow pace of running
lope; jog.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyite; Trotskyist.
- noun a slow pace of running
- blotting3/5
blot
- noun a blemish made by dirt
smirch; slur; smear; spot; smudge; daub.
- he had a smudge on his cheek
- noun an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
smear; smirch; spot; stain.
- he made a huge blot on his copybook
- noun a blemish made by dirt
- orienting3/5
orienting
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
orientating.
- noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive
- an orienting program for new employees
- verb be oriented
orient; point.
- The weather vane points North
- the dancers toes pointed outward
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
- dictating3/5
dictate
- noun an authoritative rule
- noun a guiding principle
- the dictates of reason
- noun an authoritative rule
- augmenting3/5
augment
- verb enlarge or increase
- The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East
- verb grow or intensify
- The pressure augmented
- verb enlarge or increase
- obstructing3/5
obstruct
- verb hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
hinder; stymie; blockade; embarrass; stymy; block.
- His brother blocked him at every turn
- verb block passage through
close up; obturate; jam; impede; occlude; block.
- obstruct the path
- verb hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- escorting3/5
escort
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
bodyguard.
- noun the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
accompaniment.
- noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- venting3/5
venting
- noun the act of venting
discharge.
- verb give expression or utterance to
vent; give vent; ventilate.
- She vented her anger
- The graduates gave vent to cheers
- noun the act of venting
- objecting3/5
object
- noun a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
physical object.
- it was full of rackets, balls and other objects
- noun the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
aim; objective; target.
- the sole object of her trip was to see her children
- noun a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
- imprinting3/5
imprinting
- noun a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
- verb establish or impress firmly in the mind
imprint; form.
- We imprint our ideas onto our children
- noun a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
- taunting3/5
taunting
- noun aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
twit; taunt.
- verb harass with persistent criticism or carping
rag; razz; bait; tantalize; twit; taunt; ride; tease; cod; rally; tantalise.
- The children teased the new teacher
- Don't ride me so hard over my failure
- His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
- noun aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- delineating3/5
delineate
- verb show the form or outline of
define.
- The tree was clearly defined by the light
- The camera could define the smallest object
- verb determine the essential quality of
delimitate; delimit; specify; define.
- verb show the form or outline of
- gating3/5
gate
- noun a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- noun a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
logic gate.
- noun a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- carpeting3/5
carpeting
- noun floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
rug; carpet.
- verb form a carpet-like cover (over)
carpet.
- noun floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
- fingerprinting3/5
fingerprinting
- noun the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- verb take an impression of a person's fingerprints
fingerprint.
- noun the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- relocating3/5
relocate
- verb become established in a new location
- Our company relocated to the Midwest
- verb move or establish in a new location
- We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high
- verb become established in a new location
- composting3/5
compost
- noun a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer
- verb convert to compost
- compost organic debris
- noun a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer
- donating3/5
donate
- verb give to a charity or good cause
- I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake
- donate money to the orphanage
- She donates to her favorite charity every month
- verb give to a charity or good cause
- infiltrating3/5
infiltrate
- verb cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
- verb enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
penetrate.
- The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor
- verb cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
- situating3/5
situate
- verb determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
locate.
- Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
- Locate the boundaries of the property
- verb put (something somewhere) firmly
posit; fix; deposit.
- She posited her hand on his shoulder
- deposit the suitcase on the bench
- fix your eyes on this spot
- verb determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
- reverting3/5
reverting
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; relapse; reversion; lapse; lapsing; backsliding.
- verb go back to a previous state
retrovert; return; turn back; revert; regress.
- We reverted to the old rules
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- abstracting3/5
abstract
- noun a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
abstraction.
- he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
precis; synopsis; outline.
- noun a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- tolerating3/5
tolerate
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; bear; abide; endure; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)
- We must tolerate the religions of others
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- frosting3/5
frosting
- noun a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
icing; ice.
- verb decorate with frosting
frost; ice.
- frost a cake
- noun a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
- unwitting3/5
unwitting
- adjective satellite not done with purpose or intent
unintentional; unplanned.
- an unintended slight
- an unintentional pun
- the offense was unintentional
- an unwitting mistake may be overlooked
- adjective not aware or knowing
- an unwitting subject in an experiment
- adjective satellite not done with purpose or intent
- recasting3/5
recasting
- noun changing a particular word or phrase
rewording; rephrasing.
- verb cast again, in a different role
recast.
- He was recast as Iago
- noun changing a particular word or phrase
- baiting3/5
baiting
- noun harassment especially of a tethered animal
- verb harass with persistent criticism or carping
rag; razz; bait; tantalize; twit; taunt; ride; tease; cod; rally; tantalise.
- The children teased the new teacher
- Don't ride me so hard over my failure
- His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
- noun harassment especially of a tethered animal
- negating3/5
negate
- verb be in contradiction with
contradict; belie.
- verb deny the truth of
contradict; contravene.
- verb be in contradiction with
- flitting3/5
flit
- noun a sudden quick movement
dart.
- noun a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
- they did a moonlight flit
- noun a sudden quick movement
- overheating3/5
overheating
- noun excessive heating
- verb get excessively and undesirably hot
overheat.
- The car engines overheated
- noun excessive heating
- counterfeiting3/5
counterfeit
- noun a copy that is represented as the original
forgery.
- verb make a copy of with the intent to deceive
forge; fake.
- he faked the signature
- they counterfeited dollar bills
- She forged a Green Card
- noun a copy that is represented as the original
- recreating3/5
recreate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
play.
- On weekends I play
- The students all recreate alike
- verb give new life or energy to
- picketing3/5
picket
- noun a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
lookout; sentry; watch; lookout man; scout; spotter; sentinel.
- noun a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
- noun a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- fabricating3/5
fabricate
- verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"
manufacture; construct.
- the company fabricates plastic chairs
- They manufacture small toys
- verb make up something artificial or untrue
manufacture; cook up; invent; make up.
- verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"
- petting3/5
petting
- noun affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
cuddling; caressing; smooching; hugging; snuggling; necking; kissing; fondling.
- verb stroke or caress gently
pet.
- pet the lamb
- noun affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
- piloting3/5
piloting
- noun the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
pilotage; navigation.
- noun the occupation of a pilot
pilotage.
- noun the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
- rusting3/5
rusting
- noun the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
rust.
- verb become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
rust; corrode.
- The metal corroded
- The pipes rusted
- noun the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
- averting3/5
averting
- noun the act of preventing something from occurring
- averting danger was his responsibility
- noun the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
aversion.
- averting her gaze meant that she was angry
- noun the act of preventing something from occurring
- ordinating3/5
ordinate
- noun the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
consecrate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- noun the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
- attesting3/5
attest
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- I attest this signature
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- diluting3/5
dilute
- verb lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
thin out; cut; reduce; thin.
- cut bourbon
- verb corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
load; stretch; debase; adulterate.
- adulterate liquor
- verb lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- riveting3/5
riveting
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
absorbing; engrossing; gripping; fascinating.
- a fascinating story
- verb direct one's attention on something
center; centre; pore; focus; concentrate; rivet.
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
- resetting3/5
reset
- noun device for resetting instruments or controls
- verb set anew
- They re-set the date on the clock
- noun device for resetting instruments or controls
- deviating3/5
deviate
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
pervert; deviant; degenerate.
- verb turn aside; turn away from
divert.
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- elucidating3/5
elucidate
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
clarify; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
- redirecting3/5
redirect
- verb channel into a new direction
airt.
- redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists
- verb channel into a new direction
- vaulting3/5
vaulting
- noun (architecture) a vaulted structure
- arches and vaulting
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
curvet.
- noun (architecture) a vaulted structure
- enumerating3/5
enumerate
- verb specify individually
recite; itemise; itemize.
- She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered
- The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug
- verb determine the number or amount of
count; numerate; number.
- Can you count the books on your shelf?
- Count your change
- verb specify individually
- counteracting3/5
counteract
- verb act in opposition to
antagonize; antagonise.
- verb oppose or check by a counteraction
countercheck.
- verb act in opposition to
- faulting3/5
faulting
- noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
fault; geological fault; break; fracture; shift.
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
- verb put or pin the blame on
blame; fault.
- noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- cementing3/5
cement
- noun concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- they stood on the grey cement beside the pool
- noun a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
- noun concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- inspecting3/5
inspect
- verb look over carefully
- Please inspect your father's will carefully
- verb come to see in an official or professional capacity
visit.
- The governor visited the prison
- The grant administrator visited the laboratory
- verb look over carefully
- navigating3/5
navigate
- verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
voyage; sail.
- The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
- verb act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
pilot.
- Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?
- Who was navigating the ship during the accident?
- verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
- enacting3/5
enact
- verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree
ordain.
- The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
- the legislature enacted this law in 1985
- verb act out; represent or perform as if in a play
reenact; act out.
- She reenacted what had happened earlier that day
- verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- doubting3/5
doubting
- adjective satellite marked by or given to doubt
skeptical; sceptical; questioning.
- a skeptical attitude
- a skeptical listener
- verb consider unlikely or have doubts about
doubt.
- I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage
- adjective satellite marked by or given to doubt
- attributing3/5
attribute
- noun a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
property; dimension.
- self-confidence is not an endearing property
- noun an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
- noun a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
- benefiting3/5
benefit
- noun financial assistance in time of need
- noun something that aids or promotes well-being
welfare.
- for the benefit of all
- noun financial assistance in time of need
- hating3/5
hat
- noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
lid; chapeau.
- noun an informal term for a person's role
- he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly
- noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- omitting3/5
omit
- verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
take out; except; leave off; leave out; exclude.
- The bad results were excluded from the report
- Leave off the top piece
- verb leave undone or leave out
pretermit; drop; overleap; leave out; overlook; miss; neglect.
- How could I miss that typo?
- The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
- verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- discounting3/5
discount
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
deduction; price reduction.
- noun interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
bank discount; discount rate.
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- scouting3/5
scouting
- noun exploring in order to gain information
exploratory survey; reconnoitring; reconnoitering.
- scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous
- verb explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
scout; reconnoiter; reconnoitre.
- noun exploring in order to gain information
- charting3/5
chart
- noun a visual display of information
- noun a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
- noun a visual display of information
- perpetuating3/5
perpetuate
- verb cause to continue or prevail
- perpetuate a myth
- verb cause to continue or prevail
- netting3/5
netting
- noun a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
gauze; veiling.
- noun creating nets
- noun a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- underwriting3/5
underwrite
- verb guarantee financial support of
subvent; subvention.
- The opera tour was subvented by a bank
- verb protect by insurance
insure; cover.
- The insurance won't cover this
- verb guarantee financial support of
- inhabiting3/5
inhabit
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
dwell; live; populate.
- People lived in Africa millions of years ago
- The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
- this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
- deer are populating the woods
- verb be present in
- sweet memories inhabit this house
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
- devoting3/5
devote
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
commit; consecrate; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb dedicate
pay; give.
- give thought to
- give priority to
- pay attention to
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- exhilarating3/5
exhilarating
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
stimulating.
- the exhilarating effect of mountain air
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
- anointing3/5
anointing
- noun the act of applying oil or an oily liquid
anointment.
- verb choose by or as if by divine intervention
anoint.
- She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group
- noun the act of applying oil or an oily liquid
- electing3/5
elect
- noun an exclusive group of people
chosen.
- one of the elect who have power inside the government
- verb select by a vote for an office or membership
- We elected him chairman of the board
- noun an exclusive group of people
- persisting3/5
persisting
- adjective satellite relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit
dogging.
- impossible to escape the dogging fears
- verb continue to exist
run; die hard; prevail; endure; persist.
- These stories die hard
- The legend of Elvis endures
- adjective satellite relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit
- plating3/5
plating
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
metal plating.
- noun the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
- enchanting3/5
enchanting
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
captivating; fascinating; bewitching; entrancing; enthralling.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; enchant; transport.
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
- contesting3/5
contest
- noun an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
competition.
- noun a struggle between rivals
- noun an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- boating3/5
boating
- noun water travel for pleasure
yachting.
- verb ride in a boat on water
boat.
- noun water travel for pleasure
- unrelenting3/5
unrelenting
- adjective satellite not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
inexorable; unappeasable; relentless; stern; unforgiving; grim.
- grim determination
- grim necessity
- Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
- relentless persecution
- the stern demands of parenthood
- adjective satellite harsh
brutal.
- the brutal summer sun
- a brutal winter
- adjective satellite not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- opting3/5
opt
- verb select as an alternative over another
prefer; choose.
- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
- verb select as an alternative over another
- hesitating3/5
hesitating
- adjective satellite lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
hesitant.
- verb pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
hesitate; waver; waffle.
- Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures
- adjective satellite lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
- erecting3/5
erecting
- noun the act of building or putting up
erection.
- verb construct, build, or erect
set up; put up; rear; raise; erect.
- Raise a barn
- noun the act of building or putting up
- suspecting3/5
suspect
- noun someone who is under suspicion
- noun a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
defendant.
- noun someone who is under suspicion
- crafting3/5
craft
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
trade.
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- dieting3/5
dieting
- noun the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
diet.
- verb follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
diet.
- He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet
- noun the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
- vesting3/5
vest
- noun a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
waistcoat.
- noun a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
undershirt; singlet.
- noun a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
- speculating3/5
speculate
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
conjecture; theorize; hypothesize; theorise; hypothesise; suppose; hypothecate.
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
- verb talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
- We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- pitting3/5
pitting
- noun the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
indentation; roughness.
- verb set into opposition or rivalry
oppose; play off; pit; match.
- let them match their best athletes against ours
- pit a chess player against the Russian champion
- He plays his two children off against each other
- noun the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- uninteresting3/5
uninteresting
- adjective arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
- a very uninteresting account of her trip
- adjective satellite characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative
- institutional food
- adjective arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement
- squinting3/5
squinting
- adjective satellite having eyes half closed in order to see better
squinched.
- squinched eyes
- verb cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
squinch; squint.
- The children squinted so as to scare each other
- adjective satellite having eyes half closed in order to see better
- commemorating3/5
commemorating
- adjective intended as a commemoration
commemorative.
- a commemorative plaque
- verb mark by some ceremony or observation
commemorate; mark.
- The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
- adjective intended as a commemoration
- prospecting3/5
prospect
- noun the possibility of future success
chance.
- his prospects as a writer are excellent
- noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future
outlook; expectation.
- noun the possibility of future success
- contradicting3/5
contradict
- verb be in contradiction with
negate; belie.
- verb deny the truth of
negate; contravene.
- verb be in contradiction with
- disputing3/5
dispute
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
difference of opinion; difference; conflict.
- he had a dispute with his wife
- there were irreconcilable differences
- the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
- noun coming into conflict with
contravention.
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
- nominating3/5
nominate
- verb propose as a candidate for some honor
put up; put forward.
- verb put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
propose.
- The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission
- verb propose as a candidate for some honor
- enlisting3/5
enlisting
- noun the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
recruitment.
- verb join the military
enlist.
- noun the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
- proliferating3/5
proliferate
- verb grow rapidly
- Pizza parlors proliferate in this area
- verb cause to grow or increase rapidly
- We must not proliferate nuclear arms
- verb grow rapidly
- necessitating3/5
necessitate
- verb require as useful, just, or proper
call for; require; involve; need; take; demand; ask; postulate.
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
- verb cause to be a concomitant
- verb require as useful, just, or proper
- jutting3/5
jutting
- noun the act of projecting out from something
protrusion; projection; jut.
- verb extend out or project in space
project; protrude; jut out; stick out; jut.
- His sharp nose jutted out
- A single rock sticks out from the cliff
- noun the act of projecting out from something
- hinting3/5
hint
- noun an indirect suggestion
breath; intimation.
- not a breath of scandal ever touched her
- noun a slight indication
clue.
- noun an indirect suggestion
- secreting3/5
secrete
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
release.
- secrete digestive juices
- release a hormone into the blood stream
- verb place out of sight; keep secret
- The money was secreted from his children
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- captivating3/5
captivating
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
fascinating; bewitching; entrancing; enthralling; enchanting.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
- delegating3/5
delegating
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
delegation; relegating; relegation; deputation.
- verb transfer power to someone
depute; delegate.
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- befitting3/5
befitting
- adjective satellite appropriate to
- behavior befitting a father
- verb accord or comport with
beseem; befit; suit.
- This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
- adjective satellite appropriate to
- quilting3/5
quilting
- noun stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design
- noun a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric
- noun stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design
- inheriting3/5
inheriting
- adjective satellite having the legal right to inherit
- verb obtain from someone after their death
inherit.
- I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
- adjective satellite having the legal right to inherit
- correlating3/5
correlate
- noun either of two or more related or complementary variables
correlative.
- verb to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
- Do these facts correlate?
- noun either of two or more related or complementary variables
- invigorating3/5
invigorating
- adjective imparting strength and vitality
- the invigorating mountain air
- verb heighten or intensify
invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire; exalt.
- These paintings exalt the imagination
- adjective imparting strength and vitality
- deducting3/5
deduct
- verb make a subtraction
subtract; take off.
- subtract this amount from my paycheck
- verb retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
recoup; withhold.
- My employer is withholding taxes
- verb make a subtraction
- deconstructing3/5
deconstruct
- verb interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
- verb interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
- interrogating3/5
interrogate
- verb transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- verb pose a series of questions to
question.
- The suspect was questioned by the police
- We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion
- verb transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- assaulting3/5
assault
- noun close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
- noun a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
- noun close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
- subcontracting3/5
subcontract
- noun a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract
- verb arranged for contracted work to be done by others
farm out; job.
- noun a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract
- excavating3/5
excavate
- verb recover through digging
unearth.
- Schliemann excavated Troy
- excavate gold
- verb find by digging in the ground
turn up; dig up.
- I dug up an old box in the garden
- verb recover through digging
- depleting3/5
deplete
- verb use up (resources or materials)
exhaust; consume; wipe out; use up; eat up; eat; run through.
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
- verb use up (resources or materials)
- shunting3/5
shunt
- noun a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
- an arteriovenus shunt
- noun a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
electrical shunt; bypass.
- noun a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
- subordinating3/5
subordinating
- adjective serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
subordinative.
- `when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction
- verb rank or order as less important or consider of less value
subordinate.
- Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools
- adjective serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
- profiting3/5
profit
- noun the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
net profit; lucre; earnings; net; profits; net income.
- noun the advantageous quality of being beneficial
gain.
- noun the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- overeating3/5
overeating
- noun eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
gula; gluttony.
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; satiate; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; overindulge; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- noun eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- typesetting3/5
typeset
- verb set in type
set.
- My book will be typeset nicely
- set these words in italics
- verb set in type
- fruiting3/5
fruiting
- adjective satellite capable of bearing fruit
- verb cause to bear fruit
fruit.
- adjective satellite capable of bearing fruit
- hoisting3/5
hoist
- noun lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- verb raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
lift; wind.
- hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
- noun lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- deserting3/5
desert
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desolate; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- persecuting3/5
persecute
- verb cause to suffer
oppress.
- Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
- verb cause to suffer
- liquidating3/5
liquidate
- verb get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
knock off; neutralize; do in; waste; neutralise.
- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
- verb eliminate by paying off (debts)
pay off.
- verb get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- exhorting3/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- lactating3/5
lactating
- adjective producing or secreting milk
wet.
- a wet nurse
- a wet cow
- lactating cows
- verb give suck to
wet-nurse; suckle; breastfeed; give suck; lactate; suck; nurse.
- The wetnurse suckled the infant
- You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
- adjective producing or secreting milk
- sheeting3/5
sheeting
- noun fabric from which bed sheets are made
- verb come down as if in sheets
sheet.
- The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon
- noun fabric from which bed sheets are made
- stipulating3/5
stipulate
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
qualify; specify; condition.
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
- verb give a guarantee or promise of
- They stipulated to release all the prisoners
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- potting3/5
pot
- noun metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
throne; toilet; commode; crapper; stool; potty; can.
- noun metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- extrapolating3/5
extrapolate
- verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
generalize; infer; generalise.
- verb estimate the value of
interpolate.
- verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
- implicating3/5
implicate
- verb bring into intimate and incriminating connection
- He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government
- verb impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
entail.
- What does this move entail?
- verb bring into intimate and incriminating connection
- authenticating3/5
authenticate
- verb establish the authenticity of something
- verb establish the authenticity of something
- ingesting3/5
ingest
- verb serve oneself to, or consume regularly
have; take in; consume; take.
- Have another bowl of chicken soup!
- I don't take sugar in my coffee
- verb take up mentally
assimilate; absorb; take in.
- he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
- verb serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- deprecating3/5
deprecating
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
deprecatory; belittling; depreciatory; deprecative; depreciative; slighting.
- belittling comments
- managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
- deprecatory remarks about the book
- a slighting remark
- verb express strong disapproval of; deplore
deprecate.
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
- scripting3/5
script
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
playscript; book.
- noun something written by hand
handwriting; hand.
- she recognized his handwriting
- his hand was illegible
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- meditating3/5
meditate
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; ruminate; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- verb think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
contemplate; study.
- He is meditating in his study
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
- looting3/5
looting
- noun plundering during riots or in wartime
robbery.
- verb take illegally; of intellectual property
plunder; loot.
- This writer plundered from famous authors
- noun plundering during riots or in wartime
- unsuspecting3/5
unsuspecting
- adjective satellite not suspicious
unsuspicious.
- deceiving the unsuspecting public
- adjective satellite (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely
- an unsuspecting victim
- unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader
- adjective satellite not suspicious
- incriminating3/5
incriminating
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
criminatory; criminative; incriminatory.
- incriminatory testimony
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply; inculpate.
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- purporting3/5
purport
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
intent; spirit.
- noun the pervading meaning or tenor
drift.
- caught the general drift of the conversation
- noun the intended meaning of a communication
- fronting3/5
front
- noun the side that is forward or prominent
forepart; front end.
- noun the line along which opposing armies face each other
front line; battlefront.
- noun the side that is forward or prominent
- unremitting3/5
unremitting
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
ceaseless; constant; unceasing; perpetual; never-ending; incessant.
- the ceaseless thunder of surf
- in constant pain
- night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
- the never-ending search for happiness
- the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
- man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
- unremitting demands of hunger
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- complementing3/5
complement
- noun a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- noun a complete number or quantity
- a full complement
- noun a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- mandating3/5
mandate
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
authorisation; authorization.
- noun a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
mandatory.
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
- refuting3/5
refute
- verb overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
rebut.
- The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
controvert; rebut.
- verb overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
- subsisting3/5
subsist
- verb support oneself
survive; live; exist.
- he could barely exist on such a low wage
- Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
- Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
- verb support oneself
- cohabiting3/5
cohabit
- verb share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
live together; shack up.
- verb share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
- shoplifting3/5
shoplifting
- noun the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
shrinkage.
- shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting
- verb steal in a store
shoplift.
- noun the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
- bloating3/5
bloat
- noun swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
- verb become bloated or swollen or puff up
- The dead man's stomach was bloated
- noun swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
- abetting3/5
abet
- verb assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
- verb assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
- insinuating3/5
insinuating
- adjective satellite calculated to please or gain favor
ingratiating; ingratiatory.
- a smooth ingratiating manner
- verb introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
insinuate.
- He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table
- adjective satellite calculated to please or gain favor
- superconducting3/5
superconducting
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stenting3/5
stent
- noun a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
- noun a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
- redistricting3/5
redistrict
To divide into new districts.
- resonating2/5
resonating
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
resonant; resounding; reverberating; reverberative.
- a resonant voice
- hear the rolling thunder
- verb sound with resonance
vibrate; resonate.
- The sound resonates well in this theater
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
- reverberating2/5
reverberating
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
resonant; resonating; resounding; reverberative.
- a resonant voice
- hear the rolling thunder
- verb ring or echo with sound
reverberate; ring; echo; resound.
- the hall resounded with laughter
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
- tooting2/5
toot
- noun a blast of a horn
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carouse; carousal; bender; booze-up.
- noun a blast of a horn
- smarting2/5
smarting
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
smartness; smart.
- verb be the source of pain
ache; smart; hurt.
- noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- trumpeting2/5
trumpet
- noun a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
horn; trump; cornet.
- verb proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
- Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty
- noun a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- scenting2/5
scent
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; fragrance; aroma.
- noun an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- orchestrating2/5
orchestrate
- verb write an orchestra score for
- verb plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
organize; direct; organise; engineer; mastermind.
- he masterminded the robbery
- verb write an orchestra score for
- plummeting2/5
plummet
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
plumb bob; plumb.
- verb drop sharply
plump.
- The stock market plummeted
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
- bleating2/5
bleat
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- verb talk whiningly
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- questing2/5
quest
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
pursuit; pursuance.
- the pursuit of love
- life is more than the pursuance of fame
- a quest for wealth
- noun the act of searching for something
seeking.
- a quest for diamonds
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
- thirsting2/5
thirst
- noun a physiological need to drink
thirstiness.
- noun strong desire for something (not food or drink)
hungriness; thirstiness; hunger.
- a thirst for knowledge
- hunger for affection
- noun a physiological need to drink
- instantiating2/5
instantiate
- verb represent by an instance
- This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect
- verb find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
- The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect
- verb represent by an instance
- actuating2/5
actuating
- adjective satellite causing motion or action or change
activating.
- verb put in motion or move to act
activate; touch off; trigger off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark off; spark; trip.
- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
- adjective satellite causing motion or action or change
- recapitulating2/5
recapitulate
- verb summarize briefly
recap.
- Let's recapitulate the main ideas
- verb repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
- verb summarize briefly
- righting2/5
right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights
- Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt
- a right is not something that somebody gives you
- noun location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- he stood on the right
- noun an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"
- ranting2/5
ranting
- noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
rant; harangue.
- verb talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
rabbit on; spout; rant; rave; mouth off; jabber.
- noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- bolting2/5
bolt
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
thunderbolt; bolt of lightning.
- noun a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- strutting2/5
strut
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; prance.
- noun brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- fidgeting2/5
fidget
- noun a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
fidgetiness; restlessness.
- he's got the fidgets
- waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness
- verb move restlessly
- The child is always fidgeting in his seat
- noun a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
- spouting2/5
spouting
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
jetting; spurting; squirting.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; spirt; gush.
- water gushed forth
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
- inflating2/5
inflate
- verb exaggerate or make bigger
blow up; expand; amplify.
- The charges were inflated
- verb fill with gas or air
blow up.
- inflate a balloons
- verb exaggerate or make bigger
- afflicting2/5
afflict
- verb cause great unhappiness for; distress
- she was afflicted by the death of her parents
- verb cause physical pain or suffering in
smite.
- afflict with the plague
- verb cause great unhappiness for; distress
- jolting2/5
jolting
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
jumpy; rocky; jolty; bumpy; rough.
- a rough ride
- verb move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
jar; jolt.
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- doting2/5
doting
- adjective satellite extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
fond; adoring.
- adoring grandparents
- deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
- hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother
- verb be foolish or senile due to old age
dote.
- adjective satellite extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
- ventilating2/5
ventilate
- verb expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
vent; air out; air.
- air the old winter clothes
- air out the smoke-filled rooms
- verb expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
- Wheat should be well ventilated
- verb expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- ameliorating2/5
ameliorating
- adjective satellite tending to ameliorate
ameliorative; meliorative; amelioratory.
- verb to make better
better; amend; ameliorate; meliorate; improve.
- The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
- adjective satellite tending to ameliorate
- obliterating2/5
obliterate
- verb mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
wipe out; kill.
- kill these lines in the President's speech
- verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
hide; obscure; veil; blot out.
- a hidden message
- a veiled threat
- verb mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- vacillating2/5
vacillating
- adjective satellite uncertain in purpose or action
vacillant; wavering.
- verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
hover; vacillate; vibrate; oscillate.
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
- adjective satellite uncertain in purpose or action
- annihilating2/5
annihilating
- adjective satellite wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
withering; devastating; annihilative.
- possessing annihilative power
- a devastating hurricane
- the guns opened a withering fire
- verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish; eradicate.
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- adjective satellite wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
- invalidating2/5
invalidating
- adjective satellite establishing as invalid or untrue
disconfirming.
- verb declare invalid
invalidate; annul; void; nullify; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
- adjective satellite establishing as invalid or untrue
- fragmenting2/5
fragment
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- a fragment of rock
- noun a broken piece of a brittle artifact
sherd; shard.
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- saturating2/5
saturate
- verb cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
- verb infuse or fill completely
impregnate.
- Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
- verb cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
- salting2/5
salting
- noun the act of adding salt to food
- verb add salt to
salt.
- noun the act of adding salt to food
- abutting2/5
abut
- verb lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
march; edge; adjoin; butt; butt against; border; butt on.
- Canada adjoins the U.S.
- England marches with Scotland
- verb lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- hooting2/5
hoot
- noun a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
razz; boo; razzing; Bronx cheer; hiss; raspberry; bird; snort.
- noun a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- restating2/5
restate
- verb to say, state, or perform again
reiterate; repeat; ingeminate; retell; iterate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- verb to say, state, or perform again
- quieting2/5
quiet
- noun a period of calm weather
lull.
- there was a lull in the storm
- noun an untroubled state; free from disturbances
tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a period of calm weather
- scintillating2/5
scintillating
- adjective satellite brilliantly clever
- scintillating wit
- a play full of scintillating dialogue
- verb give off
scintillate.
- the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
- adjective satellite brilliantly clever
- explicating2/5
explicate
- verb make plain and comprehensible
explain.
- He explained the laws of physics to his students
- verb elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
develop; formulate.
- Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
- verb make plain and comprehensible
- butting2/5
butt
- noun thick end of the handle
butt end.
- noun the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- noun thick end of the handle
- repenting2/5
repent
- verb turn away from sin or do penitence
atone.
- verb feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
regret; rue.
- verb turn away from sin or do penitence
- begetting2/5
beget
- verb make children
engender; sire; get; father; mother; bring forth; generate.
- Abraham begot Isaac
- Men often father children but don't recognize them
- verb make children
- dotting2/5
dot
- noun a very small circular shape
point.
- a row of points
- draw lines between the dots
- noun the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
Department of Transportation; Transportation.
- noun a very small circular shape
- belting2/5
belting
- noun the material of which belts are made
- verb sing loudly and forcefully
belt out; belt.
- noun the material of which belts are made
- incapacitating2/5
incapacitating
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling; crippling.
- a crippling injury
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
- inaugurating2/5
inaugurate
- verb commence officially
kick off.
- verb open ceremoniously or dedicate formally
- verb commence officially
- abating2/5
abate
- verb make less active or intense
slake; slack.
- verb become less in amount or intensity
die away; slack off; slack; let up.
- The storm abated
- The rain let up after a few hours
- verb make less active or intense
- rejuvenating2/5
rejuvenate
- verb cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land
- verb develop youthful topographical features
- the land rejuvenated
- verb cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land
- stagnating2/5
stagnate
- verb stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
- verb cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
- verb stand still
- dilating2/5
dilate
- verb become wider
distend.
- His pupils were dilated
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
expound; lucubrate; expatiate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
- verb become wider
- punctuating2/5
punctuate
- verb insert punctuation marks into
mark.
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; stress; accentuate; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb insert punctuation marks into
- inactivating2/5
inactivate
- verb release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
demobilise; demobilize.
- verb make inactive
deactivate.
- they deactivated the file
- verb release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
- blunting2/5
blunt
- verb make less intense
- blunted emotions
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- verb make less intense
- titillating2/5
titillating
- adjective satellite pleasantly and superficially exciting
- verb touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
tickle; titillate; vellicate.
- adjective satellite pleasantly and superficially exciting
- conflating2/5
conflate
- verb mix together different elements
mix; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- verb mix together different elements
- porting2/5
port
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- noun sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
port wine.
- noun a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- gifting2/5
gift
- noun something acquired without compensation
- noun natural abilities or qualities
talent; endowment; natural endowment.
- noun something acquired without compensation
- spurting2/5
spurting
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
spouting; jetting; squirting.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; spirt; gush.
- water gushed forth
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
- deflating2/5
deflate
- verb collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- deflate a balloon
- verb release contained air or gas from
- deflate the air mattress
- verb collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- overwriting2/5
overwrite
- verb write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
- overwrite that file
- verb write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
- reinstating2/5
reinstate
- verb restore to the previous state or rank
- verb bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
restore; reestablish.
- restore law and order
- reestablish peace in the region
- restore the emperor to the throne
- verb restore to the previous state or rank
- iterating2/5
iterate
- verb to say, state, or perform again
reiterate; repeat; ingeminate; retell; restate.
- She kept reiterating her request
- verb run or be performed again
- the function iterates
- verb to say, state, or perform again
- acquainting2/5
acquaint
- verb cause to come to know personally
present; introduce.
- permit me to acquaint you with my son
- introduce the new neighbors to the community
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarise; familiarize.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- verb cause to come to know personally
- ejecting2/5
eject
- verb put out or expel from a place
chuck out; turf out; boot out; turn out; exclude.
- The unruly student was excluded from the game
- verb eliminate (a substance)
release; exhaust; expel; discharge.
- combustion products are exhausted in the engine
- the plant releases a gas
- verb put out or expel from a place
- mutating2/5
mutate
- verb undergo mutation
- cells mutate
- verb undergo mutation
- gravitating2/5
gravitate
- verb move toward
- The conversation gravitated towards politics
- verb be attracted to
- Boys gravitate towards girls at that age
- verb move toward
- domesticating2/5
domesticate
- verb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
naturalize; cultivate; tame; naturalise.
- domesticate oats
- tame the soil
- verb overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
domesticize; domesticise; tame; reclaim.
- He tames lions for the circus
- reclaim falcons
- verb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- tabulating2/5
tabulate
- verb arrange or enter in tabular form
table; tabularise; tabularize.
- verb shape or cut with a flat surface
- verb arrange or enter in tabular form
- palpitating2/5
palpitating
- adjective satellite having a slight and rapid trembling motion
palpitant.
- palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions
- my palpitating heart
- verb cause to throb or beat rapidly
palpitate.
- Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart
- adjective satellite having a slight and rapid trembling motion
- buffeting2/5
buffeting
- noun repeated heavy blows
pounding.
- verb strike against forcefully
batter; knock about; buffet.
- Winds buffeted the tent
- noun repeated heavy blows
- detonating2/5
detonate
- verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
explode; blow up; set off.
- We exploded the nuclear bomb
- verb burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
explode; blow up.
- the bomb detonated at noon
- The Molotov cocktail exploded
- verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- circuiting2/5
circuit
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
electrical circuit; electric circuit.
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
tour.
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- aborting2/5
abort
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
- he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
- verb terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
- noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- reorienting2/5
reorient
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorientate.
- verb cause to turn
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- enunciating2/5
enunciate
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb express or state clearly
vocalize; vocalise; articulate.
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- shitting2/5
shitting
- noun the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
laxation; defecation.
- verb give away information about somebody
shop; give away; denounce; tell on; stag; rat; betray; snitch; grass; shit.
- He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
- noun the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
- decelerating2/5
decelerate
- verb lose velocity; move more slowly
slow down; slow; retard; slow up.
- The car decelerated
- verb reduce the speed of
slow down.
- He slowed down the car
- verb lose velocity; move more slowly
- inoculating2/5
inoculating
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
vaccinating.
- doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
inoculate.
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
- prostrating2/5
prostrate
- verb get into a prostrate position, as in submission
bow down.
- verb render helpless or defenseless
- They prostrated the enemy
- verb get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- dislocating2/5
dislocate
- verb move out of position
splay; slip; luxate.
- dislocate joints
- the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
- verb put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
- The colonists displaced the natives
- verb move out of position
- transmuting2/5
transmute
- verb change in outward structure or looks
transform; metamorphose.
- He transformed into a monster
- The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle
- verb change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
transform; transubstantiate.
- This experience transformed her completely
- She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
- transubstantiate one element into another
- verb change in outward structure or looks
- perverting2/5
pervert
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
deviate; deviant; degenerate.
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- concatenating2/5
concatenate
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- verb add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
- concatenate terms
- concatenate characters
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- blurting2/5
blurt
- verb utter impulsively
ejaculate; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- verb utter impulsively
- canting2/5
cant
- noun stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
buzzword.
- noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
camber; bank.
- noun stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
- amalgamating2/5
amalgamate
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
mix; unify; mingle; commix.
- resourcefully he mingled music and dance
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
amalgamated; fused; coalesced; consolidated.
- United Industries
- the amalgamated colleges constituted a university
- a consolidated school
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
- ricocheting2/5
ricochet
- noun a glancing rebound
carom.
- verb spring back; spring away from an impact
spring; rebound; bound; bounce; take a hop; reverberate; recoil; resile.
- The rubber ball bounced
- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
- noun a glancing rebound
- hyperventilating2/5
hyperventilate
- verb produce hyperventilation in
- The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient
- verb breathe excessively hard and fast
- The mountain climber started to hyperventilate
- verb produce hyperventilation in
- deactivating2/5
deactivate
- verb remove from active military status or reassign
- The men were deactivated after five years of service
- verb make inactive
inactivate.
- they deactivated the file
- verb remove from active military status or reassign
- fixating2/5
fixate
- verb attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
- He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40
- verb pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
- The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death
- verb attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
- decimating2/5
decimate
- verb kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- verb kill in large numbers
annihilate; carry off; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish; eradicate.
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- verb kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- conjugating2/5
conjugate
- noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
conjugate solution.
- verb unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
- noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
- coagulating2/5
coagulate
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
clot.
- coagulated blood
- verb cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
clot.
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- ghosting2/5
ghost
- noun a mental representation of some haunting experience
spectre; shade; spook; specter; wraith.
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
- noun a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
ghostwriter.
- noun a mental representation of some haunting experience
- understating2/5
understate
- verb represent as less significant or important
minimize; downplay; minimise.
- verb represent as less significant or important
- remonstrating2/5
remonstrate
- verb argue in protest or opposition
- verb present and urge reasons in opposition
point out.
- verb argue in protest or opposition
- playacting2/5
playacting
- noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
acting; performing; playing.
- verb perform on a stage or theater
play; playact; roleplay; act.
- She acts in this play
- He acted in `Julius Caesar'
- I played in `A Christmas Carol'
- noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
- unfitting2/5
unfitting
- adjective satellite not in keeping with what is correct or proper
incompatible; out or keeping; inappropriate.
- completely inappropriate behavior
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; disqualify; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- adjective satellite not in keeping with what is correct or proper
- contorting2/5
contort
- verb twist and press out of shape
wring; distort; deform.
- verb twist and press out of shape
- obfuscating2/5
obfuscate
- verb make obscure or unclear
- verb make obscure or unclear
- interjecting2/5
interject
- verb to insert between other elements
put in; throw in; interpose; come in; inject.
- She interjected clever remarks
- verb to insert between other elements
- ejaculating2/5
ejaculate
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; seminal fluid; seed; cum; come.
- verb utter impulsively
blurt; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- felting2/5
felt
- noun a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
- verb mat together and make felt-like
- felt the wool
- noun a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
- desalting2/5
desalt
- verb remove salt from
desalinize; desalinate; desalinise.
- desalinate water
- verb remove salt from
- ornamenting2/5
ornament
- noun something used to beautify
decoration; ornamentation.
- verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
embellish; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Decorate the room for the party
- beautify yourself for the special day
- noun something used to beautify
- hydrating2/5
hydrate
- noun any compound that contains water of crystallization
- verb supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance
- the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently
- noun any compound that contains water of crystallization
- sublimating2/5
sublimate
- noun the product of vaporization of a solid
- verb direct energy or urges into useful activities
- noun the product of vaporization of a solid
- coasting2/5
coast
- noun the shore of a sea or ocean
sea-coast; seashore; seacoast.
- noun a slope down which sleds may coast
- when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course
- noun the shore of a sea or ocean
- sculpting2/5
sculpt
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
sculpture.
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
- verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
sculpture; grave.
- She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- delighting2/5
delight
- noun a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
delectation.
- his delight to see her was obvious to all
- noun something or someone that provides a source of happiness
joy; pleasure.
- a joy to behold
- the pleasure of his company
- the new car is a delight
- noun a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
- bracketing2/5
bracket
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- noun either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
angle bracket.
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- thwarting2/5
thwarting
- noun an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
foiling; frustration.
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- noun an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
- interconnecting2/5
interconnect
- verb be interwoven or interconnected
complect; interlink.
- The bones are interconnected via the muscle
- verb cause to be interconnected or interwoven
interlink.
- verb be interwoven or interconnected
- uprooting2/5
uproot
- verb move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
deracinate.
- The war uprooted many people
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
exterminate; root out; extirpate; eradicate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- undercutting2/5
undercut
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- noun the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
tenderloin.
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- igniting2/5
ignite
- verb cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
light.
- Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter
- Light a cigarette
- verb start to burn or burst into flames
catch fire; take fire; combust; erupt; conflagrate.
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
- verb cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- encrypting2/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- fermenting2/5
fermenting
- noun a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
zymolysis; ferment; zymosis; fermentation.
- verb be in an agitated or excited state
ferment.
- The Middle East is fermenting
- Her mind ferments
- noun a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- permeating2/5
permeating
- adjective satellite spreading or spread throughout
pervasive; permeative; permeant.
- armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations
- the pervasive odor of garlic
- an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse; imbue.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- adjective satellite spreading or spread throughout
- deflecting2/5
deflect
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
stave off; avert; debar; avoid; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; ward off; forfend.
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
- verb turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
bend; turn away.
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- segregating2/5
segregate
- noun someone who is or has been segregated
- verb separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
- This neighborhood is segregated
- We don't segregate in this county
- noun someone who is or has been segregated
- constricting2/5
constricting
- adjective satellite (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
narrowing; constrictive.
- verb squeeze or press together
compact; compress; contract; press; constrict; squeeze.
- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
- adjective satellite (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- dissipating2/5
dissipate
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; disperse.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
- verb move away from each other;
scatter; disperse; spread out.
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
- innovating2/5
innovate
- verb bring something new to an environment
introduce.
- A new word processor was introduced
- verb bring something new to an environment
- segmenting2/5
segment
- noun one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
section.
- a section of a fishing rod
- metal sections were used below ground
- finished the final segment of the road
- noun one of the parts into which something naturally divides
- a segment of an orange
- noun one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
- wafting2/5
waft
- noun a long flag; often tapering
pennon; streamer; pennant.
- verb be driven or carried along, as by the air
- Sounds wafted into the room
- noun a long flag; often tapering
- calibrating2/5
calibrate
- verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
fine-tune; graduate.
- calibrate an instrument
- graduate a cylinder
- verb mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
- he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale
- verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- jesting2/5
jesting
- adjective satellite characterized by jokes and good humor
jocular; joking; jocose.
- verb tell a joke; speak humorously
joke; jest.
- He often jokes even when he appears serious
- adjective satellite characterized by jokes and good humor
- wilting2/5
wilting
- noun causing to become limp or drooping
wilt.
- verb lose strength
wilt.
- My opponent was wilting
- noun causing to become limp or drooping
- recuperating2/5
recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
recover; recoup.
- recuperate one's losses
- verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
go back; recover.
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
- pivoting2/5
pivot
- noun the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
pivot man.
- noun axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
pin.
- noun the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
- populating2/5
populate
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
dwell; live; inhabit.
- People lived in Africa millions of years ago
- The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
- this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
- deer are populating the woods
- verb fill with inhabitants
- populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
- adjudicating2/5
adjudicate
- verb put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
judge; try.
- The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
- The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
- verb bring to an end; settle conclusively
settle; resolve; decide.
- The case was decided
- The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
- The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
- verb put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- grouting2/5
grout
- noun a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
- verb bind with grout
- grout the bathtub
- noun a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
- demyelinating2/5
demyelinate
- verb destroy the myelin sheath of
- the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers
- verb destroy the myelin sheath of
- accentuating2/5
accentuate
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; punctuate; stress; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb put stress on; utter with an accent
stress; accent.
- In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
- verb to stress, single out as important
- toasting2/5
toasting
- noun cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
browning.
- proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread
- verb make brown and crisp by heating
toast; crispen; crisp.
- toast bread
- crisp potatoes
- noun cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
- nauseating2/5
nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
- transacting2/5
transact
- verb conduct business
- transact with foreign governments
- verb conduct business
- irrigating2/5
irrigate
- verb supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
water.
- Water the fields
- verb supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
- irrigate the wound
- verb supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
- evacuating2/5
evacuate
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
- verb empty completely
- evacuate the bottle
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- instigating2/5
instigate
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; incite; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb serve as the inciting cause of
prompt; inspire.
- She prompted me to call my relatives
- verb provoke or stir up
- exalting2/5
exalting
- adjective satellite tending to exalt
ennobling.
- an exalting eulogy
- ennobling thoughts
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; glorify; extol; laud; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- adjective satellite tending to exalt
- gesticulating2/5
gesticulating
- adjective satellite making gestures while speaking
- her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary
- verb show, express or direct through movement
motion; gesticulate; gesture.
- He gestured his desire to leave
- adjective satellite making gestures while speaking
- germinating2/5
germinate
- verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
shoot; bourgeon; sprout; spud; pullulate; burgeon forth.
- the potatoes sprouted
- verb work out
evolve; develop.
- We have developed a new theory of evolution
- verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
- incubating2/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- delimiting2/5
delimit
- verb determine the essential quality of
delineate; delimitate; specify; define.
- verb be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
subtend.
- verb determine the essential quality of
- relegating2/5
relegating
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
delegation; delegating; relegation; deputation.
- verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
relegate; submit; pass on.
- She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
- noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- remitting2/5
remit
- noun the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
- they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life
- noun (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
remitment; remission.
- noun the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
- exulting2/5
exulting
- adjective satellite joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
triumphal; rejoicing; prideful; triumphant; exultant; jubilant.
- rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day
- a triumphal success
- a triumphant shout
- verb feel extreme happiness or elation
be on cloud nine; walk on air; exult; jump for joy.
- adjective satellite joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
- promulgating2/5
promulgate
- verb state or announce
exclaim; proclaim.
- `I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed
- The King will proclaim an amnesty
- verb put a law into effect by formal declaration
- verb state or announce
- alighting2/5
alight
- verb to come to rest, settle
perch; light.
- Misfortune lighted upon him
- verb come down
climb down.
- the birds alighted
- verb to come to rest, settle
- dismounting2/5
dismount
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; unhorse; get off; get down.
- noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
- interpolating2/5
interpolate
- verb estimate the value of
extrapolate.
- verb insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
alter; falsify.
- verb estimate the value of
- masturbating2/5
masturbate
- verb stimulate sexually
- The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
fuck off; wank; jerk off; she-bop; jack off.
- verb stimulate sexually
- hallucinating2/5
hallucinating
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
delirious.
- verb perceive what is not there; have illusions
hallucinate.
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
- lilting2/5
lilting
- adjective satellite characterized by a buoyant rhythm
swingy; tripping; swinging.
- an easy lilting stride
- the flute broke into a light lilting air
- a swinging pace
- a graceful swingy walk
- a tripping singing measure
- verb articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
lilt.
- adjective satellite characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- implanting2/5
implant
- noun a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; imbed; embed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- noun a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
- impersonating2/5
impersonate
- verb assume or act the character of
portray.
- She impersonates Madonna
- The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
- verb represent another person with comic intentions
- verb assume or act the character of
- besetting2/5
beset
- verb annoy continually or chronically
chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; molest; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"
set upon.
- verb annoy continually or chronically
- compacting2/5
compact
- noun a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
powder compact.
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
covenant; concordat.
- noun a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- resurrecting2/5
resurrect
- verb cause to become alive again
raise; upraise.
- raise from the dead
- Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
- Upraising ghosts
- verb restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
revive.
- He revived this style of opera
- He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina
- verb cause to become alive again
- surmounting2/5
surmount
- verb get on top of; deal with successfully
get over; master; subdue; overcome.
- He overcame his shyness
- verb be on top of
- The scarf surmounted the gown
- verb get on top of; deal with successfully
- forfeiting2/5
forfeit
- noun something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
forfeiture.
- noun a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
forfeiture.
- the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time
- noun something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
- refracting2/5
refract
- verb subject to refraction
- refract a light beam
- verb determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- verb subject to refraction
- exterminating2/5
exterminate
- verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
kill off.
- Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
uproot; root out; extirpate; eradicate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
- depreciating2/5
depreciating
- adjective satellite tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
depreciative; depreciatory.
- a depreciating currency
- depreciatory effects on prices
- verb belittle
vilipend; deprecate; depreciate.
- The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts
- adjective satellite tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
- perpetrating2/5
perpetrate
- verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
commit; pull.
- perpetrate a crime
- pull a bank robbery
- verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- knotting2/5
knot
- noun a tight cluster of people or things
- a small knot of women listened to his sermon
- the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
- noun any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- noun a tight cluster of people or things
- attenuating2/5
attenuate
- verb weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
rarefy.
- verb become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
- verb weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
- stunting2/5
stunting
- noun the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
aerobatics; stunt flying; acrobatics.
- verb check the growth or development of
stunt.
- You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles
- noun the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
- overreacting2/5
overreact
- verb show an exaggerated response to something
- Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy
- verb show an exaggerated response to something
- crosscutting2/5
crosscut
- noun a diagonal path
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff; shortcut.
- noun a diagonal path
- percolating2/5
percolate
- noun the product of percolation
- verb permeate or penetrate gradually
leach.
- the fertilizer leached into the ground
- noun the product of percolation
- suiting2/5
suiting
- noun a fabric used for suits
- verb be agreeable or acceptable to
accommodate; fit; suit.
- This suits my needs
- noun a fabric used for suits
- skyrocketing2/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- retracting2/5
retract
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
resile; abjure; forswear; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb pull away from a source of disgust or fear
shrink back.
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- overstating2/5
overstate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- hibernating2/5
hibernating
- adjective satellite in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
dormant; torpid.
- dormant buds
- a hibernating bear
- torpid frogs
- verb sleep during winter
hole up; hibernate.
- Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves
- adjective satellite in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
- carting2/5
carting
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
cartage.
- verb draw slowly or heavily
haul; hale; drag; cart.
- haul stones
- haul nets
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
- dissociating2/5
dissociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
divorce; disjoint; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb regard as unconnected
decouple.
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- verb part; cease or break association with
- predating2/5
predate
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
antecede; forego; forgo; antedate; precede.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
- verb come before
precede.
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
- shorting2/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- substantiating2/5
substantiating
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
collateral; verificatory; validating; verifying; substantiative; confirming; confirmatory; corroboratory; corroborative; validatory; confirmative.
- collateral evidence
- verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
affirm; substantiate; support; confirm; corroborate; sustain.
- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
- sedating2/5
sedate
- verb cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
tranquilize; tranquillize; calm; tranquillise.
- The patient must be sedated before the operation
- adjective satellite characterized by dignity and propriety
staid.
- verb cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
- mutilating2/5
mutilate
- verb destroy or injure severely
mangle; cut up.
- The madman mutilates art work
- verb alter so as to make unrecognizable
murder; mangle.
- The tourists murdered the French language
- verb destroy or injure severely
- disinfecting2/5
disinfect
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- disinfect a wound
- verb destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
- emancipating2/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- immigrating2/5
immigrate
- verb migrate to a new environment
- only few plants can immigrate to the island
- verb introduce or send as immigrants
- Britain immigrated many colonists to America
- verb migrate to a new environment
- enervating2/5
enervating
- adjective satellite causing debilitation
debilitative; weakening; enfeebling.
- verb weaken mentally or morally
enervate.
- adjective satellite causing debilitation
- transiting2/5
transit
- noun a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
theodolite.
- noun a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
transportation system; transportation.
- noun a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
- malting2/5
malt
- noun a milkshake made with malt powder
malted milk; malted.
- noun a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
malt liquor.
- noun a milkshake made with malt powder
- palpating2/5
palpate
- verb examine (a body part) by palpation
feel.
- The nurse palpated the patient's stomach
- The runner felt her pulse
- verb examine (a body part) by palpation
- bisecting2/5
bisect
- verb cut in half or cut in two
- bisect a line
- verb cut in half or cut in two
- reheating2/5
reheat
- verb heat again
- Please reheat the food from last night
- verb heat again
- smiting2/5
smite
- verb inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- verb affect suddenly with deep feeling
- He was smitten with love for this young girl
- verb inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- tinting2/5
tinting
- noun the act of adding a tinge of color
- the hairdresser gave her hair a modest tinting
- verb color lightly
touch; tinct; tint; tinge.
- her greying hair was tinged blond
- the leaves were tinged red in November
- noun the act of adding a tinge of color
- jointing2/5
joint
- noun (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
articulatio; articulation.
- noun a disreputable place of entertainment
- noun (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- consorting2/5
consort
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- noun a family of similar musical instrument playing together
choir.
- noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- preheating2/5
preheat
- verb heat beforehand
- Preheat the oven!
- verb heat beforehand
- indenting2/5
indent
- noun an order for goods to be exported or imported
- noun the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
indention; indenture; indentation.
- noun an order for goods to be exported or imported
- refrigerating2/5
refrigerating
- adjective satellite causing cooling or freezing
refrigerant.
- a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide
- verb preserve by chilling
refrigerate.
- many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil
- adjective satellite causing cooling or freezing
- congregating2/5
congregating
- noun the act of congregating
congregation.
- verb come together, usually for a purpose
congregate.
- The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve
- noun the act of congregating
- slitting2/5
slit
- noun a long narrow opening
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
puss; pussy; snatch; twat; cunt.
- noun a long narrow opening
- gyrating2/5
gyrate
- verb to wind or move in a spiral course
coil; spiral.
- the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
- black smoke coiling up into the sky
- the young people gyrated on the dance floor
- verb revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
reel; whirl; spin; spin around.
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
- verb to wind or move in a spiral course
- rutting2/5
rut
- noun a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
- noun a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
groove.
- they fell into a conversational rut
- noun a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
- concocting2/5
concoct
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
cook up.
- concoct a strange mixture
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- crusting2/5
crust
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
Earth's crust.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; incrustation.
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
- weightlifting2/5
weightlifting
- noun bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights
weightlift.
- verb lift weights
press; weight-lift; weightlift.
- This guy can press 300 pounds
- noun bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights
- jetting2/5
jetting
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
spouting; spurting; squirting.
- verb issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
gush; jet.
- Water jetted forth
- flames were jetting out of the building
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
- meriting2/5
merit
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
virtue.
- work of great merit
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
deservingness; meritoriousness.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
- squirting2/5
squirting
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
spouting; jetting; spurting.
- verb cause to come out in a squirt
force out; squirt; squeeze out; eject.
- the boy squirted water at his little sister
- adjective satellite propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
- repainting2/5
repaint
- verb paint again
- He repainted the same scenery many times during his life
- verb paint again
- He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce
- verb paint again
- individuating2/5
individuate
- verb give individual character to
- verb give individual shape or form to
- Language that individuates his memories
- verb give individual character to
- blanketing2/5
blanket
- noun bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
cover.
- he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
- noun anything that covers
mantle.
- there was a blanket of snow
- noun bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- abducting2/5
abducting
- adjective especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
abducent.
- verb take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
abduct; nobble; kidnap; snatch.
- The industrialist's son was kidnapped
- adjective especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
- readjusting2/5
readjust
- verb adjust anew
readapt.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adjust again after an initial failure
reset.
- verb adjust anew
- overshooting2/5
overshoot
- noun an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
go-around; wave-off.
- verb shoot beyond or over (a target)
- noun an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
- scooting2/5
scoot
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
shoot; flash; dart; dash; scud.
- She dashed into the yard
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
- misting2/5
mist
- noun a thin fog with condensation near the ground
- verb become covered with mist
mist over.
- The windshield misted over
- noun a thin fog with condensation near the ground
- allotting2/5
allot
- verb give out
portion; assign.
- We were assigned new uniforms
- verb allow to have
accord; grant.
- grant a privilege
- verb give out
- truncating2/5
truncate
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- verb approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- truncate a series
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- copyediting2/5
copyedit
- verb edit and correct (written or printed material)
subedit; copyread.
- verb edit and correct (written or printed material)
- rocketing2/5
rocket
- noun any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
projectile.
- noun a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
rocket engine.
- noun any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
- deporting2/5
deport
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; comport; bear; behave; conduct; carry.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
deliver; extradite.
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- verb behave in a certain manner
- backbiting2/5
backbite
- verb say mean things
bitch.
- verb say mean things
- castrating2/5
castrate
- noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
eunuch.
- eunuchs guarded the harem
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
emasculate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
- parachuting2/5
parachuting
- noun descent with a parachute
jump.
- he had done a lot of parachuting in the army
- verb jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
parachute; jump; chute.
- noun descent with a parachute
- impregnating2/5
impregnate
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
infuse; tincture; instill.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
- verb infuse or fill completely
saturate.
- Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
- pollinating2/5
pollinate
- verb fertilize by transfering pollen
pollenate; cross-pollinate.
- verb fertilize by transfering pollen
- reenacting2/5
reenact
- verb enact or perform again
- They reenacted the battle of Princeton
- verb enact again
- Congress reenacted the law
- verb enact or perform again
- accenting2/5
accenting
- noun the act of giving special importance or significance to something
accentuation; emphasizing.
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; punctuate; stress; accentuate; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- noun the act of giving special importance or significance to something
- ratcheting2/5
ratchet
- noun mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
rachet; ratch.
- verb move by degrees in one direction only
ratchet down; rachet up.
- a ratcheting lopping tool
- noun mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
- combatting2/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- desolating2/5
desolate
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- verb reduce in population
depopulate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- covenanting2/5
covenant
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
compact; concordat.
- noun (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- irradiating2/5
irradiate
- verb give spiritual insight to; in religion
enlighten.
- verb cast rays of light upon
- verb give spiritual insight to; in religion
- desecrating2/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- redecorating2/5
redecorate
- verb redo the decoration of an apartment or house
- verb redo the decoration of an apartment or house
- aspirating2/5
aspirate
- noun a consonant pronounced with aspiration
- verb remove as if by suction
draw out; suck out.
- aspirate the wound
- noun a consonant pronounced with aspiration
- consummating2/5
consummate
- verb fulfill sexually
- consummate a marriage
- verb make perfect; bring to perfection
- verb fulfill sexually
- equilibrating2/5
equilibrate
- verb bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
- verb bring into balance or equilibrium
equilibrise; equilibrize; balance.
- She has to balance work and her domestic duties
- balance the two weights
- verb bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
- accreting2/5
accrete
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- After many years the rose bushes grew together
- verb grow or become attached by accretion
- The story accreted emotion
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- excreting2/5
excreting
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
elimination; excretion; voiding; evacuation.
- verb eliminate from the body
excrete; pass; egest; eliminate.
- Pass a kidney stone
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- fulminating2/5
fulminate
- noun a salt or ester of fulminic acid
- verb criticize severely
rail.
- He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
- She railed against the bad social policies
- noun a salt or ester of fulminic acid
- dehydrating2/5
dehydrate
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
desiccate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- verb remove water from
desiccate.
- All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- obligating2/5
obligate
- verb force somebody to do something
oblige; compel.
- We compel all students to fill out this form
- verb commit in order to fulfill an obligation
- obligate money
- verb force somebody to do something
- parroting2/5
parrot
- noun usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
- noun a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
- noun usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
- emasculating2/5
emasculate
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
castrate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- verb remove the testicles of a male animal
demasculinise; demasculinize; castrate.
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
- adverting2/5
advert
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advertising; advertisement; advertizement; advertizing.
- verb give heed (to)
hang; give ear; attend; pay heed.
- The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
- She hung on his every word
- They attended to everything he said
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
- incarnating2/5
incarnate
- verb make concrete and real
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb make concrete and real
- freighting2/5
freight
- noun goods carried by a large vehicle
load; cargo; lading; shipment; loading; consignment; payload.
- noun transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
freightage.
- noun goods carried by a large vehicle
- encrusting2/5
encrust
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; incrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
- resuscitating2/5
resuscitate
- verb cause to regain consciousness
revive.
- The doctors revived the comatose man
- verb return to consciousness
come to; revive.
- The patient came to quickly
- She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
- verb cause to regain consciousness
- lofting2/5
loft
- noun floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
- noun floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
attic; garret.
- noun floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
- commiserating2/5
commiserate
- verb to feel or express sympathy or compassion
sympathize; sympathise.
- verb to feel or express sympathy or compassion
- addicting2/5
addict
- noun someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
nut; freak; junkie; junky.
- a golf addict
- a car nut
- a bodybuilding freak
- a news junkie
- noun someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
- noun someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- vaccinating2/5
vaccinating
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
inoculating.
- doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
- verb perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
inoculate; immunise; immunize; vaccinate.
- We vaccinate against scarlet fever
- The nurse vaccinated the children in the school
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
- reactivating2/5
reactivate
- verb activate (an old file) anew
- verb activate (an old file) anew
- inundating2/5
inundate
- verb fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
flood; deluge; swamp.
- the basement was inundated after the storm
- The images flooded his mind
- verb fill or cover completely, usually with water
submerge; deluge.
- verb fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- punting2/5
punting
- noun (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
punt.
- the punt traveled 50 yards
- punting is an important part of the game
- verb kick the ball
punt.
- noun (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- absenting2/5
absent
- verb go away or leave
remove.
- He absented himself
- adjective not being in a specified place
- verb go away or leave
- acquitting2/5
acquit
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
exculpate; clear; discharge; assoil; exonerate.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb behave in a certain manner
comport; bear; behave; conduct; carry; deport.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- levitating2/5
levitate
- verb cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
- The magician levitated the woman
- verb be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
hover.
- The guru claimed that he could levitate
- verb cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
- discomfiting2/5
discomfit
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; disconcert.
- verb cause to lose one's composure
- interrelating2/5
interrelate
- verb be in a relationship with
relate.
- How are these two observations related?
- verb place into a mutual relationship
- I cannot interrelate these two events
- verb be in a relationship with
- accosting2/5
accost
- verb speak to someone
come up to; address.
- verb approach with an offer of sexual favors
hook; solicit.
- he was solicited by a prostitute
- The young man was caught soliciting in the park
- verb speak to someone
- ovulating2/5
ovulate
- verb produce and discharge eggs
- women ovulate about once every month
- verb produce and discharge eggs
- asphyxiating2/5
asphyxiating
- adjective satellite tending to deprive of oxygen
- asphyxiating gasses
- verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; suffocate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
- adjective satellite tending to deprive of oxygen
- indoctrinating2/5
indoctrinate
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- desegregating2/5
desegregate
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
integrate; mix.
- This school is completely desegregated
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- officiating2/5
officiating
- noun the act of umpiring
umpirage; officiation; refereeing.
- the officiating was excellent
- verb act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding
officiate.
- Who officiated at your wedding?
- noun the act of umpiring
- babysitting2/5
babysitting
- noun the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home
baby sitting.
- noun the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home
- disconnecting2/5
disconnect
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
disconnection; gulf.
- he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
- verb pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
unplug.
- unplug the hair dryer after using it
- noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
- deliberating2/5
deliberate
- verb think about carefully; weigh
moot; turn over; consider; debate.
- They considered the possibility of a strike
- Turn the proposal over in your mind
- verb discuss the pros and cons of an issue
debate.
- verb think about carefully; weigh
- telecommuting2/5
telecommuting
- noun employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
teleworking.
- noun employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
- discrediting2/5
discredit
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
disrepute.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- intercepting2/5
intercept
- noun the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
- verb seize on its way
stop.
- The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
- noun the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
- crediting2/5
credit
- noun approval
recognition.
- give her recognition for trying
- he was given credit for his work
- give her credit for trying
- noun money available for a client to borrow
- noun approval
- defaulting2/5
default
- noun loss due to not showing up
- he lost the game by default
- noun act of failing to meet a financial obligation
nonremittal; nonpayment.
- noun loss due to not showing up
- circumventing2/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- postulating2/5
postulate
- noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
posit.
- verb maintain or assert
contend.
- He contended that Communism had no future
- noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- legislating2/5
legislating
- noun the act of making or enacting laws
legislation; lawmaking.
- verb make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
legislate; pass.
- They passed the amendment
- We cannot legislate how people spend their free time
- noun the act of making or enacting laws
- encapsulating2/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- corroborating2/5
corroborate
- verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
affirm; substantiate; support; confirm; sustain.
- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
- verb give evidence for
validate.
- verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- flaunting2/5
flaunt
- noun the act of displaying something ostentatiously
- his behavior was an outrageous flaunt
- verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
swank; flash; show off; ostentate.
- he showed off his new sports car
- noun the act of displaying something ostentatiously
- sprinting2/5
sprint
- noun a quick run
dash.
- verb run very fast, usually for a short distance
- noun a quick run
- emigrating2/5
emigrate
- verb leave one's country of residence for a new one
- Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period
- verb leave one's country of residence for a new one
- renovating2/5
renovate
- verb restore to a previous or better condition
restitute.
- They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
- verb make brighter and prettier
refurbish; freshen up.
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
- verb restore to a previous or better condition
- pouting2/5
pout
- noun a disdainful grimace
wry face; moue.
- noun marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
eelpout.
- noun a disdainful grimace
- reprinting2/5
reprinting
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reprint; reissue.
- verb print anew
reissue; reprint.
- They never reprinted the famous treatise
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- infuriating2/5
infuriating
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
exasperating; maddening; vexing.
- his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
- I've had an exasperating day
- her infuriating indifference
- the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
- verb make furious
infuriate; incense; exasperate.
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
- toting2/5
tot
- noun a small amount (especially of a drink)
- a tot of rum
- noun a young child
bambino; toddler; yearling.
- noun a small amount (especially of a drink)
- recollecting2/5
recollect
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
retrieve; remember; recall; call back; think; call up.
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- entrusting2/5
entrust
- verb confer a trust upon
confide; trust; intrust; commit.
- The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
- I commit my soul to God
- verb put into the care or protection of someone
leave.
- He left the decision to his deputy
- leave your child the nurse's care
- verb confer a trust upon
- restarting2/5
restart
- verb start an engine again, for example
re-start.
- verb take up or begin anew
re-start; resume.
- We resumed the negotiations
- verb start an engine again, for example
- repudiating2/5
repudiate
- verb cast off
disown; renounce.
- She renounced her husband
- The parents repudiated their son
- verb refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
- verb cast off
- degenerating2/5
degenerate
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
pervert; deviate; deviant.
- verb grow worse
drop; devolve; deteriorate.
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- urinating2/5
urinate
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- The sick men urinated blood
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- redistributing2/5
redistribute
- verb distribute anew
- redistribute the troops more strategically
- verb distribute anew
- bloodletting2/5
bloodletting
- noun formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- noun indiscriminate slaughter
battue; bloodbath; bloodshed.
- a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered
- ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name
- the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
- a huge prison battue was ordered
- noun formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- menstruating2/5
menstruate
- verb undergo menstruation
flow.
- She started menstruating at the age of 11
- verb undergo menstruation
- disorienting2/5
disorienting
- adjective causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
- making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting
- a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate; disorient.
- adjective causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
- pelting2/5
pelting
- noun anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
rain.
- a rain of bullets
- a pelting of insults
- verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
bombard; pelt.
- They pelted each other with snowballs
- noun anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
- inculcating2/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- gloating2/5
gloating
- noun malicious satisfaction
glee; gloat.
- verb dwell on with satisfaction
crow; triumph; gloat.
- noun malicious satisfaction
- banqueting2/5
banqueting
- noun eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
feasting.
- verb provide a feast or banquet for
feast; banquet; junket.
- noun eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
- chelating2/5
chelate
- noun a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
chelate compound.
- verb form a chelate, in chemistry
- noun a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
- touting2/5
tout
- noun someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
ticket tout.
- noun someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
touter.
- noun someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
- reinterpreting2/5
reinterpret
- verb interpret from a different viewpoint
re-explain.
- verb assign a new or different meaning to
- verb interpret from a different viewpoint
- frequenting2/5
frequent
- verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
shop; buy at; patronize; patronise; sponsor; shop at.
- verb be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
haunt.
- She haunts the ballet
- verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- supplanting2/5
supplanting
- noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
displacement.
- verb take the place or move into the position of
supercede; supplant; supersede; supervene upon; replace.
- Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
- the computer has supplanted the slide rule
- Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
- noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- yachting2/5
yachting
- noun water travel for pleasure
boating.
- verb travel in a yacht
yacht.
- noun water travel for pleasure
- intimating2/5
intimate
- noun someone to whom private matters are confided
confidant.
- verb give to understand
insinuate; adumbrate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- noun someone to whom private matters are confided
- denigrating2/5
denigrating
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
libelous; denigrative; denigratory; calumnious; slanderous; libellous; calumniatory; defamatory.
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; derogate; denigrate; belittle.
- Don't belittle his influence
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- perforating2/5
perforate
- verb make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
punch.
- perforate the sheets of paper
- verb pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
penetrate.
- The bullet penetrated her chest
- verb make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- extenuating2/5
extenuating
- adjective satellite partially excusing or justifying
- extenuating circumstances
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
extenuate; mitigate; palliate.
- The circumstances extenuate the crime
- adjective satellite partially excusing or justifying
- entreating2/5
entreat
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; press; adjure; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb ask for or request earnestly
- roosting2/5
roost
- noun a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- noun a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
- noun a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- fomenting2/5
foment
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; agitate.
- verb bathe with warm water or medicated lotions
- His legs should be fomented
- verb try to stir up public opinion
- basting2/5
basting
- noun a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
basting stitch; baste; tacking.
- noun moistening a roast as it is cooking
- noun a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
- complimenting2/5
compliment
- noun a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
- verb say something to someone that expresses praise
congratulate.
- He complimented her on her last physics paper
- noun a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
- balloting2/5
balloting
- noun a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
vote; voting; ballot.
- there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion
- they allowed just one vote per person
- verb vote by ballot
ballot.
- The voters were balloting in this state
- noun a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- misrepresenting2/5
misrepresent
- verb represent falsely
belie.
- This statement misrepresents my intentions
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
wangle; fake; cook; fudge; falsify; manipulate.
- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
- verb represent falsely
- jotting2/5
jotting
- noun a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
jot.
- verb write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
jot down; jot.
- noun a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
- ousting2/5
ousting
- noun the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
ouster.
- verb remove from a position or office
oust; expel; boot out; drum out; throw out; kick out.
- The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
- noun the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- vindicating2/5
vindicate
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
justify.
- vindicate a claim
- verb maintain, uphold, or defend
- vindicate the rights of the citizens
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
- ingratiating2/5
ingratiating
- adjective satellite capable of winning favor
- with open arms and an ingratiating smile
- verb gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
ingratiate.
- adjective satellite capable of winning favor
- convicting2/5
convict
- noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
inmate; yard bird; yardbird; con.
- noun a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
- noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- litigating2/5
litigate
- verb engage in legal proceedings
- verb institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
action; process; sue.
- He was warned that the district attorney would process him
- She actioned the company for discrimination
- verb engage in legal proceedings
- expediting2/5
expedite
- verb speed up the progress of; facilitate
hasten.
- This should expedite the process
- verb process fast and efficiently
- I will try to expedite the matter
- verb speed up the progress of; facilitate
- electroplating2/5
electroplate
- noun any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis
- verb coat with metal by electrolysis
- electroplate the watch
- noun any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis
- reuniting2/5
reunite
- verb have a reunion; unite again
- verb unify again, as of a country
reunify.
- Will Korea reunify?
- verb have a reunion; unite again
- semiconducting2/5
semiconducting
- adjective satellite having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors
semiconductive.
- adjective satellite having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors
- ruminating2/5
ruminate
- verb chew the cuds
- cows ruminate
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; meditate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- verb chew the cuds
- reasserting2/5
reassert
- verb strengthen or make more firm
confirm.
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
- verb strengthen or make more firm
- imputing2/5
impute
- verb attribute or credit to
ascribe; assign; attribute.
- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
- verb attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
- The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness
- verb attribute or credit to
- collating2/5
collate
- verb compare critically; of texts
- verb to assemble in proper sequence
- collate the papers
- verb compare critically; of texts
- berating2/5
berating
- noun a severe rebuke
blowing up.
- he deserved the berating that the coach gave him
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- noun a severe rebuke
- flouting2/5
flout
- verb treat with contemptuous disregard
scoff.
- flout the rules
- verb laugh at with contempt and derision
barrack; jeer; gibe; scoff.
- The crowd jeered at the speaker
- verb treat with contemptuous disregard
- jousting2/5
joust
- noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
tilt.
- verb joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
- noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
- ticketing2/5
ticket
- noun a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
- noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
tag.
- noun a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
- divesting2/5
divest
- verb take away possessions from someone
deprive; strip.
- The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
- verb deprive of status or authority
disinvest.
- he was divested of his rights and his title
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
- verb take away possessions from someone
- molesting2/5
molest
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- demarcating2/5
demarcate
- verb separate clearly, as if by boundaries
- verb set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
delimitate; delimit.
- verb separate clearly, as if by boundaries
- obviating2/5
obviating
- adjective satellite made impossible
preclusive.
- verb do away with
rid of; eliminate; obviate.
- adjective satellite made impossible
- vacating2/5
vacate
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
give up; resign; renounce.
- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- verb leave behind empty; move out of
abandon; empty.
- You must vacate your office by tonight
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- outfitting2/5
outfitting
- noun the act of renovating and fitting out a ship
- verb provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
equip; fit out; fit; outfit.
- The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities
- noun the act of renovating and fitting out a ship
- retrofitting2/5
retrofit
- noun a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- noun the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
- the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles
- noun a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- podcasting2/5
podcast
- verb distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
- verb distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
- annotating2/5
annotating
- noun the act of adding notes
annotation.
- verb add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
annotate; footnote.
- The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
- noun the act of adding notes
- minting2/5
mint
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- noun any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- assenting2/5
assenting
- noun agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
accession.
- accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent
- assenting to the Congressional determination
- verb to agree or express agreement
accede; assent; acquiesce.
- The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
- noun agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
- molting2/5
molting
- noun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
moult; ecdysis; moulting; molt.
- verb cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
moult; exuviate; shed; molt; slough.
- our dog sheds every Spring
- noun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
- reformulating2/5
reformulate
- verb formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
redevelop.
- verb formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
- cavorting2/5
cavort
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb play boisterously
- subjugating2/5
subjugate
- verb put down by force or intimidation
subdue; reduce; repress; quash; keep down.
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
- verb make subservient; force to submit or subdue
subject.
- verb put down by force or intimidation
- placating2/5
placating
- adjective satellite intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
placatory; placative; appeasing.
- the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
- placating (or placative) gestures
- an astonishingly placatory speech
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- adjective satellite intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
- outputting2/5
output
- noun final product; the things produced
end product.
- noun production of a certain amount
yield.
- noun final product; the things produced
- moonlighting2/5
moonlight
- noun the light of the Moon
moonshine; Moon.
- moonlight is the smuggler's enemy
- the Moon was bright enough to read by
- verb work a second job, usually after hours
- The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver
- noun the light of the Moon
- consecrating2/5
consecrate
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
ordinate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
- interpenetrating2/5
interpenetrate
- verb penetrate mutually or be interlocked
permeate.
- The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse; imbue.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb penetrate mutually or be interlocked
- detracting2/5
detract
- verb take away a part from; diminish
take away.
- His bad manners detract from his good character
- verb take away a part from; diminish
- unstinting2/5
unstinting
- adjective satellite very generous
overgenerous; unstinted; lavish; munificent; too-generous; unsparing.
- distributed gifts with a lavish hand
- the critics were lavish in their praise
- a munificent gift
- his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
- prodigal praise
- unsparing generosity
- his unstinted devotion
- called for unstinting aid to Britain
- adjective satellite very generous
- misinterpreting2/5
misinterpret
- verb interpret falsely
- verb interpret wrongly
misread.
- I misread Hamlet all my life!
- verb interpret falsely
- swatting2/5
swat
- noun a sharp blow
- verb hit swiftly with a violent blow
- Swat flies
- noun a sharp blow
- nutting2/5
nut
- noun usually large hard-shelled seed
- noun Egyptian goddess of the sky
- noun usually large hard-shelled seed
- retaliating2/5
retaliate
- verb take revenge for a perceived wrong
revenge; avenge.
- He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
- verb make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
strike back.
- The Empire strikes back
- The Giants struck back and won the opener
- The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
- verb take revenge for a perceived wrong
- defecting2/5
defect
- noun an imperfection in a bodily system
- visual defects
- this device permits detection of defects in the lungs
- noun a failing or deficiency
shortcoming.
- that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information
- noun an imperfection in a bodily system
- dispiriting2/5
dispiriting
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
demoralizing; demoralising; disheartening.
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- adjective satellite destructive of morale and self-reliance
- renegotiating2/5
renegotiate
- verb negociate anew
renegociate.
- The two warring parties will have to renegociate
- verb revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor
renegociate.
- We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down
- verb negociate anew
- extorting2/5
extort
- verb obtain through intimidation
- verb obtain by coercion or intimidation
gouge; squeeze; wring; rack.
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
- verb obtain through intimidation
- ferreting2/5
ferret
- noun musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
black-footed ferret; Mustela nigripes.
- noun domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
- noun musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
- cresting2/5
crest
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- noun the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
crown; top; tip; summit; peak.
- the view from the peak was magnificent
- they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
- the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- distrusting2/5
distrust
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
suspicion; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun the trait of not trusting others
distrustfulness; mistrust.
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
- muting2/5
mute
- noun a deaf person who is unable to speak
deaf-mute; deaf-and-dumb person.
- noun a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
- noun a deaf person who is unable to speak
- procrastinating2/5
procrastinate
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; stall; shillyshally; drag one's feet.
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
- verb postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
- reevaluating2/5
reevaluate
- verb revise or renew one's assessment
reassess.
- verb revise or renew one's assessment
- assassinating2/5
assassinate
- verb murder; especially of socially prominent persons
- Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel
- verb destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
- He assassinated his enemy's character
- verb murder; especially of socially prominent persons
- moulting2/5
moulting
- noun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
moult; ecdysis; molt; molting.
- verb cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
moult; exuviate; shed; molt; slough.
- our dog sheds every Spring
- noun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
- conciliating2/5
conciliate
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb come to terms
make up; patch up; settle; reconcile.
- After some discussion we finally made up
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- farting2/5
farting
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
fart; flatus; breaking wind; wind.
- verb expel intestinal gases through the anus
break wind; fart.
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- salivating2/5
salivate
- verb produce saliva
- We salivated when he described the great meal
- verb be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
drool.
- She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
- verb produce saliva
- innervating2/5
innervate
- verb supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
- verb stimulate to action
- innervate a muscle or a nerve
- verb supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
- elongating2/5
elongate
- verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
stretch.
- stretch the fabric
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
linear.
- verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- copulating2/5
copulate
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
pair; couple; mate.
- Birds mate in the Spring
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
- unexciting2/5
unexciting
- adjective not stimulating
unstimulating.
- adjective not exciting
- an unexciting novel
- lived an unexciting life
- adjective not stimulating
- contenting2/5
content
- noun everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- he emptied the contents of his pockets
- the two groups were similar in content
- noun what a communication that is about something is about
message; substance; subject matter.
- noun everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- blighting2/5
blight
- noun a state or condition being blighted
- noun any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
- noun a state or condition being blighted
- abdicating2/5
abdicate
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
renounce.
- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- laminating2/5
laminate
- noun a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
- verb create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
- noun a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
- preempting2/5
preempt
- noun a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
pre-empt; preemptive bid.
- verb acquire for oneself before others can do so
- noun a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
- evicting2/5
evict
- verb expel or eject without recourse to legal process
- The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.
- verb expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
force out.
- The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months
- verb expel or eject without recourse to legal process
- fluting2/5
fluting
- noun a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
flute.
- verb form flutes in
flute.
- noun a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- typewriting2/5
typewriting
- noun writing done with a typewriter
typing.
- verb write by means of a keyboard with types
typewrite; type.
- type the acceptance letter, please
- noun writing done with a typewriter
- supplicating2/5
supplicate
- verb ask humbly (for something)
- He supplicated the King for clemency
- verb make a humble, earnest petition
- supplicate for permission
- verb ask humbly (for something)
- infesting2/5
infest
- verb invade in great numbers
overrun.
- the roaches infested our kitchen
- verb occupy in large numbers or live on a host
invade; overrun.
- the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
- verb invade in great numbers
- mistreating2/5
mistreat
- verb treat badly
ill-use; ill-treat; maltreat; step; abuse.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
- verb treat badly
- benefitting2/5
benefit
- noun financial assistance in time of need
- noun something that aids or promotes well-being
welfare.
- for the benefit of all
- noun financial assistance in time of need
- crocheting2/5
crocheting
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crochet.
- noun creating a garment of needlework
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
- breakfasting2/5
breakfast
- noun the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
- verb eat an early morning meal
- We breakfast at seven
- noun the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
- defecating2/5
defecate
- verb have a bowel movement
take a shit; crap; make; stool; ca-ca; take a crap; shit.
- The dog had made in the flower beds
- verb have a bowel movement
- tainting2/5
taint
- noun the state of being contaminated
contamination.
- verb place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
sully; defile; corrupt; cloud.
- sully someone's reputation
- noun the state of being contaminated
- pirating2/5
pirate
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
plagiarist; literary pirate; plagiariser; plagiarizer.
- noun someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
buccaneer; sea robber; sea rover.
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- reintegrating2/5
reintegrate
- verb integrate again
- Russia must be reintegrated into Europe
- verb integrate again
- reallocating2/5
reallocate
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
reapportion.
- Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
- outwitting2/5
outwit
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outfox; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
- reinvigorating2/5
reinvigorate
- verb impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
invigorate.
- Exercise is invigorating
- verb impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
- exonerating2/5
exonerate
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
exculpate; acquit; clear; discharge; assoil.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- nucleating2/5
nucleate
- verb form into a nucleus
- Some cells had nucleated
- adjective having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus
nucleated.
- nucleated cells
- verb form into a nucleus
- affiliating2/5
affiliate
- noun a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
- noun a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
- network affiliates
- noun a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
- intuiting2/5
intuit
- verb know or grasp by intuition or feeling
- verb know or grasp by intuition or feeling
- arbitrating2/5
arbitrate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; intermediate; liaise; intercede.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- marinating2/5
marinate
- verb soak in marinade
marinade.
- marinade herring
- verb soak in marinade
- medicating2/5
medicate
- verb impregnate with a medicinal substance
- verb treat medicinally, treat with medicine
medicine.
- verb impregnate with a medicinal substance
- billeting2/5
billet
- noun a short personal letter
note; line; short letter.
- drop me a line when you get there
- noun lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
- noun a short personal letter
- lacerating2/5
lacerate
- verb cut or tear irregularly
- verb deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
- his lacerating remarks
- verb cut or tear irregularly
- luxuriating2/5
luxuriate
- verb become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
wanton.
- verb enjoy to excess
indulge.
- She indulges in ice cream
- verb become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
- hefting2/5
heft
- noun the property of being large in mass
ponderousness; massiveness; heftiness; ponderosity.
- verb lift or elevate
heave up; heave; heft up.
- noun the property of being large in mass
- titrating2/5
titrate
- verb measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
- verb measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
- docketing2/5
docket
- noun (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
agenda; schedule.
- noun (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
- capitulating2/5
capitulate
- verb surrender under agreed conditions
- verb surrender under agreed conditions
- vaunting2/5
vaunt
- noun extravagant self-praise
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line.
- noun extravagant self-praise
- catapulting2/5
catapult
- noun a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
slingshot; sling.
- noun a device that launches aircraft from a warship
launcher.
- noun a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- incarcerating2/5
incarcerate
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- spotlighting2/5
spotlight
- noun a focus of public attention
limelight; public eye; glare.
- he enjoyed being in the limelight
- when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
- noun a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
spot.
- noun a focus of public attention
- excoriating2/5
excoriate
- verb express strong disapproval of
decry; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
chafe.
- This leash chafes the dog's neck
- verb express strong disapproval of
- predicating2/5
predicate
- noun (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- `Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates
- noun one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
verb phrase.
- noun (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- inspiriting2/5
inspiriting
- adjective satellite cheerfully encouraging
heartening.
- verb infuse with spirit
spirit up; spirit; inspirit.
- The company spirited him up
- adjective satellite cheerfully encouraging
- bifurcating2/5
bifurcate
- verb split or divide into two
- verb divide into two branches
- The road bifurcated
- verb split or divide into two
- disrespecting2/5
disrespect
- noun an expression of lack of respect
discourtesy.
- noun a disrespectful mental attitude
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- shafting2/5
shaft
- noun a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
gibe; shot; dig; barb; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
- noun a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- cricketing2/5
cricket
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- noun a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- derogating2/5
derogate
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; denigrate; belittle.
- Don't belittle his influence
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
- decanting2/5
decant
- verb pour out
pour; pour out.
- the sommelier decanted the wines
- verb pour out
- mistrusting2/5
mistrust
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
distrust; suspicion; misgiving.
- noun the trait of not trusting others
distrust; distrustfulness.
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
- triangulating2/5
triangulate
- verb divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- triangulate the piece of cardboard
- verb measure by using trigonometry
- triangulate the angle
- verb divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- remediating2/5
remediate
- verb set straight or right
amend; repair; remedy; rectify.
- remedy these deficiencies
- rectify the inequities in salaries
- repair an oversight
- verb set straight or right
- recalculating2/5
recalculate
- verb calculate anew
- The costs had to be recalculated
- verb calculate anew
- sandblasting2/5
sandblast
- noun a blast of wind laden with sand
- verb grind with a sandblast
- sandblast the facade of the building
- noun a blast of wind laden with sand
- concreting2/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- militating2/5
militate
- verb have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
- Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed
- verb have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
- demoting2/5
demote
- verb assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
bump; break; relegate; kick downstairs.
- She was demoted because she always speaks up
- He was broken down to Sergeant
- verb assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- telemarketing2/5
telemarketing
- noun the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales
telecommerce; teleselling.
- noun the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales
- accrediting2/5
accredit
- verb grant credentials to
recognize; recognise.
- The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
- recognize an academic degree
- verb provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials
- verb grant credentials to
- booting2/5
boot
- noun footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- noun British term for the luggage compartment in a car
- noun footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- underestimating2/5
underestimate
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
underestimation; underreckoning; underrating.
- verb assign too low a value to
undervalue.
- Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
- rehabilitating2/5
rehabilitate
- verb help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
- The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated
- After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated
- verb reinstall politically
- Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime
- verb help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
- resenting2/5
resent
- verb feel bitter or indignant about
- She resents being paid less than her co-workers
- verb wish ill or allow unwillingly
begrudge.
- verb feel bitter or indignant about
- splinting2/5
splint
- noun a thin sliver of wood
- he lit the fire with a burning splint
- noun an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
- noun a thin sliver of wood
- predominating2/5
predominate
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
dominate; prevail; reign; rule.
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
- verb appear very large or occupy a commanding position
tower; loom; hulk.
- The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain
- Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall
- verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- pinpointing2/5
pinpoint
- noun a very brief moment
- they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together
- noun a very small spot
speck.
- the plane was just a speck in the sky
- noun a very brief moment
- warranting2/5
warrant
- noun a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- noun a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price
stock warrant; stock-purchase warrant.
- as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities
- noun a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- reconstituting2/5
reconstitute
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
restructure.
- After his accident, he had to restructure his life
- The governing board was reconstituted
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
- eluting2/5
elute
- verb wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography
- verb wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography
- vetting2/5
vet
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
veterinary surgeon; veterinary; veterinarian.
- noun a person who has served in the armed forces
veteran; ex-serviceman.
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- boycotting2/5
boycott
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- verb refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- pocketing2/5
pocket
- noun a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- noun an enclosed space
sac; pouch; sack.
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
- noun a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- confiscating2/5
confiscate
- verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
attach; sequester; seize; impound.
- The FBI seized the drugs
- The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
- The police confiscated the stolen artwork
- adjective satellite surrendered as a penalty
forfeit; forfeited.
- verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- replanting2/5
replant
- verb plant again or anew
- They replanted the land
- He replanted the seedlings
- verb plant again or anew
- gritting2/5
grit
- noun a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
gritrock; gritstone.
- noun fortitude and determination
backbone; gumption; guts; sand; moxie.
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- noun a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- wresting2/5
wrest
- verb obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
- wrest the knife from his hands
- wrest a meaning from the old text
- wrest power from the old government
- verb obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
- lusting2/5
lust
- noun a strong sexual desire
lecherousness; lustfulness.
- noun self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
luxuria.
- noun a strong sexual desire
- overestimating2/5
overestimate
- noun an appraisal that is too high
overappraisal; overestimation; overvaluation.
- noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
overrating; overestimation; overreckoning.
- noun an appraisal that is too high
- refitting2/5
refit
- noun outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
- verb fit out again
- noun outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
- banting2/5
banting
- noun wild ox of the Malay Archipelago
banteng; Bos banteng; tsine.
- noun Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
Sir Frederick Grant Banting; F. G. Banting.
- noun wild ox of the Malay Archipelago
- districting2/5
district
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territory; territorial dominion; dominion.
- verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
zone.
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- bullfighting2/5
bullfighting
- noun the activity at a bullfight
tauromachy.
- noun the activity at a bullfight
- silting2/5
silt
- noun mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
- verb become chocked with silt
silt up.
- The river silted up
- noun mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
- connoting2/5
connote
- verb express or state indirectly
imply.
- verb involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
predicate.
- solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
- verb express or state indirectly
- rebutting2/5
rebut
- verb overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
refute.
- The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
controvert; refute.
- verb overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
- wainscoting2/5
wainscoting
- noun a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
wainscotting.
- noun wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
wainscotting; wainscot.
- noun a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
- slighting2/5
slighting
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
deprecatory; belittling; deprecating; depreciatory; deprecative; depreciative.
- belittling comments
- managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
- deprecatory remarks about the book
- a slighting remark
- verb pay no attention to, disrespect
cold-shoulder; slight.
- She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
- castigating2/5
castigate
- verb censure severely
objurgate; chastise; chasten; correct.
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
- verb inflict severe punishment on
- verb censure severely
- plaiting2/5
plait
- noun a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
twist; braid; tress.
- noun any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
pleat.
- noun a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- slotting2/5
slot
- noun a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
- he developed a version of slot grammar
- noun a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
- he put a quarter in the slot
- noun a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
- abrogating2/5
abrogate
- verb revoke formally
- verb revoke formally
- blacklisting2/5
blacklist
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
black book; shitlist.
- verb put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
- many books were blacklisted by the Nazis
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
- decrypting2/5
decrypt
- verb convert code into ordinary language
decode; decipher.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
- indicting2/5
indict
- verb accuse formally of a crime
- verb accuse formally of a crime
- deregulating2/5
deregulating
- noun the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
deregulation.
- verb lift the regulations on
deregulate.
- noun the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
- unhesitating2/5
unhesitating
- adjective satellite characterized by quickness and firmness
resolute.
- his reply was unhesitating
- adjective satellite characterized by quickness and firmness
- rebooting2/5
reboot
- verb cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
bring up; boot.
- boot your computer
- verb cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- cockfighting2/5
cockfighting
- noun participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
- noun participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
- tenting2/5
tenting
- noun the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
encampment; bivouacking; camping.
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; encamp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- noun the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
- administrating2/5
administrate
- verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
administer.
- administer a program
- she administers the funds
- verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- venerating2/5
venerating
- adjective satellite feeling or manifesting veneration
reverential; respectful.
- verb regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
fear; venerate; revere; reverence.
- Fear God as your father
- We venerate genius
- adjective satellite feeling or manifesting veneration
- potentiating2/5
potentiate
- verb increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
- potentiate the drug
- verb increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
- expropriating2/5
expropriate
- verb deprive of possessions
- The Communist government expropriated the landowners
- verb deprive of possessions
- prostituting2/5
prostitute
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; harlot; cyprian; whore; tart.
- verb sell one's body; exchange sex for money
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- debiting2/5
debit
- noun an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
debit entry.
- verb enter as debit
- noun an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
- repatriating2/5
repatriate
- noun a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
- verb send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
- noun a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
- delisting2/5
delist
- verb remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange
- verb remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange
- propitiating2/5
propitiate
- verb make peace with
appease.
- verb make peace with
- exempting2/5
exempt
- verb grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
relieve; free.
- She exempted me from the exam
- verb grant exemption or release to
excuse; relieve; let off.
- Please excuse me from this class
- verb grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- coveting2/5
covet
- verb wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
- She covets her sister's house
- verb wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
- extricating2/5
extricate
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; disencumber; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- uninviting2/5
uninviting
- adjective neither attractive nor tempting
- adjective satellite not tempting
untempting.
- adjective neither attractive nor tempting
- unresisting2/5
unresisting
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; resistless.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
- undeviating2/5
undeviating
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
unswerving.
- some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex
- a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands
- adjective satellite used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady
- undeviating loyalty
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
- backlighting2/5
backlighting
- noun lighting from behind
- noun lighting from behind
- subletting2/5
sublet
- noun a lease from one lessee to another
sublease.
- verb lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person
sublease.
- We sublet our apartment over the summer
- noun a lease from one lessee to another
- preponderating2/5
preponderating
- adjective satellite having superior power and influence
preponderant; overriding; paramount; predominant; predominate.
- the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; overbalance; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- adjective satellite having superior power and influence
- relenting2/5
relent
- verb give in, as to influence or pressure
yield; soften.
- verb give in, as to influence or pressure
- undiscriminating2/5
undiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
indiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- thermosetting2/5
thermosetting
- adjective having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured
thermoset.
- the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials
- adjective having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured
- infighting2/5
infighting
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- firefighting2/5
firefighting
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- scapegoating2/5
scapegoat
- noun someone who is punished for the errors of others
whipping boy.
- noun someone who is punished for the errors of others
- songwriting2/5
songwriting
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- alkylating2/5
alkylating
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- toileting2/5
toileting
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- prewriting2/5
- reconnecting2/5
reconnecting
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- playwriting2/5
- compositing2/5
- screenwriting2/5
screenwriting
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- multicasting2/5
- recirculating2/5
recirculating
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- inputting2/5
input
- noun signal going into an electronic system
input signal.
- noun a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
comment; remark.
- from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account
- noun signal going into an electronic system
- underreporting2/5
- nonvoting2/5
nonvoting
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- rerouting2/5
rerouting
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- rifting2/5
rift
- noun a gap between cloud masses
- the sun shone through a rift in the clouds
- noun a narrow fissure in rock
- noun a gap between cloud masses
- gutting2/5
gut
- noun the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
bowel; intestine.
- noun a narrow channel or strait
- noun the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
- incrementing2/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- supercomputing2/5
- freewriting2/5
- immunoblotting2/5
- nonoperating2/5
- poynting2/5
point
- noun a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a point is defined by its coordinates
- noun the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
- noun a geometric element that has position but no extension
- discomforting2/5
discomfort
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
uncomfortableness.
- noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
soreness; irritation.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- pretesting2/5
pretesting
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- gusting2/5
gust
- noun a strong current of air
blow; blast.
- the tree was bent almost double by the gust
- noun a strong current of air
- daylighting2/5
daylight
- noun the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
day; daytime.
- the dawn turned night into day
- it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime
- noun light during the daytime
- noun the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- reformatting2/5
reformatting
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- reinvesting2/5
reinvest
To invest again or anew.
- retesting2/5
retesting
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- ating2/5
at
- noun a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
atomic number 85; astatine.
- noun 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
- noun a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
- dementing2/5
dement
To deprive of reason; to make mad. R. Bale.
- texting2/5
text
- noun the words of something written
textual matter.
- there were more than a thousand words of text
- they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech
- he wants to reconstruct the original text
- noun a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
- the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon
- noun the words of something written
- easting2/5
east
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
eastward; E; due east.
- noun the countries of Asia
Orient.
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- meting2/5
mete
- noun a line that indicates a boundary
delimitation; border; borderline; boundary line.
- noun a line that indicates a boundary
- ducting2/5
duct
- noun a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
canal; epithelial duct; channel.
- the tear duct was obstructed
- the alimentary canal
- poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
- noun a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
- noun a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- pipetting2/5
pipet
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube
pipette.
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube
- headhunting2/5
headhunting
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- sweeting2/5
sweet
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
dessert; afters.
- noun English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Henry Sweet.
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
- webcasting2/5
webcasting
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- disaggregating2/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- nonparticipating2/5
nonparticipating
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- clearcutting2/5
- noninverting2/5
- copywriting2/5
- checkpointing2/5
checkpoint
- noun a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
- noun a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
- bedwetting2/5
- redrafting2/5
redraft
- noun a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again
- noun a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again
- hasting2/5
hast
, 2d pers. sing. pres. of. ArchaicFave , contr. of havest.
- subducting2/5
- clefting2/5
cleft
- noun a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; scissure; fissure; crack.
- noun a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- architecting2/5
architect
- noun someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
designer.
- noun someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- trainspotting2/5
trainspotting
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- unreflecting2/5
unreflecting
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- noninteracting2/5
- coparenting2/5
- tweeting1/5
tweet
- noun a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
- verb make a weak, chirping sound
twirp.
- the small bird was tweeting in the tree
- noun a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
- racketing1/5
racket
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
illegitimate enterprise; fraudulent scheme.
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- stridulating1/5
stridulate
- verb make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
clitter.
- male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate
- verb make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
- earsplitting1/5
earsplitting
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
thundery; deafening; thunderous.
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
- effectuating1/5
effectuate
- verb produce
set up; effect.
- The scientists set up a shock wave
- verb produce
- instrumenting1/5
instrument
- noun a device that requires skill for proper use
- noun the means whereby some act is accomplished
tool.
- my greed was the instrument of my destruction
- science has given us new tools to fight disease
- noun a device that requires skill for proper use
- counterpointing1/5
counterpoint
- noun a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- verb to show differences when compared; be different
contrast.
- the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities
- noun a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- puting1/5
put
- noun the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
put option.
- verb put into a certain place or abstract location
set; pose; place; lay; position.
- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
- noun the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- fating1/5
fat
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- pizza has too much fat
- noun a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
fatty tissue; adipose tissue.
- fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- blatting1/5
blat
- verb cry plaintively
bleat; blate; baa.
- The lambs were bleating
- verb cry plaintively
- locomoting1/5
locomote
- verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
go; travel; move.
- How fast does your new car go?
- We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus
- The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect
- The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell
- news travelled fast
- verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- syncopating1/5
syncopate
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- syncopate a word
- verb modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- vitiating1/5
vitiate
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb make imperfect
impair; mar; deflower; spoil.
- nothing marred her beauty
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- prating1/5
prate
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
prattle; chin music; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- ratting1/5
ratting
- noun to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
informing.
- verb desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
rat.
- noun to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
- incinerating1/5
incinerate
- verb become reduced to ashes
- The paper incinerated quickly
- verb cause to undergo combustion
burn.
- burn garbage
- The car burns only Diesel oil
- verb become reduced to ashes
- ambulating1/5
ambulate
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- inflecting1/5
inflect
- verb change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
- verb vary the pitch of one's speech
tone; modulate.
- verb change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
- collimating1/5
collimate
- verb make or place parallel to something
parallel.
- They paralleled the ditch to the highway
- verb adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
- verb make or place parallel to something
- breasting1/5
breast
- noun the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
chest.
- he beat his breast in anger
- noun either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
titty; tit; bosom; knocker; boob.
- noun the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
- expatiating1/5
expatiate
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
expound; lucubrate; dilate; elaborate; enlarge; exposit; flesh out; expand.
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
- verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- aerating1/5
aerate
- verb expose to fresh air
air out; air.
- aerate your old sneakers
- verb aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
activate.
- verb expose to fresh air
- destructing1/5
destruct
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destroy.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- coruscating1/5
coruscate
- verb reflect brightly
sparkle; scintillate.
- Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
- verb be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
sparkle; scintillate.
- The musical performance sparkled
- A scintillating conversation
- his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall
- verb reflect brightly
- masticating1/5
masticate
- verb grind and knead
- masticate rubber
- verb chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
chew; manducate; jaw.
- He jawed his bubble gum
- Chew your food and don't swallow it!
- The cows were masticating the grass
- verb grind and knead
- perambulating1/5
perambulating
- adjective satellite strolling or walking around
- perambulating nursemaids with their charges
- verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
perambulate.
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
- adjective satellite strolling or walking around
- ulcerating1/5
ulcerate
- verb undergo ulceration
- Her stomach ulcerated
- verb affect with an ulcer
- Her stomach was ulcerated
- verb undergo ulceration
- debuting1/5
debut
- noun the act of beginning something new
unveiling; introduction; entry; first appearance; launching.
- they looked forward to the debut of their new product line
- noun the presentation of a debutante in society
- noun the act of beginning something new
- habituating1/5
habituate
- verb take or consume (regularly or habitually)
use.
- She uses drugs rarely
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
accustom.
- She became habituated to the background music
- verb take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- jaunting1/5
jaunt
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
sashay; expedition; outing; pleasure trip; junket; excursion.
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
- verb make a trip for pleasure
travel; trip.
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
- combusting1/5
combust
- verb cause to burn or combust
burn.
- The sun burned off the fog
- We combust coal and other fossil fuels
- verb start to burn or burst into flames
ignite; catch fire; take fire; erupt; conflagrate.
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
- verb cause to burn or combust
- cremating1/5
cremate
- verb reduce to ashes
- Cremate a corpse
- verb reduce to ashes
- intermitting1/5
intermit
- verb cease an action temporarily
break; pause.
- We pause for station identification
- let's break for lunch
- verb cease an action temporarily
- pussyfooting1/5
pussyfoot
- verb to go stealthily or furtively
mouse; sneak; creep.
- ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
- verb to go stealthily or furtively
- misdirecting1/5
misdirect
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
mislead; lead astray; misguide.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- occulting1/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- descanting1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- everting1/5
everting
- noun the act of turning inside out
inversion; eversion.
- verb turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
evert.
- evert the eyelid
- noun the act of turning inside out
- solvating1/5
solvate
- noun a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)
- verb cause a solvation in (a substance)
- noun a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)
- caseating1/5
caseate
- verb turn into cheese
- The milk caseated
- verb become cheeselike
- necrotic tissue caseates
- verb turn into cheese
- flocculating1/5
flocculate
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- the protoplasms flocculated
- verb cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
- The chemist flocculated the suspended material
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- inseminating1/5
inseminate
- verb place seeds in or on (the ground)
sow in; sow.
- sow the ground with sunflower seeds
- verb introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize; fertilise; fecundate.
- verb place seeds in or on (the ground)
- intercommunicating1/5
intercommunicate
- verb be interconnected, afford passage
- These rooms intercommunicate
- verb transmit thoughts or feelings
communicate.
- He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
- verb be interconnected, afford passage
- reduplicating1/5
reduplicate
- verb form by reduplication
geminate.
- The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
- The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
- verb make or do or perform again
double; duplicate; repeat; replicate.
- He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
- verb form by reduplication
- fatting1/5
fat
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- pizza has too much fat
- noun a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
fatty tissue; adipose tissue.
- fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- fecundating1/5
fecundate
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fertilise.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize; fertilise; inseminate.
- verb make fertile or productive
- compassionating1/5
compassionate
- verb share the suffering of
pity; condole with; sympathize with; feel for.
- adjective showing or having compassion
- heard the soft and compassionate voices of women
- verb share the suffering of
- redacting1/5
redact
- noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
rewriter; redactor; reviser; rewrite man.
- verb formulate in a particular style or language
put; frame; couch; cast.
- I wouldn't put it that way
- She cast her request in very polite language
- noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
- feting1/5
fete
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
fiesta; feast.
- noun an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
festival.
- a drama festival
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
- meliorating1/5
meliorate
- verb to make better
better; amend; ameliorate; improve.
- The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
- verb get better
better; ameliorate; improve.
- The weather improved toward evening
- verb to make better
- spiting1/5
spit
- noun a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
tongue.
- noun a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
spittle; saliva.
- noun a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- chitchatting1/5
chitchat
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
chin wag; chit-chat; chin-wagging; causerie; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gossip; gab.
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
- pullulating1/5
pullulate
- verb be teeming, be abuzz
swarm; teem.
- The garden was swarming with bees
- The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
- her mind pullulated with worries
- verb move in large numbers
swarm; teem; stream; pour.
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
- verb be teeming, be abuzz
- introjecting1/5
introject
- noun (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized
- verb incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously
- noun (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized
- confabulating1/5
confabulate
- verb unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter.
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
- verb unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
- hydrogenating1/5
hydrogenate
- verb combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
- verb combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
- clouting1/5
clout
- noun a target used in archery
- noun special advantage or influence
pull.
- the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull
- noun a target used in archery
- rusticating1/5
rusticate
- verb live in the country and lead a rustic life
- verb send to the country
- He was rusticated for his bad behavior
- verb live in the country and lead a rustic life
- acetylating1/5
acetylate
- verb receive substitution of an acetyl group
acetylise; acetylize.
- the compounds acetylated
- verb introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
acetylise; acetylize.
- verb receive substitution of an acetyl group
- formating1/5
format
- noun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
data formatting; formatting; data format.
- noun the general appearance of a publication
- noun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
- insufflating1/5
insufflate
- verb breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
- verb treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
- verb breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
- spirting1/5
spirt
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; squirt; jet.
- verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
spurt; spout; gush.
- water gushed forth
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- deconcentrating1/5
deconcentrate
- verb make less central
decentralise; decentralize.
- After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized
- verb make less central
- capacitating1/5
capacitate
- verb make legally capable or qualify in law
- verb cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- verb make legally capable or qualify in law
- antedating1/5
antedate
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
antecede; forego; predate; forgo; precede.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
- verb establish something as being earlier relative to something else
predate; foredate.
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
- gallivanting1/5
gallivant
- verb wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
jazz around; gad.
- verb wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
- tailgating1/5
tailgate
- noun a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
tailboard.
- verb follow at a dangerously close distance
- it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle
- noun a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
- inducting1/5
induct
- verb place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
invest; seat.
- there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
- verb accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
initiate.
- African men are initiated when they reach puberty
- verb place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- abbreviating1/5
abbreviate
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abridge; shorten; contract; foreshorten.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten
- Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- procreating1/5
procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
reproduce; multiply.
- The Bible tells people to procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- diffracting1/5
diffract
- verb undergo diffraction
- laser light diffracts electrons
- verb undergo diffraction
- whetting1/5
whet
- verb make keen or more acute
quicken.
- whet my appetite
- verb sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
- verb make keen or more acute
- filleting1/5
fillet
- noun a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
filet.
- noun a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
fish filet; fish fillet; filet.
- noun a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
- typecasting1/5
typecast
- verb cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
- verb identify as belonging to a certain type
type.
- Such people can practically be typed
- verb cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
- unseating1/5
unseat
- verb remove from political office
- The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat
- verb dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse
- verb remove from political office
- regurgitating1/5
regurgitate
- verb pour or rush back
- The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle
- verb feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
- many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest
- verb pour or rush back
- fractionating1/5
fractionate
- verb separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents
- verb obtain by a fractional process
- verb separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents
- suppurating1/5
suppurate
- verb cause to ripen and discharge pus
mature.
- The oil suppurates the pustules
- verb ripen and generate pus
fester; maturate.
- her wounds are festering
- verb cause to ripen and discharge pus
- denting1/5
dent
- noun an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- it made a dent in my bank account
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
scratch; slit; prick; incision.
- noun an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- ligating1/5
ligate
- verb join letters in a ligature when writing
- verb bind chemically
- The enzyme ligated
- verb join letters in a ligature when writing
- federating1/5
federate
- verb enter into a league for a common purpose
federalise; federalize.
- The republics federated to become the Soviet Union
- verb unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
federalise; federalize.
- The country was federated after the civil war
- verb enter into a league for a common purpose
- gestating1/5
gestate
- verb have the idea for
conceive; conceptualize; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb be pregnant with
carry; have a bun in the oven; bear; expect.
- She is bearing his child
- The are expecting another child in January
- I am carrying his child
- verb have the idea for
- amputating1/5
amputate
- verb remove surgically
cut off.
- amputate limbs
- verb remove surgically
- dynamiting1/5
dynamite
- noun an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
- verb blow up with dynamite
- The rock was dynamited
- noun an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
- disporting1/5
disport
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb play boisterously
rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- extirpating1/5
extirpate
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
exterminate; uproot; root out; eradicate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb pull up by or as if by the roots
uproot; deracinate; root out.
- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
- disassociating1/5
disassociate
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb part; cease or break association with
- bating1/5
bat
- noun nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
chiropteran.
- noun (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
at-bat.
- he was at bat when it happened
- he got four hits in four at-bats
- noun nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- arrogating1/5
arrogate
- verb demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
claim; lay claim.
- He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter
- Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
- verb make undue claims to having
assign.
- verb demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- intubating1/5
intubate
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
cannulise; canulate; cannulate; cannulize.
- Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
- interdicting1/5
interdict
- noun an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
- noun a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
interdiction.
- noun an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
- kiting1/5
kit
- noun a case for containing a set of articles
- noun gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
outfit.
- noun a case for containing a set of articles
- pleating1/5
pleating
- noun the act of folding in parallel folds
plication.
- verb pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle; pleat.
- ruffle the curtain fabric
- noun the act of folding in parallel folds
- disambiguating1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- circumnavigating1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- agglutinating1/5
agglutinate
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- verb clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- granulating1/5
granulate
- verb form into grains
grain.
- verb become granular
grain.
- verb form into grains
- expiating1/5
expiate
- verb make amends for
atone; aby; abye.
- expiate one's sins
- verb make amends for
- cumulating1/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- equivocating1/5
equivocate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; tergiversate; palter; prevaricate.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- remounting1/5
remount
- noun a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle
- verb mount again
- he remounted his horse
- noun a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle
- desiccating1/5
desiccate
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
dehydrate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- verb remove water from
dehydrate.
- All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- disuniting1/5
disunite
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disjoint; disassociate.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb force, take, or pull apart
part; divide; separate.
- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
- verb part; cease or break association with
- overcompensating1/5
overcompensate
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
compensate; cover.
- he is compensating for being a bad father
- verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
over-correct.
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- silhouetting1/5
silhouette
- noun an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
- noun a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
- noun an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
- untwisting1/5
untwist
- verb cause to become untwisted
- verb cause to become untwisted
- notating1/5
notate
- verb put into notation, as of music or choreography; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"
- Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet
- verb put into notation, as of music or choreography; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"
- prevaricating1/5
prevaricate
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; equivocate; tergiversate; palter.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- eviscerating1/5
eviscerate
- verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
resect.
- verb remove the contents of
- eviscerate the stomach
- verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
- osculating1/5
osculate
- verb be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- These species osculate
- verb have at least three points in common with
- one curve osculates the other
- these two surfaces osculate
- verb be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- adulterating1/5
adulterating
- adjective making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
adulterant.
- the adulterating effect of extraneous materials
- verb corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
load; stretch; dilute; debase; adulterate.
- adulterate liquor
- adjective making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
- personating1/5
personate
- verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
pose; impersonate.
- She posed as the Czar's daughter
- verb attribute human qualities to something
personify.
- The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
- verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- slating1/5
slating
- noun thin layers of rock used for roofing
slate.
- noun a severely critical attack
- the reviewers gave his book a sound slating
- noun thin layers of rock used for roofing
- ululating1/5
ululate
- verb emit long loud cries
wail; roar; yawl; yaup; howl.
- wail in self-pity
- howl with sorrow
- verb emit long loud cries
- permuting1/5
permute
- verb change the order or arrangement of
commute; transpose.
- Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
- verb change the order or arrangement of
- constipating1/5
constipate
- verb impede with a clog or as if with a clog
clog.
- The market is being clogged by these operations
- My mind is constipated today
- verb cause to be constipated
bind.
- These foods tend to constipate you
- verb impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- reincarnating1/5
reincarnate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
transmigrate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb cause to appear in a new form
renew.
- the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- commutating1/5
commutate
- verb reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
- verb reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
- overacting1/5
overacting
- noun poor acting by a ham actor
hamming.
- verb exaggerate one's acting
ham; overplay; overact; ham it up.
- noun poor acting by a ham actor
- acclimating1/5
acclimate
- verb get used to a certain climate
acclimatize; acclimatise.
- They never acclimatized in Egypt
- verb get used to a certain climate
- palliating1/5
palliate
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
extenuate; mitigate.
- The circumstances extenuate the crime
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; relieve; alleviate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- inebriating1/5
inebriate
- noun a chronic drinker
drunk; sot; wino; drunkard; rummy.
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- noun a chronic drinker
- sharpshooting1/5
sharpshoot
- verb aim and shoot with great precision
snipe.
- verb aim and shoot with great precision
- transecting1/5
transect
- verb cut across or divide transversely
- the trails transect the property
- verb cut across or divide transversely
- protracting1/5
protract
- verb lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
prolong; draw out; extend.
- We prolonged our stay
- She extended her visit by another day
- The meeting was drawn out until midnight
- verb lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- comporting1/5
comport
- verb behave well or properly
behave.
- The children must learn to behave
- verb behave in a certain manner
acquit; bear; behave; conduct; carry; deport.
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- verb behave well or properly
- circumambulating1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- engrafting1/5
engraft
- verb cause to grow together parts from different plants
ingraft; graft.
- graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; imbed; embed.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb cause to grow together parts from different plants
- assorting1/5
assort
- verb keep company with; hang out with
associate; affiliate; consort.
- He associates with strange people
- She affiliates with her colleagues
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; sort out; class; classify.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- verb keep company with; hang out with
- sporulating1/5
sporulate
- verb produce spores
- plants sporulate
- verb convert into spores
- verb produce spores
- vociferating1/5
vociferate
- verb utter in a very loud voice
shout out.
- They vociferated their demands
- verb utter in a very loud voice
- bayoneting1/5
bayonet
- noun a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- verb stab or kill someone with a bayonet
- noun a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- orating1/5
orate
- verb talk pompously
- verb talk pompously
- transmigrating1/5
transmigrate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
reincarnate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb move from one country or region to another and settle there
migrate.
- Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
- This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- eventuating1/5
eventuate
- verb come out in the end
- verb come out in the end
- flighting1/5
flight
- noun a formation of aircraft in flight
- noun an instance of traveling by air
flying.
- flying was still an exciting adventure for him
- noun a formation of aircraft in flight
- prognosticating1/5
prognosticate
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
predict; anticipate; forebode; foretell; call; promise.
- Call the outcome of an election
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
- macerating1/5
macerate
- verb separate into constituents by soaking
- verb become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
- the tissue macerated in the water
- verb separate into constituents by soaking
- alliterating1/5
alliterate
- verb use alliteration as a form of poetry
- verb use alliteration as a form of poetry
- expectorating1/5
expectorate
- verb clear out the chest and lungs
drive out; clear out.
- This drug expectorates quickly
- verb discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
cough out; spit up; cough up; spit out.
- verb clear out the chest and lungs
- reacquainting1/5
reacquaint
- verb familiarize anew
- We reacquainted ourselves with this technique
- verb familiarize anew
- itinerating1/5
itinerate
- verb travel from place to place, as for work
- an itinerating merchant
- verb travel from place to place, as for work
- rebating1/5
rebate
- noun a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
discount.
- noun a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
rabbet.
- noun a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- defoliating1/5
defoliate
- verb strip the leaves or branches from
- defoliate the trees with pesticides
- adjective satellite deprived of leaves
defoliated.
- verb strip the leaves or branches from
- adducting1/5
adducting
- adjective especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
adducent; adductive.
- verb draw a limb towards the body
adduct.
- adduct the thigh muscle
- adjective especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
- junketing1/5
junketing
- noun taking an excursion for pleasure
- verb go on a pleasure trip
junketeer; junket.
- noun taking an excursion for pleasure
- corrugating1/5
corrugate
- verb fold into ridges
- corrugate iron
- verb fold into ridges
- elating1/5
elating
- adjective satellite making lively and joyful
exhilarating.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite making lively and joyful
- nitrating1/5
nitrate
- noun any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
- verb treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
- nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol
- noun any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
- twitting1/5
twit
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
twirp; twerp.
- noun aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
taunt; taunting.
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
- undershooting1/5
undershoot
- verb fall short of (the runway) in a landing
- The plane undershot the runway
- verb shoot short of or below (a target)
- verb fall short of (the runway) in a landing
- reconverting1/5
reconvert
- verb convert back
- Hollywood is reconverting old films
- verb convert back
- devaluating1/5
devaluate
- verb remove the value from; deprive of its value
devalue.
- verb lose in value
devalue; depreciate; undervalue.
- The dollar depreciated again
- verb remove the value from; deprive of its value
- valuating1/5
valuate
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
evaluate; measure; value; assess; appraise.
- I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
- access all the factors when taking a risk
- verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- deflagrating1/5
deflagrate
- verb cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated
- verb burn with great heat and intense light
- the powder deflagrated
- verb cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- confederating1/5
confederate
- noun a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- noun someone who assists in a plot
collaborator; partner in crime; henchman.
- noun a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- sportscasting1/5
sportscast
- noun a broadcast of sports news or commentary
- verb broadcast a sports event
- noun a broadcast of sports news or commentary
- convoluting1/5
convolute
- verb curl, wind, or twist together
convolve.
- verb practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
twist; pervert; sophisticate; twist around.
- Don't twist my words
- verb curl, wind, or twist together
- saltating1/5
saltate
- verb move by saltation
- The sand grains are saltated by the wind
- verb leap or skip, often in dancing
- These fish swim with a saltating motion
- verb move by saltation
- cannulating1/5
cannulate
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
cannulise; intubate; canulate; cannulize.
- Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck
- verb introduce a cannula or tube into
- pupating1/5
pupate
- verb develop into a pupa
- the insect larva pupate
- verb develop into a pupa
- overcasting1/5
overcasting
- noun a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
overcast.
- verb make overcast or cloudy
overcast; cloud.
- Fall weather often overcasts our beaches
- noun a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
- slatting1/5
slat
- noun a thin strip (wood or metal)
spline.
- verb equip or bar with slats
- Slat the windows
- noun a thin strip (wood or metal)
- trisecting1/5
trisect
- verb cut in three
- trisect a line
- verb cut in three
- miscasting1/5
miscast
- verb cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
- verb cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
- curvetting1/5
curvet
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
vaulting.
- verb perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
- flabbergasting1/5
flabbergast
- verb overcome with amazement
boggle; bowl over.
- This boggles the mind!
- verb overcome with amazement
- receipting1/5
receipt
- noun the act of receiving
reception.
- noun an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
- noun the act of receiving
- defibrillating1/5
defibrillate
- verb stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
- The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life
- verb stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
- pronating1/5
pronate
- verb turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
- verb turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
- disjointing1/5
disjoint
- verb part; cease or break association with
dissociate; divorce; disassociate; disunite.
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
- verb separate at the joints
disarticulate.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb part; cease or break association with
- lotting1/5
lot
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- noun a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- he bought a lot on the lake
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- supinating1/5
supinate
- verb turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
- verb turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)
- jubilating1/5
jubilate
- verb celebrate a jubilee
- verb to express great joy
exuberate; rejoice; exult; triumph.
- Who cannot exult in Spring?
- verb celebrate a jubilee
- misdating1/5
misdating
- noun something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
anachronism; mistiming.
- verb assign the wrong date to
misdate.
- noun something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
- constellating1/5
constellate
- verb scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
stud; dot.
- Hills constellated with lights
- verb come together as in a cluster or flock
cluster; flock; clump.
- The poets constellate in this town every summer
- verb scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
- comminuting1/5
comminute
- verb reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
crunch; bray; mash; grind.
- grind the spices in a mortar
- mash the garlic
- verb reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- pontificating1/5
pontificate
- noun the government of the Roman Catholic Church
papacy.
- verb administer a pontifical office
- noun the government of the Roman Catholic Church
- witting1/5
witting
- adjective aware or knowing
- a witting tool of the Communists
- adjective satellite intentionally conceived
conscious.
- a conscious effort to speak more slowly
- a conscious policy
- adjective aware or knowing
- maltreating1/5
maltreat
- verb treat badly
ill-use; ill-treat; step; abuse; mistreat.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
- verb treat badly
- exfoliating1/5
exfoliate
- verb spread by opening the leaves of
- verb cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
- verb spread by opening the leaves of
- decapitating1/5
decapitate
- verb cut the head of
behead; decollate.
- the French King was beheaded during the Revolution
- verb cut the head of
- lambasting1/5
lambast
- verb beat with a cane
cane; flog; lambaste.
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb beat with a cane
- besting1/5
best
- noun the supreme effort one can make
- they did their best
- noun the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
topper.
- he could beat the best of them
- noun the supreme effort one can make
- derating1/5
derate
- verb lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
- verb lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
- misappropriating1/5
misappropriate
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
embezzle; defalcate; malversate; peculate.
- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- retorting1/5
retort
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
rejoinder; return; counter; replication; comeback; riposte.
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- noun a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- overprinting1/5
overprint
- noun something added by overprinting
surprint.
- verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
print over.
- noun something added by overprinting
- foisting1/5
foist
- verb to force onto another
- He foisted his work on me
- verb insert surreptitiously or without warrant
- verb to force onto another
- signposting1/5
signpost
- noun a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
guidepost.
- verb mark with a signpost, as of a path
- noun a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
- detesting1/5
detest
- verb dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
hate.
- I hate Mexican food
- She detests politicians
- verb dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
- nictitating1/5
nictitate
- verb briefly shut the eyes
wink; nictate; blink.
- The TV announcer never seems to blink
- verb briefly shut the eyes
- shirting1/5
shirting
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- verb put a shirt on
shirt.
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- somersaulting1/5
somersaulting
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
summersault; flip; somersault; summerset; somerset.
- verb do a somersault
somersault.
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- disorientating1/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- intercalating1/5
intercalate
- verb insert (days) in a calendar
- verb insert (days) in a calendar
- vegetating1/5
vegetate
- verb lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
- verb establish vegetation on
- They vegetated the hills behind their house
- verb lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
- retting1/5
ret
- verb place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
- verb place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
- recanting1/5
recant
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; forswear.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- translocating1/5
translocate
- verb transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position
- verb move from one place to another, especially of wild animals
- The endangered turtles were translocated to a safe environment
- verb transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position
- pirouetting1/5
pirouette
- noun (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet)
- verb do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance
- noun (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet)
- acculturating1/5
acculturate
- verb assimilate culturally
- verb assimilate culturally
- resecting1/5
resect
- verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
eviscerate.
- verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
- tatting1/5
tatting
- noun needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle
- noun the act or art of making handmade lace
lace making.
- noun needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle
- outsmarting1/5
outsmart
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
beat; overreach; outwit; outfox; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
outmanoeuvre; outmaneuver.
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
- emoting1/5
emote
- verb give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
- verb give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
- desisting1/5
desist
- verb choose not to consume
abstain; refrain.
- I abstain from alcohol
- verb choose not to consume
- backdating1/5
backdate
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- The increase in tax was backdated to January
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- telecasting1/5
telecasting
- noun broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
TV; television; video.
- she is a star of screen and video
- Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
- verb broadcast via television
televise; telecast.
- The Royal wedding was televised
- noun broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- satiating1/5
satiate
- verb fill to satisfaction
sate; replete; fill.
- I am sated
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; overindulge; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- verb fill to satisfaction
- conscripting1/5
conscript
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
draftee; inductee.
- verb enroll into service compulsorily
- The men were conscripted
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
- spectating1/5
spectate
- verb be a spectator in a sports event
- verb be a spectator in a sports event
- cogitating1/5
cogitate
- verb consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
- verb use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
cerebrate; think.
- I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
- verb consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
- spiriting1/5
spirit
- noun the vital principle or animating force within living things
- noun the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
flavour; look; feel; tone; flavor; feeling; smell.
- the feel of the city excited him
- a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
- it had the smell of treason
- noun the vital principle or animating force within living things
- outlasting1/5
outlast
- verb live longer than
survive; outlive.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- misquoting1/5
misquote
- noun an incorrect quotation
misquotation.
- verb quote incorrectly
- He had misquoted the politician
- noun an incorrect quotation
- expostulating1/5
expostulate
- verb reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
- verb reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
- depopulating1/5
depopulate
- verb reduce in population
desolate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb reduce in population
- jacketing1/5
jacket
- noun a short coat
- noun an outer wrapping or casing
- phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets
- noun a short coat
- ballasting1/5
ballast
- noun any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
- noun coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- noun any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
- fumigating1/5
fumigate
- verb treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
fume.
- verb treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
- anting1/5
ante
- noun (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- verb place one's stake
- noun (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- retransmitting1/5
retransmit
- verb transmit again
- verb transmit again
- affronting1/5
affront
- noun a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
insult.
- turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
diss; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
- noun a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
- ablating1/5
ablate
- verb wear away through erosion or vaporization
- verb remove an organ or bodily structure
- verb wear away through erosion or vaporization
- genuflecting1/5
genuflect
- verb bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
- verb bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
kowtow; scrape.
- verb bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
- prizefighting1/5
prizefight
- noun a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize
prize fight.
- verb box for a prize or money
- noun a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize
- exculpating1/5
exculpate
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
acquit; clear; discharge; assoil; exonerate.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- intermediating1/5
intermediate
- noun a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; liaise; intercede; arbitrate.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- noun a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- sedimenting1/5
sediment
- noun matter that has been deposited by some natural process
deposit.
- verb deposit as a sediment
- noun matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- stinting1/5
stinting
- adjective satellite avoiding waste
frugal; sparing; scotch; economical.
- an economical meal
- an economical shopper
- a frugal farmer
- a frugal lunch
- a sparing father and a spending son
- sparing in their use of heat and light
- stinting in bestowing gifts
- thrifty because they remember the great Depression
- `scotch' is used only informally
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
scrimp; stint; skimp.
- scratch and scrimp
- adjective satellite avoiding waste
- oxygenating1/5
oxygenate
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenise; aerate; oxygenize.
- oxygenate blood
- verb impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
- remunerating1/5
remunerate
- verb make payment to; compensate
compensate; recompense.
- My efforts were not remunerated
- verb make payment to; compensate
- coquetting1/5
coquet
- verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
butterfly; coquette; mash; flirt; romance; philander; dally; chat up.
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
- verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- convecting1/5
convect
- verb circulate hot air by convection
- verb circulate hot air by convection
- mooting1/5
moot
- noun a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- he organized the weekly moot
- verb think about carefully; weigh
deliberate; turn over; consider; debate.
- They considered the possibility of a strike
- Turn the proposal over in your mind
- noun a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- glutting1/5
glut
- noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
oversupply; surfeit.
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; overeat; satiate; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; overindulge; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- teleporting1/5
teleport
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
- prorating1/5
prorate
- verb make a proportional settlement or distribution
- verb divide or assess proportionally
- The rent was prorated for the rest of the month
- verb make a proportional settlement or distribution
- reanimating1/5
reanimate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; recreate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb give new life or energy to
- catting1/5
cat
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
true cat.
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; hombre.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- requiting1/5
requite
- verb make repayment for or return something
repay.
- verb make repayment for or return something
- syndicating1/5
syndicate
- noun a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
mob; family; crime syndicate.
- noun an association of companies for some definite purpose
consortium; pool.
- noun a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- totting1/5
tot
- noun a small amount (especially of a drink)
- a tot of rum
- noun a young child
bambino; toddler; yearling.
- noun a small amount (especially of a drink)
- dogfighting1/5
dogfight
- noun a fiercely disputed contest
- their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them
- a real dogfight for third place
- a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract
- noun disorderly fighting
tussle; hassle; scuffle; rough-and-tumble.
- noun a fiercely disputed contest
- excerpting1/5
excerpt
- noun a passage selected from a larger work
excerption; extract; selection.
- he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
- verb take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
take out; extract.
- noun a passage selected from a larger work
- denominating1/5
denominate
- verb assign a name or title to
designate.
- verb assign a name or title to
- auscultating1/5
auscultate
- verb examine by auscultation
- verb examine by auscultation
- postdating1/5
postdate
- verb be later in time
follow.
- Tuesday always follows Monday
- verb establish something as being later relative to something else
- verb be later in time
- controverting1/5
controvert
- verb be resistant to
contradict; oppose.
- The board opposed his motion
- verb prove to be false or incorrect
rebut; refute.
- verb be resistant to
- extraditing1/5
extradite
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
deport; deliver.
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
- sleeting1/5
sleet
- noun partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
- verb precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
- If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet
- noun partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
- skywriting1/5
skywriting
- noun writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
- noun writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
- floodlighting1/5
floodlight
- noun light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
flood; photoflood; flood lamp.
- verb illuminate with floodlights
- noun light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- welting1/5
welt
- noun a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
wheal; wale; weal.
- noun a raised or strengthened seam
- noun a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- bucketing1/5
bucket
- noun a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
pail.
- noun the quantity contained in a bucket
bucketful.
- noun a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
- commentating1/5
commentate
- verb make a commentary on
- verb serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
- verb make a commentary on
- inditing1/5
indite
- verb produce a literary work
write; pen; compose.
- She composed a poem
- He wrote four novels
- verb produce a literary work
- miscalculating1/5
miscalculate
- verb judge incorrectly
misestimate.
- I had misestimated his determination
- verb calculate incorrectly
misestimate.
- I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding
- verb judge incorrectly
- misstating1/5
misstate
- verb state something incorrectly
- You misstated my position
- verb state something incorrectly
- intrusting1/5
intrust
- verb confer a trust upon
confide; entrust; trust; commit.
- The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
- I commit my soul to God
- verb confer a trust upon
- cating1/5
cat
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
true cat.
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; hombre.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- calumniating1/5
calumniate
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
sully; smirch; smear; defame; asperse; slander; denigrate; besmirch.
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- reigniting1/5
reignite
- verb ignite anew, as of something burning
- The strong winds reignited the cooling embers
- verb ignite anew, as of something burning
- strangulating1/5
strangulate
- verb kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
strangle; throttle.
- he tried to strangle his opponent
- A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
- verb constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
- verb kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- agglomerating1/5
agglomerate
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- sugarcoating1/5
sugarcoat
- verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
glaze; candy.
- verb cause to appear more pleasant or appealing
- The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts
- verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
- chlorinating1/5
chlorinate
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- chlorinated water
- verb disinfect with chlorine
- chlorinate a pool
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- unstimulating1/5
unstimulating
- adjective not stimulating
unexciting.
- adjective not stimulating
- surfeiting1/5
surfeit
- noun the state of being more than full
overabundance; excess.
- noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
oversupply; glut.
- noun the state of being more than full
- interpellating1/5
interpellate
- verb question formally about policy or government business
- verb question formally about policy or government business
- repointing1/5
repoint
- verb repair the joints of bricks
point.
- point a chimney
- verb repair the joints of bricks
- hatting1/5
hat
- noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
lid; chapeau.
- noun an informal term for a person's role
- he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly
- noun headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- regimenting1/5
regiment
- noun army unit smaller than a division
- verb subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
- regiment one's children
- noun army unit smaller than a division
- fibrillating1/5
fibrillate
- verb make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements
- His heart fibrillated and he died
- verb make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements
- rebroadcasting1/5
rebroadcast
- noun a broadcast that repeated at a later time
- verb broadcast again, as of a film
rerun.
- noun a broadcast that repeated at a later time
- cosseting1/5
cosset
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
- collocating1/5
collocate
- verb have a strong tendency to occur side by side
- The words 'new' and 'world' collocate
- verb group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
chunk; lump.
- verb have a strong tendency to occur side by side
- electrocuting1/5
electrocute
- verb kill by electric shock
- She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted
- verb kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
fry.
- The serial killer was electrocuted
- verb kill by electric shock
- summating1/5
summate
- verb determine the sum of
tot up; add up; sum; tally; tote up; tot; add; total; sum up; add together.
- Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
- verb form or constitute a cumulative effect
- verb determine the sum of
- scatting1/5
scat
- noun singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
scat singing.
- verb flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
lam; run; head for the hills; hightail it; bunk; run away; take to the woods; scarper; escape; fly the coop; break away; turn tail.
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
- noun singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- invaginating1/5
invaginate
- verb sheathe
- The chrysalis is invaginated
- verb fold inwards
introvert.
- some organs can invaginate
- verb sheathe
- deputing1/5
depute
- verb transfer power to someone
delegate.
- verb appoint as a substitute
deputise; deputize.
- verb transfer power to someone
- congesting1/5
congest
- verb become or cause to become obstructed
clog; choke; foul; clog up; choke off; back up.
- The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
- The water pipe is backed up
- verb become or cause to become obstructed
- reprobating1/5
reprobate
- noun a person without moral scruples
miscreant.
- verb reject (documents) as invalid
- noun a person without moral scruples
- demodulating1/5
demodulate
- verb extract information from a modulated carrier wave
- verb extract information from a modulated carrier wave
- habiting1/5
habit
- noun an established custom
wont.
- it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening
- noun (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
use.
- owls have nocturnal habits
- she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair
- long use had hardened him to it
- noun an established custom
- probating1/5
probate
- noun a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
probate will.
- noun the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
- noun a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- expatriating1/5
expatriate
- noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
exile; expat.
- American expatriates
- verb expel from a country
exile; deport.
- The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
- noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
- checkmating1/5
checkmate
- noun complete victory
- noun a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
mate.
- noun complete victory
- recommitting1/5
recommit
- verb commit once again, as of a crime
- verb commit again
- It was recommitted into her custody
- verb commit once again, as of a crime
- reshooting1/5
reshoot
- verb shoot again
- We had to reshoot that scene 24 times
- verb shoot again
- trapshooting1/5
trapshooting
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
skeet; skeet shooting.
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
- deforesting1/5
deforest
- verb remove the trees from
disafforest; disforest.
- The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks
- verb remove the trees from
- disarticulating1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- unbolting1/5
unbolt
- verb undo the bolt of
- unbolt the door
- verb undo the bolt of
- execrating1/5
execrate
- verb find repugnant
abominate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
- verb find repugnant
- insetting1/5
inset
- noun a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- noun an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
insert.
- noun a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- overprotecting1/5
overprotect
- verb care for like a mother
fuss; mother.
- She fusses over her husband
- verb protect excessively
- Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!
- verb care for like a mother
- micturating1/5
micturate
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb eliminate urine
- plighting1/5
plight
- noun a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
predicament; quandary.
- finds himself in a most awkward predicament
- the woeful plight of homeless people
- noun a solemn pledge of fidelity
troth.
- noun a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- gazetting1/5
gazette
- noun a newspaper or official journal
- verb publish in a gazette
- noun a newspaper or official journal
- hemagglutinating1/5
hemagglutinate
- verb cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
haemagglutinate.
- verb cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
- ingrafting1/5
ingraft
- verb cause to grow together parts from different plants
engraft; graft.
- graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree
- verb cause to grow together parts from different plants
- retranslating1/5
retranslate
- verb translate again
- verb translate again
- imbricating1/5
imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- imbricate the roof tiles
- verb overlap
- The roof tiles imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- felicitating1/5
felicitate
- verb express congratulations
congratulate.
- verb express congratulations
- swotting1/5
swot
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
wonk; grind; dweeb; nerd.
- verb study intensively, as before an exam
drum; grind away; swot up; bone up; get up; bone; cram; mug up.
- I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- disinvesting1/5
disinvest
- verb deprive of status or authority
divest.
- he was divested of his rights and his title
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
- verb reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
divest.
- The company decided to divest
- the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
- There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
- verb deprive of status or authority
- advecting1/5
advect
- verb convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid
- energy advected from the environment
- verb convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid
- miscounting1/5
miscount
- noun an inaccurate count
- verb count wrongly
- noun an inaccurate count
- vivisecting1/5
vivisect
- verb cut (a body) open while still alive
- people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical
- verb cut (a body) open while still alive
- animadverting1/5
animadvert
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
speak up; opine; sound off; speak out.
- John spoke up at the meeting
- verb express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- infatuating1/5
infatuate
- verb arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
- His new car has infatuated him
- love has infatuated her
- verb arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
- corseting1/5
corset
- noun a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
girdle; stays.
- verb dress with a corset
- noun a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
- overexerting1/5
overexert
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
- don't overexert yourself when exercising!
- verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
- refloating1/5
refloat
- verb set afloat again
- refloat a grounded boat
- verb set afloat again
- creosoting1/5
creosote
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- noun a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
coal-tar creosote.
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- fellating1/5
fellate
- verb provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
blow; go down on; suck.
- verb provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- mistranslating1/5
mistranslate
- verb translate incorrectly
- verb translate incorrectly
- expurgating1/5
expurgate
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowdlerise; bowdlerize; shorten; castrate.
- bowdlerize a novel
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- predestinating1/5
predestinate
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
foreordain; predestine.
- adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
foreordained; predestined.
- his place in history was foreordained
- a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
- it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
- sequestrating1/5
sequestrate
- verb keep away from others
seclude; sequester; withdraw.
- He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
- verb set apart from others
sequester; set apart; isolate; keep apart.
- The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
- verb keep away from others
- defrosting1/5
defrost
- verb make or become free of frost or ice
de-ice; deice.
- Defrost the car window
- verb make or become free of frost or ice
- bullshitting1/5
bullshit
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
crap; horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
- verb speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
fake; bull; talk through one's hat.
- The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
- fornicating1/5
fornicate
- verb have sex without being married
- verb have sex without being married
- foxhunting1/5
foxhunt
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
fox hunting.
- verb hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
- noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
- orientating1/5
orientating
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
orienting.
- noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive
- an orienting program for new employees
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
orientate; orient.
- We had to orient ourselves in the forest
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
- excommunicating1/5
excommunicate
- verb exclude from a church or a religious community
curse; unchurch.
- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
- verb oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
- verb exclude from a church or a religious community
- repotting1/5
repot
- verb put in a new, usually larger, pot
- The plant had grown and had to be repotted
- verb put in a new, usually larger, pot
- feinting1/5
feint
- noun any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
- verb deceive by a mock action
- The midfielder feinted to shoot
- noun any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
- crating1/5
crate
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- noun the quantity contained in a crate
crateful.
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- disinheriting1/5
disinherit
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
disown.
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- matriculating1/5
matriculate
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- verb enroll as a student
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- hairsplitting1/5
hairsplitting
- noun making too fine distinctions of little importance
word-splitting.
- they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously
- adjective satellite developed in excessively fine detail
finespun.
- finespun distinctions
- noun making too fine distinctions of little importance
- concerting1/5
concert
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- dissimulating1/5
dissimulate
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- verb hide (feelings) from other people
- underrating1/5
underrating
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
underestimation; underreckoning; underestimate.
- verb make too low an estimate of
underestimate; underrate.
- he underestimated the work that went into the renovation
- Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river
- noun an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
- decontaminating1/5
decontaminate
- verb rid of contamination
- The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city
- verb rid of contamination
- ghostwriting1/5
ghostwrite
- verb write for someone else
ghost.
- How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
- verb write for someone else
- immolating1/5
immolate
- verb offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
- The Aztecs immolated human victims
- immolate the valuables at the temple
- verb offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
- disenchanting1/5
disenchanting
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
disillusioning.
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
- copyrighting1/5
copyright
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
right of first publication.
- verb secure a copyright on a written work
- did you copyright your manuscript?
- noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
- abnegating1/5
abnegate
- verb deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
deny.
- She denied herself wine and spirits
- verb surrender (power or a position)
- The King abnegated his power to the ministers
- verb deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- platting1/5
plat
- noun a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
- verb make a plat of
plot.
- Plat the town
- noun a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
- blueprinting1/5
blueprint
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
pattern; design.
- a blueprint for a house
- a pattern for a skirt
- noun photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
- trendsetting1/5
trendsetting
- adjective satellite initiating or popularizing a trend
trend-setting.
- adjective satellite initiating or popularizing a trend
- jilting1/5
jilt
- noun a woman who jilts a lover
- verb cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly
- jilt a lover or a bride
- noun a woman who jilts a lover
- overrating1/5
overrating
- noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
overestimate; overestimation; overreckoning.
- verb make too high an estimate of
overestimate; overrate.
- He overestimated his own powers
- noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
- tightfitting1/5
tightfitting
- adjective satellite fitting snugly
tight fitting; skinny; tightly fitting; tight-fitting.
- a tightly-fitting cover
- tight-fitting clothes
- adjective satellite fitting snugly
- transliterating1/5
transliterate
- verb rewrite in a different script
transcribe.
- The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated
- verb rewrite in a different script
- reseating1/5
reseat
- verb provide with a new seat
- reseat the old broken chair
- verb provide with new seats
- reseat Carnegie Hall
- verb provide with a new seat
- sating1/5
sate
- verb fill to satisfaction
satiate; replete; fill.
- I am sated
- verb fill to satisfaction
- unsporting1/5
unsporting
- adjective satellite violating accepted standards or rules
unsportsmanlike; cheating; dirty; foul.
- a dirty fighter
- used foul means to gain power
- a nasty unsporting serve
- fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
- adjective satellite violating accepted standards or rules
- footnoting1/5
footnote
- noun a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
footer.
- verb add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
annotate.
- The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
- noun a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
- shortlisting1/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- hyphenating1/5
hyphenate
- verb divide or connect with a hyphen
hyphen.
- hyphenate these words and names
- verb divide or connect with a hyphen
- flagellating1/5
flagellate
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
mastigophoran; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophore.
- verb whip
scourge.
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
- draughting1/5
draught
- noun a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
potation; tipple; draft.
- they served beer on draft
- noun a large and hurried swallow
gulp; swig; draft.
- he finished it at a single gulp
- noun a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
- airlifting1/5
airlift
- noun transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
lift.
- verb fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
lift.
- Food is airlifted into Bosnia
- noun transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- adumbrating1/5
adumbrate
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch; outline.
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
- verb give to understand
insinuate; intimate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- reelecting1/5
reelect
- verb elect again
return.
- verb elect again
- undercoating1/5
undercoat
- noun seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
underseal.
- noun the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
ground; primer coat; flat coat; priming coat; primer; priming.
- noun seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
- closeting1/5
closet
- noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
cupboard.
- noun a toilet in Britain
W.C.; water closet; loo.
- noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
- sooting1/5
soot
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
smut; crock; lampblack; carbon black.
- verb coat with soot
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- handcrafting1/5
handcraft
- noun a work produced by hand labor
handwork; handicraft; handiwork.
- verb make something by hand
- We handcraft all our paper
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- rabbiting1/5
rabbit
- noun any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
cony; coney.
- noun the fur of a rabbit
lapin.
- noun any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- dechlorinating1/5
dechlorinate
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- garroting1/5
garrote
- noun an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
garrotte; garotte; iron collar.
- verb strangle with an iron collar
garrotte; garotte; scrag.
- people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain
- noun an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
- wainscotting1/5
wainscotting
- noun a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
wainscoting.
- noun wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
wainscoting; wainscot.
- noun a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
- tessellating1/5
tessellate
- verb fit together exactly, of identical shapes
- triangles tessellate
- verb tile with tesserae
- tessellate the kitchen floor
- verb fit together exactly, of identical shapes
- decussating1/5
decussate
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- this nerve decussates the other
- the fibers decussate
- adjective satellite crossed or intersected in the form of an X
intersecting; intersectant.
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- criminating1/5
criminate
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb rebuke formally
censure; reprimand.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- overcoating1/5
overcoating
- noun an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)
overcoat.
- noun an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)
- rededicating1/5
rededicate
- verb dedicate anew
- They were asked to rededicate themselves to their country
- verb dedicate anew
- inculpating1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- manumitting1/5
manumit
- verb free from slavery or servitude
emancipate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
- pipefitting1/5
pipefitting
- noun fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together
pipe fitting.
- noun fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together
- affrighting1/5
affright
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
terror; panic.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- sidesplitting1/5
sidesplitting
- adjective satellite very funny
killing.
- a killing joke
- sidesplitting antics
- adjective satellite very funny
- guesstimating1/5
guesstimate
- noun an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
guestimate.
- verb estimate based on a calculation
- noun an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
- garrotting1/5
garrotte
- noun an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
garrote; garotte; iron collar.
- verb strangle with an iron collar
garrote; garotte; scrag.
- people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain
- noun an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
- desquamating1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- adulating1/5
adulate
- verb flatter in an obsequious manner
- verb flatter in an obsequious manner
- contraindicating1/5
contraindicate
- verb make a treatment inadvisable
- verb make a treatment inadvisable
- overexploiting1/5
overexploit
- verb exploit excessively
- We should not overexploit our natural resources
- verb exploit excessively
- tenanting1/5
tenant
- noun someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
renter.
- the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent
- noun a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
- noun someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
- perennating1/5
perennate
- verb survive from season to season, of plants
- verb survive from season to season, of plants
- foresting1/5
forest
- noun the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
woods; wood.
- noun land that is covered with trees and shrubs
timberland; woodland; timber.
- noun the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
- bankrupting1/5
bankrupt
- noun someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
insolvent.
- verb reduce to bankruptcy
break; smash; ruin.
- My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
- The slump in the financial markets smashed him
- noun someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
- browbeating1/5
browbeat
- verb be bossy towards
bully; ballyrag; bullyrag; hector; push around; boss around; strong-arm.
- Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
- verb discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
swagger; bully.
- verb be bossy towards
- luting1/5
luting
- noun a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
lute.
- noun a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
- lancinating1/5
lancinating
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
lancinate; piercing; keen; cutting; stabbing; knifelike.
- a cutting wind
- keen winds
- knifelike cold
- piercing knifelike pains
- piercing cold
- piercing criticism
- a stabbing pain
- lancinating pain
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- knighting1/5
knight
- noun originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
- noun a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
horse.
- noun originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
- untrusting1/5
untrusting
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
suspicious; leery; mistrustful; wary.
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- confuting1/5
confute
- verb prove to be false
disprove.
- The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories
- verb prove to be false
- introspecting1/5
introspect
- verb reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings
- verb reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings
- reforesting1/5
reforest
- verb forest anew
- After the fire, they reforested the mountain
- verb forest anew
- nonintersecting1/5
nonintersecting
- adjective satellite (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing
nonconvergent.
- adjective satellite (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing
- recriminating1/5
recriminate
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- unexacting1/5
unexacting
- adjective satellite not rigorous
- relaxed and unexacting standards
- adjective satellite not rigorous
- reorientating1/5
reorientate
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorient.
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- unaffecting1/5
unaffecting
- adjective satellite not arousing affect
- adjective satellite not arousing affect
- unaccommodating1/5
unaccommodating
- adjective not accommodating
unobliging.
- the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door
- adjective satellite offering no assistance
- rudely unaccommodating to the customers
- icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful
- adjective not accommodating
- unbefitting1/5
unbefitting
- adjective satellite not befitting
- behavior unbefitting a father
- adjective satellite not befitting
- indiscriminating1/5
indiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
undiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- fingerpointing1/5
fingerpointing
- noun the imputation of blame
finger-pointing.
- they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop
- noun the imputation of blame
- nonconducting1/5
nonconducting
- adjective not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
non-conducting; nonconductive.
- adjective not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
- unilluminating1/5
unilluminating
- adjective failing to inform or clarify
unenlightening.
- an unenlightening comment
- adjective failing to inform or clarify
- nonreflecting1/5
nonreflecting
- adjective not capable of physical reflection
nonreflective.
- adjective not capable of physical reflection
- deselecting1/5
deselecting
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- storting1/5
storting
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- trysting1/5
tryst
- noun a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
rendezvous.
- noun a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
assignation.
- noun a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
- scriptwriting1/5
- botting1/5
bot
- noun botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- noun botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- vignetting1/5
vignetting
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- defragmenting1/5
- cybersquatting1/5
cybersquatting
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fisting1/5
fist
- noun a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
clenched fist.
- noun a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
- nonprinting1/5
- superheating1/5
superheat
To heat too much, to overheat; as, to .superheat an oven
- vasodilating1/5
- repopulating1/5
repopulating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- misreporting1/5
misreport
To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
- crofting1/5
croft
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- remelting1/5
- westing1/5
west
- noun the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
due west; W; westward.
- noun the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
Occident.
- noun the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
- neurocomputing1/5
- phosphorylating1/5
phosphorylating
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- curating1/5
curate
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
pastor; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- underpainting1/5
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downshift
- noun a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
- noun a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
- noun a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
- flowcharting1/5
flowchart
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
flow sheet; flow chart; flow diagram.
- noun a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
- narrowcasting1/5
- hafting1/5
haft
- noun the handle of a weapon or tool
helve.
- noun the handle of a weapon or tool
- passivating1/5
- decrementing1/5
decrement
- noun the amount by which something decreases
decrease.
- noun a process of becoming smaller or shorter
decrease.
- noun the amount by which something decreases
- demotivating1/5
demotivating
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- uncoating1/5
- eventing1/5
event
- noun something that happens at a given place and time
- noun a special set of circumstances
case.
- in that event, the first possibility is excluded
- it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
- noun something that happens at a given place and time
- nonconsenting1/5
nonconsenting
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- faceting1/5
facete
Facetious; witty; humorous. Archaic "A facete discourse." Jer. Taylor."How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson.
--Fa*cete"ly , adv. --Fa*cete"ness , n.
- agenting1/5
agent
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- their research uncovered new disease agents
- noun a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- unresting1/5
unrest
- noun a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
ferment; tempestuousness; fermentation; agitation.
- the political ferment produced new leadership
- social unrest
- noun a feeling of restless agitation
- noun a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
- woodcutting1/5
woodcut
- noun a print made from a woodcut
wood engraving.
- noun engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints
wood engraving; wood block.
- noun a print made from a woodcut
- overhunting1/5
- overharvesting1/5
- cavitating1/5
- pelleting1/5
pelleting
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- tutting1/5
tut
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
tut-tut; tsk.
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- coopting1/5
coopt
To choose or elect in concert with another. R.Each of the hundred was to coöpt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. ).
- nonpenetrating1/5
- reinserting1/5
reinsert
To insert again.
- festing1/5
feast
- noun a ceremonial dinner party for many people
banquet.
- noun something experienced with great delight
- a feast for the eyes
- noun a ceremonial dinner party for many people
- intercutting1/5
- blockbusting1/5
blockbusting
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- nonrotating1/5
- leafleting1/5
leafleting
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- interdigitating1/5
- noncompeting1/5
noncompeting
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- bitting1/5
bit
- noun a small piece or quantity of something
spot.
- a spot of tea
- a bit of paper
- a bit of lint
- I gave him a bit of my mind
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
fleck; chip; flake; scrap.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun a small piece or quantity of something
- nonpolluting1/5
nonpolluting
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- overreporting1/5
- serting1/5
serting
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- undoubting1/5
undoubting
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- relighting1/5
relight
To light or kindle anew.
- ovipositing1/5
ovipositing
The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.
- rearticulating1/5
- senting1/5
sent
- noun 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
- verb cause to go somewhere
direct; send.
- The explosion sent the car flying in the air
- She sent her children to camp
- He directed all his energies into his dissertation
- noun 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
- fungating1/5
fungate
(Chem.) A salt of fungic acid. Formerly written also fungiate .
- globetrotting1/5
globetrotting
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- tufting1/5
tuft
- noun a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
tussock.
- noun a bunch of feathers or hair
- noun a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
- retargeting1/5
- pickpocketing1/5
- haircutting1/5
haircut
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- noun the act of cutting the hair
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- quantitating1/5
- overstimulating1/5
overstimulating
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- nonirritating1/5
nonirritating
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- nonexisting1/5
nonexisting
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- noncommunicating1/5
- unmounting1/5
- recalibrating1/5
- recomputing1/5
recomputing
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- corotating1/5
- rewetting1/5
- redating1/5
redating
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- reappropriating1/5
reappropriating
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- relitigating1/5
- nonliquidating1/5
- undercounting1/5
- resituating1/5
resituating
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- proselyting1/5
proselyte
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- handfasting1/5
handfast
Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping. Obs. Shak.
- freebooting1/5
freebooting
Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.
- transfecting1/5
- counterrotating1/5
- boulting1/5
bolt
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
thunderbolt; bolt of lightning.
- noun a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- flyting1/5
- stepparenting1/5
stepparent
- noun the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
- noun the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
- folketing1/5
- formfitting1/5
formfitting
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- reinstituting1/5
- steamboating1/5
steamboat
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- overpainting1/5
overpaint
To color or describe too strongly. Sir W. Raleigh.
- phototypesetting1/5
phototypesetting
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- premarketing1/5
- forfaiting1/5
- autografting1/5
autograft
- noun tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
autoplasty.
- skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms
- noun tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
- tableting1/5
- presetting1/5
preset
- adjective satellite set in advance
predetermined.
- a preset plan of action
- at a predetermined time
- adjective satellite set in advance
- recutting1/5
recutting
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- echolocating1/5
- kitting1/5
kit
- noun a case for containing a set of articles
- noun gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
outfit.
- noun a case for containing a set of articles
- methylating1/5
methylate
(Chem.) An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium .methylate ,CH3ONa
- sisting1/5
sist
(Scots Law) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
- rehydrating1/5
rehydrating
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- undereating1/5
- aspecting1/5
aspect
- noun a distinct feature or element in a problem
facet.
- he studied every facet of the question
- noun a characteristic to be considered
- noun a distinct feature or element in a problem
- masting1/5
mast
- noun a vertical spar for supporting sails
- noun nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
- noun a vertical spar for supporting sails
- allografting1/5
allograft
- noun tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
homograft.
- noun tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
- subsetting1/5
subset
- noun a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
- noun a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
- briquetting1/5
briquet
- noun a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
briquette.
- noun a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
- splatting1/5
splat
- noun a single splash
- he heard a splat as it hit the floor
- noun a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
- noun a single splash
- rediscounting1/5
rediscounting
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- powerlifting1/5
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- reeducating1/5
reeducating
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- remarketing1/5
remarketing
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- disinhibiting1/5
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- uncalculating1/5
- sportswriting1/5
- rescripting1/5
rescript
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
edict; fiat; decree; order.
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- redesignating1/5
- newswriting1/5
- karting1/5
- noncontributing1/5
noncontributing
Not contributing.
- spellcasting1/5
- showboating1/5
showboat
- noun a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
- noun a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
- hotting1/5
hot
- adjective used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- hot stove
- hot water
- a hot August day
- a hot stuffy room
- she's hot and tired
- a hot forehead
- adjective satellite characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
raging.
- the fighting became hot and heavy
- a hot engagement
- a raging battle
- the river became a raging torrent
- adjective used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- pretreating1/5
- resubmitting1/5
resubmit
- verb submit (information) again to a program or automatic system
feed back.
- verb submit (information) again to a program or automatic system
- rousting1/5
roust
To rouse; to disturb; Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.as, to .roust one out
- truanting1/5
truant
- noun one who is absent from school without permission
hooky player.
- noun someone who shirks duty
nonattender; no-show.
- noun one who is absent from school without permission
- unabating1/5
unabating
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- unconsenting1/5
unconsenting
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- subscripting1/5
subscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
inferior.
- adjective written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferior.
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
- resprouting1/5
- interplanting1/5
- overweighting1/5
overweight
- noun the property of excessive fatness
corpulence; stoutness; adiposis.
- adjective satellite usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
heavy; fleshy.
- noun the property of excessive fatness
- sublating1/5
sublate
To take or carry away; to remove. R. E. Hall.
- micromarketing1/5
- sandpainting1/5
sandpainting
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- uprating1/5
- husting1/5
husting
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- nondiscriminating1/5
nondiscriminating
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- simulcasting1/5
simulcast
- noun a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio)
- noun a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio)
- anticlotting1/5
- unknotting1/5
unknot
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
untangle; unpick; unravel; unscramble.
- unravel the thread
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
- exsanguinating1/5
- reincorporating1/5
reincorporate
To incorporate again.
- involuting1/5
involute
- adjective satellite especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
rolled.
- adjective satellite (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
- adjective satellite especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
- overnighting1/5
overnight
- adjective satellite lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
nightlong; all-night.
- a nightlong vigil
- an all-night drugstore
- an overnight trip
- adverb during or for the length of one night
- the fish marinates overnight
- adjective satellite lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
- flatting1/5
flat
- noun a level tract of land
- the salt flats of Utah
- noun a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- noun a level tract of land
- uprighting1/5
upright
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
vertical.
- the ball sailed between the uprights
- noun a piano with a vertical sounding board
upright piano.
- noun a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- chaunting1/5
chant
- noun a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- verb recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
cantillate; intonate; intone.
- The rabbi chanted a prayer
- noun a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- premating1/5
- guesting1/5
guest
- noun a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
invitee.
- noun United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
Edgar Guest; Edgar Albert Guest.
- noun a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
- recontracting1/5
recontracting
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- closefitting1/5
closefitting
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- duetting1/5
duet
- noun two items of the same kind
twosome; span; distich; couple; duo; twain; yoke; couplet; pair; brace; dyad; duad.
- noun two performers or singers who perform together
duette; duo.
- noun two items of the same kind
- gitting1/5
git
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- bulleting1/5
bulleting
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- stonecutting1/5
stonecutting
Hewing or dressing stone.
- shortcutting1/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- unprotesting1/5
unprotesting
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- trouting1/5
trout
- noun flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
- noun any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
- noun flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
- instating1/5
instate
To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; Shak.as, to .instate a person in greatness or in favor
- reediting1/5
reediting
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- photosetting1/5
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- objectivating1/5
- misfitting1/5
misfit
- noun someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
- noun someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
- defatting1/5
- playwrighting1/5
playwright
- noun someone who writes plays
dramatist.
- noun someone who writes plays
- filmsetting1/5
- deallocating1/5
- tracting1/5
tract
- noun an extended area of land
piece of land; piece of ground; parcel of land; parcel.
- noun a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- noun an extended area of land
- readmitting1/5
readmit
- verb admit anew
- The refugee was readmitted into his home country
- verb admit again or anew
- After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted
- verb admit anew
- recoating1/5
recoating
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- disequilibrating1/5
- exponentiating1/5
- unaccepting1/5
- sunsetting1/5
sunset
- noun the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
sundown.
- noun atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
- noun the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
- acylating1/5
- reenlisting1/5
reenlist
To enlist again.
- underplanting1/5
- tributing1/5
tribute
- noun something given or done as an expression of esteem
testimonial.
- noun payment by one nation for protection by another
- noun something given or done as an expression of esteem
- nowcasting1/5
- mordanting1/5
mordant
- noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
- adjective satellite harshly ironic or sinister
black; grim.
- black humor
- a grim joke
- grim laughter
- fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
- noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
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- coediting1/5
- overcutting1/5
- verting1/5
vert
(Eng. Forest Law) (a) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve .vert and venison is the duty of the verderer(b) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
- anticounterfeiting1/5
anticounterfeiting
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- pacesetting1/5
pacesetting
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- merchanting1/5
merchant
- noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade
merchandiser.
- noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade
- doating1/5
- intreating1/5
entreat
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; press; adjure; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb ask for or request earnestly
- ketting1/5
ket
Carrion; any filth. Prob. Eng. Halliwell.
- statementing1/5
statement
- noun a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- according to his statement he was in London on that day
- noun a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
argument.
- it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true
- noun a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- pretexting1/5
pretext
- noun something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
stalking-horse.
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
guise; pretence; pretense.
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- noun something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- phosphating1/5
phosphate
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
orthophosphate; inorganic phosphate.
- noun carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid
- noun a salt of phosphoric acid
- reletting1/5
reletting
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- uplighting1/5
- relisting1/5
relisting
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- oversetting1/5
overset
To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; Dryden.as, to .overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building
- remating1/5
remating
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- delaminating1/5
- rollerskating1/5
rollerskating
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- leafletting1/5
leaflet
- noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
cusp.
- noun part of a compound leaf
- noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
- preflighting1/5
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- underthrusting1/5
- nonconflicting1/5
nonconflicting
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- unsetting1/5
unset
Not set; not fixed or appointed.
- herniating1/5
herniating
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- tarting1/5
tart
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore.
- noun a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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- rosetting1/5
- unintimidating1/5
- munting1/5
munting
(Arch.) Same as Mullion ; -- especially used in joiner's work.
- sotting1/5
sot
- noun a chronic drinker
drunk; inebriate; wino; drunkard; rummy.
- noun a chronic drinker
- regrating1/5
regrate
(Masonry) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
- fetting1/5
fet
- noun a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field
field-effect transistor.
- noun a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field
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- replating1/5
- nonradiating1/5
- hearting1/5
heart
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
bosom.
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- reinitiating1/5
- decompensating1/5
decompensating
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- postmating1/5
- kesting1/5
k
- noun the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
kelvin.
- noun a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
potassium; atomic number 19.
- noun the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- substracting1/5
substract
To subtract; to withdraw. Obs. Barrow.
- tabletting1/5
tablet
- noun a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- noun a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
pad of paper; pad.
- noun a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- unforgetting1/5
- wildcatting1/5
wildcat
- noun an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
wildcat well.
- noun a cruelly rapacious person
beast; savage; wolf; brute.
- noun an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
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- noncutting1/5
- enculturating1/5
- triturating1/5
triturate
To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.
- dephosphorylating1/5
dephosphorylating
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- reappointing1/5
reappoint
To appoint again.
- rivetting1/5
rivet
- noun ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
stud.
- noun heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
- noun ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
- curetting1/5
curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- preselecting1/5
preselect
To select beforehand.
- bullbaiting1/5
- revalidating1/5
revalidating
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- photoconducting1/5
- gaslighting1/5
gaslight
- noun light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
- noun light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
- depredating1/5
depredate
To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon.
- redbaiting1/5
- reimplementing1/5
- microcomputing1/5
- resighting1/5
- interconverting1/5
- precomputing1/5
- renesting1/5
- reinhabiting1/5
- specting1/5
specting
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- refighting1/5
refighting
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- replotting1/5
- shotting1/5
shot
- noun the act of firing a projectile
shooting.
- his shooting was slow but accurate
- noun a solid missile discharged from a firearm
pellet.
- the shot buzzed past his ear
- noun the act of firing a projectile
- overcorrecting1/5
- presorting1/5
presorting
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- rouletting1/5
rouletting
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- fingerpainting1/5
fingerpaint
- noun paint that has the consistency of jelly
finger paint.
- noun paint that has the consistency of jelly
- unintermitting1/5
- precasting1/5
precast
- adjective satellite of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation
- adjective satellite of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation
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- nonlimiting1/5
- hutting1/5
hut
- noun temporary military shelter
army hut; field hut.
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
shack; hutch; hovel; shanty.
- noun temporary military shelter
- wisting1/5
- awanting1/5
want
- noun a state of extreme poverty
neediness; deprivation; privation.
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
deficiency; lack.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun a state of extreme poverty
- hydroxylating1/5
- marting1/5
mart
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
market place; marketplace; market.
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- nonstimulating1/5
nonstimulating
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- overcounting1/5
- throating1/5
throat
- noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
pharynx.
- noun an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
- noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
- fritting1/5
fritting
The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.
- backfitting1/5
- minuting1/5
minute
- noun a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
min.
- he ran a 4 minute mile
- noun an indefinitely short time
moment; bit; mo; second.
- wait just a moment
- in a mo
- it only takes a minute
- in just a bit
- noun a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- bonesetting1/5
boneset
- noun European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
common comfrey; Symphytum officinale.
- noun perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
Eupatorium perfoliatum; thoroughwort; agueweed.
- noun European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
- reestimating1/5
- overcommitting1/5
- unwriting1/5
- overinvesting1/5
overinvesting
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- newscasting1/5
newscast
- noun a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
- noun a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
- gillnetting1/5
- straitjacketing1/5
straitjacketing
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- reinvestigating1/5
reinvestigate
To investigate again. --Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion n.
- candlelighting1/5
candlelight
- noun the light provided by a burning candle
candle flame.
- noun the light provided by a burning candle
- resiting1/5
- assarting1/5
assart
(Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.
- reselecting1/5
reselecting
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- deescalating1/5
deescalating
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- nonsporting1/5
nonsporting
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Suffixes of ting
- tinged«Word Popularity Bar3/5
ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
tinkle.
- verb cause to make a ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
- tingling3/5
tingling
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
prickling; tingle.
- verb cause a stinging or tingling sensation
tingle; prickle.
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
- tingle3/5
tingle
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
frisson; quiver; thrill; shudder; shiver; chill.
- a frisson of surprise shot through him
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
prickling; tingling.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- tinge3/5
tinge
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
jot; speck; hint; pinch; soupcon; touch; mite.
- this dish could use a touch of garlic
- noun a pale or subdued color
undertone.
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
- tings2/5
ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
tinkle.
- verb cause to make a ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
- tinges2/5
tinge
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
jot; speck; hint; pinch; soupcon; touch; mite.
- this dish could use a touch of garlic
- noun a pale or subdued color
undertone.
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
- tingled2/5
tingle
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
frisson; quiver; thrill; shudder; shiver; chill.
- a frisson of surprise shot through him
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
prickling; tingling.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- tingles2/5
tingle
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
frisson; quiver; thrill; shudder; shiver; chill.
- a frisson of surprise shot through him
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
prickling; tingling.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- tingly2/5
ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
tinkle.
- verb cause to make a ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
- tinging1/5
ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
tinkle.
- verb cause to make a ting
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
- tingeing1/5
tinge
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
jot; speck; hint; pinch; soupcon; touch; mite.
- this dish could use a touch of garlic
- noun a pale or subdued color
undertone.
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
- tingler1/5
tingle
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
frisson; quiver; thrill; shudder; shiver; chill.
- a frisson of surprise shot through him
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
prickling; tingling.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- tingitana1/5
tingitana
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- tingi1/5
tingi
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Derived words of ting
- meetings«Word Popularity Bar5/5
meeting
- noun a formally arranged gathering
group meeting.
- next year the meeting will be in Chicago
- the meeting elected a chairperson
- noun a small informal social gathering
get together.
- there was an informal meeting in my living room
- noun a formally arranged gathering
- writings5/5
writing
- noun the act of creating written works
authorship; penning; composition.
- writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
- noun the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
written material; piece of writing.
- the writing in her novels is excellent
- that editorial was a fine piece of writing
- noun the act of creating written works
- contingent5/5
contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics
- noun a temporary military unit
detail.
- the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- ratings5/5
rating
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
valuation; evaluation.
- he set a high valuation on friendship
- noun act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
evaluation.
- noun an appraisal of the value of something
- distinguished5/5
distinguished
- adjective satellite (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
- our distinguished professor
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; distinguish; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- adjective satellite (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
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distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- paintings5/5
painting
- noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
picture.
- a small painting by Picasso
- he bought the painting as an investment
- his pictures hang in the Louvre
- noun creating a picture with paints
- he studied painting and sculpture for many years
- noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
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setting
- noun the context and environment in which something is set
scene.
- the perfect setting for a ghost story
- noun the state of the environment in which a situation exists
scope; background.
- you can't do that in a university setting
- noun the context and environment in which something is set
- interestingly5/5
interestingly
- adverb in an interesting manner
- when he ceases to be just interestingly neurotic and...gets locked up"- Time
- adverb in an interesting manner
- contingency4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- contingencies4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- listings4/5
listing
- noun a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
list.
- noun the act of making a list of items
itemisation; itemization.
- noun a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- extinguished4/5
extinguished
- adjective satellite of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
- verb put an end to; kill
snuff out; extinguish.
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- adjective satellite of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
- unwittingly4/5
unwittingly
- adverb without knowledge or intention
unknowingly; inadvertently.
- he unwittingly deleted the references
- adverb without knowledge or intention
- distinguishing4/5
distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- distinguishes4/5
distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- coatings4/5
coating
- noun a thin layer covering something
coat.
- a second coat of paint
- noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
finishing; finish.
- the boat had a metallic finish
- he applied a coat of a clear finish
- when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
- noun a thin layer covering something
- greetings4/5
greeting
- noun (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
salutation.
- verb express greetings upon meeting someone
recognize; recognise; greet.
- noun (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
- distinguishable4/5
distinguishable
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom
- a project distinguishable into four stages of progress
- distinguishable differences between the twins
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
distinct.
- plants of several distinct types
- the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
- gold is distinct from iron
- a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
- management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- huntington4/5
huntington
- noun United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
George Huntington.
- noun American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796)
Samuel Huntington.
- noun United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
- hastings4/5
hastings
Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer.
- indistinguishable4/5
indistinguishable
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
identical.
- rows of identical houses
- cars identical except for their license plates
- they wore indistinguishable hats
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
undistinguishable.
- the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable
- the twins were indistinguishable
- a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
- nightingale4/5
nightingale
- noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
Luscinia megarhynchos.
- noun English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
Lady with the Lamp; Florence Nightingale.
- noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
- beatings3/5
beating
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
whipping.
- noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
trouncing; whacking; drubbing; thrashing; licking; lacing.
- noun the act of overcoming or outdoing
- stinging3/5
stinging
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
sting.
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
- verb cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
bite; burn; sting.
- The sun burned his face
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- postings3/5
posting
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
notice; placard; poster; bill; card.
- a poster advertised the coming attractions
- noun (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records
- the posting was made in the cash account
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- shootings3/5
shooting
- noun the act of firing a projectile
shot.
- his shooting was slow but accurate
- noun killing someone by gunfire
- when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies
- noun the act of firing a projectile
- stings3/5
sting
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
stinging.
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
- noun a mental pain or distress
pang.
- a pang of conscience
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- gratings3/5
grating
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
grate.
- noun a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
grate.
- noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- extinguish3/5
extinguish
- verb put an end to; kill
snuff out.
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; quench.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb put an end to; kill
- castings3/5
casting
- noun object formed by a mold
cast.
- noun the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
molding.
- noun object formed by a mold
- extinguishing3/5
extinguishing
- noun the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
quenching; extinction.
- the extinction of the lights
- verb put an end to; kill
snuff out; extinguish.
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- noun the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
- sittings3/5
sitting
- noun (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
posing.
- he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting
- noun the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
- he read the mystery at one sitting
- noun (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
- fittings3/5
fitting
- noun making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
adjustment; accommodation.
- noun a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
- noun making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- cuttings3/5
cutting
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
film editing.
- noun a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
slip.
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- sightings3/5
sighting
- noun the act of observing
- several sightings of enemy troops were reported
- verb catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
spy; sight.
- he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
- noun the act of observing
- outings3/5
outing
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
sashay; expedition; pleasure trip; jaunt; junket; excursion.
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
- noun a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
field day; picnic.
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
- plantings3/5
planting
- noun the act of fixing firmly in place
- he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway
- noun a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area
- the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner
- noun the act of fixing firmly in place
- contingents3/5
contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics
- noun a temporary military unit
detail.
- the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- westinghouse3/5
westinghouse
- noun United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914)
George Westinghouse.
- noun United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914)
- stingy3/5
stingy
- adjective unwilling to spend
ungenerous.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
scrimpy; meager; meagerly; meagre.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adjective unwilling to spend
- nottingham3/5
nottingham
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- huntingdon3/5
huntingdon
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- footings2/5
footing
- noun status with respect to the relations between people or groups
terms.
- on good terms with her in-laws
- on a friendly footing
- noun a relation that provides the foundation for something
ground; basis.
- they were on a friendly footing
- he worked on an interim basis
- noun status with respect to the relations between people or groups
- stinger2/5
stinger
- noun a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
- noun a remark capable of wounding mentally
cut.
- the unkindest cut of all
- noun a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
- promptings2/5
prompting
- noun persuasion formulated as a suggestion
suggestion.
- noun a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
prompt.
- the audience could hear his prompting
- noun persuasion formulated as a suggestion
- matings2/5
mating
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
coupling; union; sexual union; pairing; conjugation.
- the casual couplings of adolescents
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
- verb engage in sexual intercourse
pair; couple; mate; copulate.
- Birds mate in the Spring
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- mountings2/5
mounting
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climbing; climb.
- noun framework used for support or display
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- extinguishes2/5
extinguish
- verb put an end to; kill
snuff out.
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; quench.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb put an end to; kill
- tastings2/5
tasting
- noun a small amount (especially of food or wine)
- noun a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
taste.
- a wine tasting
- noun a small amount (especially of food or wine)
- partings2/5
parting
- noun the act of departing politely
leave; farewell; leave-taking.
- he disliked long farewells
- he took his leave
- parting is such sweet sorrow
- noun a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
part.
- his part was right in the middle
- noun the act of departing politely
- stingers2/5
stinger
- noun a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
- noun a remark capable of wounding mentally
cut.
- the unkindest cut of all
- noun a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
- buntings2/5
bunting
- noun a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- noun any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
- noun a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- rantings2/5
ranting
- noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
rant; harangue.
- verb talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
rabbit on; spout; rant; rave; mouth off; jabber.
- noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- extinguisher2/5
extinguisher
- noun a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
asphyxiator; fire extinguisher.
- noun a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
- printings2/5
printing
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- noun the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- extinguishers2/5
extinguisher
- noun a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
asphyxiator; fire extinguisher.
- noun a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
- weightings2/5
weighting
- noun (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
weight.
- verb weight down with a load
burthen; weight down; weight; burden.
- noun (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- hauntings2/5
haunt
- noun a frequently visited place
stamping ground; resort; hangout; repair.
- verb follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
stalk.
- her ex-boyfriend stalked her
- the ghost of her mother haunted her
- noun a frequently visited place
- routings2/5
rout
- noun a disorderly crowd of people
rabble; mob.
- noun an overwhelming defeat
- noun a disorderly crowd of people
- excruciatingly2/5
excruciatingly
- adverb in a very painful manner
agonizingly; torturously.
- the progress was agonizingly slow
- adverb in a very painful manner
- martingale2/5
martingale
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- noun spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
dolphin striker.
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- disgustingly2/5
disgustingly
- adverb in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
revoltingly; distastefully; sickeningly.
- the beggar was disgustingly filthy
- adverb in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
- stinginess2/5
stinginess
- noun a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
- noun a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
- indistinguishability2/5
indistinguishability
- noun exact sameness
identicalness; identity.
- they shared an identity of interests
- noun exact sameness
- rewritings2/5
rewriting
- noun editing that involves writing something again
revising.
- verb write differently; alter the writing of
rewrite.
- The student rewrote his thesis
- noun editing that involves writing something again
- undistinguished2/5
undistinguished
- adjective satellite not worthy of notice
insignificant.
- adjective satellite not worthy of notice
- meetinghouse2/5
meetinghouse
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
conventicle.
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
- nightingales2/5
nightingale
- noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
Luscinia megarhynchos.
- noun English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
Lady with the Lamp; Florence Nightingale.
- noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
- jottings2/5
jotting
- noun a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
jot.
- verb write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
jot down; jot.
- noun a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
- wittingly2/5
wittingly
- adverb with full knowledge and deliberation
knowingly.
- he wittingly deleted the references
- adverb with full knowledge and deliberation
- unrelentingly2/5
unrelentingly
- adverb in a relentless manner
relentlessly.
- he worked relentlessly
- adverb in a relentless manner
- exultingly2/5
exultingly
- adverb in an exultant manner
exultantly.
- it was exultingly easy
- adverb in an exultant manner
- fittingly2/5
fittingly
- adverb in an appropriate manner
fitly; appropriately; befittingly; suitably.
- he was appropriately dressed
- adverb in an appropriate manner
- unhesitatingly2/5
unhesitatingly
- adverb without hesitation
- she said yes unhesitatingly
- adverb without hesitation
- hesitatingly2/5
hesitatingly
- adverb with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
hesitantly.
- he finally accepted hesitantly
- adverb with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
- hustings2/5
hustings
- noun the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)
- noun the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)
- comfortingly2/5
comfortingly
- adverb in a comforting or consoling manner
consolingly.
- one part of a strange world should be given a comfortingly familiar form
- adverb in a comforting or consoling manner
- irritatingly2/5
irritatingly
- adverb in an irritating manner
- adverb in an irritating manner
- temptingly2/5
temptingly
- adverb in a tempting seductive manner
seductively.
- she smiled at him seductively
- adverb in a tempting seductive manner
- trustingly2/5
trustingly
- adverb with trust; in a trusting manner
trustfully; confidingly.
- she looked at her father trustingly
- adverb with trust; in a trusting manner
- lastingly2/5
lastingly
- adverb in an enduring or permanent manner
- adverb in an enduring or permanent manner
- insultingly2/5
insultingly
- adverb in a disrespectful and insulting manner
- he behaves insultingly toward his parents
- adverb in an unfair and insulting manner
foully.
- this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists
- adverb in a disrespectful and insulting manner
- disappointingly2/5
disappointingly
- adverb in a disappointing manner
- the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary
- adverb in a disappointing manner
- everlastingly2/5
everlastingly
- adverb for a limitless time
forever; evermore; eternally.
- no one can live forever
- brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss
- adverb for a limitless time
- invitingly2/5
invitingly
- adverb in a tantalizing manner
tantalizingly.
- she smiled at him tantalizingly
- adverb in a tantalizing manner
- disconcertingly2/5
disconcertingly
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- fascinatingly2/5
fascinatingly
- adverb in a fascinating manner
- her face became fascinatingly distorted
- adverb in a fascinating manner
- stingray2/5
stingray
- noun large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- noun large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- stingrays2/5
stingray
- noun large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- noun large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- haltingly2/5
haltingly
- adverb in a halting manner
- he spoke haltingly
- adverb in a halting manner
- inextinguishable2/5
inextinguishable
- adjective difficult or impossible to extinguish
- an inextinguishable flame
- an inextinguishable faith
- adjective difficult or impossible to extinguish
- undistinguishable2/5
undistinguishable
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
indistinguishable.
- the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable
- the twins were indistinguishable
- a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
- whittington2/5
- fleetingly2/5
fleeting
- adjective satellite lasting for a markedly brief time
momentaneous; fugitive; momentary.
- a fleeting glance
- fugitive hours
- rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass
- a momentary glimpse
- verb move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
flit; dart; flutter; fleet.
- The hummingbird flitted among the branches
- adjective satellite lasting for a markedly brief time
- nottinghamshire2/5
- contingently2/5
contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics
- noun a temporary military unit
detail.
- the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- extinguishment2/5
extinguishment
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the .extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection
- frustratingly2/5
frustrating
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- adjective satellite discouraging by hindering
- devastatingly2/5
devastating
- adjective satellite making light of
withering; annihilating.
- afire with annihilating invective
- a devastating portrait of human folly
- to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
desolate; devastate; scourge; lay waste to; ravage; waste.
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- adjective satellite making light of
- hauntingly2/5
haunting
- adjective satellite continually recurring to the mind
persistent.
- haunting memories
- the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
- verb follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
stalk; haunt.
- her ex-boyfriend stalked her
- the ghost of her mother haunted her
- adjective satellite continually recurring to the mind
- unremittingly2/5
unremitting
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
ceaseless; constant; unceasing; perpetual; never-ending; incessant.
- the ceaseless thunder of surf
- in constant pain
- night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
- the never-ending search for happiness
- the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
- man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
- unremitting demands of hunger
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- splittings2/5
splitting
- adjective satellite resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
rending; ripping.
- the tree split with a great ripping sound
- heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward
- verb separate into parts or portions
divide; separate; split up; split; carve up; dissever.
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- adjective satellite resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
- pottinger2/5
pot
- noun metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
throne; toilet; commode; crapper; stool; potty; can.
- noun metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- noncontingent2/5
- deprecatingly2/5
deprecating
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
deprecatory; belittling; depreciatory; deprecative; depreciative; slighting.
- belittling comments
- managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
- deprecatory remarks about the book
- a slighting remark
- verb express strong disapproval of; deplore
deprecate.
- adjective satellite tending to diminish or disparage
- huntingdonshire2/5
- contingence1/5
contingence
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
contingency; eventuality.
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- trumpetings1/5
trumpet
- noun a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
horn; trump; cornet.
- verb proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
- Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty
- noun a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- bleatings1/5
bleat
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- verb talk whiningly
- noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- pantings1/5
panting
- noun breathing heavily (as after exertion)
heaving.
- noun any fabric used to make trousers
trousering.
- noun breathing heavily (as after exertion)
- reportings1/5
reporting
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reportage; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account; describe.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- accountings1/5
accounting
- noun a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
- he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions
- noun a system that provides quantitative information about finances
- noun a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
- actings1/5
acting
- noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
performing; playacting; playing.
- verb perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
move; act.
- think before you act
- We must move quickly
- The governor should act on the new energy bill
- The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
- noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
- shoutings1/5
shouting
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
cheering.
- it's all over but the shouting
- noun uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
yelling.
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
- shiftings1/5
shifting
- noun the act of moving from one place to another
shift.
- his constant shifting disrupted the class
- verb make a shift in or exchange of; then we switched"
shift; switch; change over.
- First Joe led
- noun the act of moving from one place to another
- twistings1/5
twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
straining; overrefinement; torture; distortion.
- noun the act of rotating rapidly
twist; whirl; spin; twirl.
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- pointings1/5
point
- noun a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a point is defined by its coordinates
- noun the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
- noun a geometric element that has position but no extension
- gettings1/5
getting
- noun the act of acquiring something
acquiring.
- I envied his talent for acquiring
- he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
- verb come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
acquire; get.
- She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
- They acquired a new pet
- Get your results the next day
- Get permission to take a few days off from work
- noun the act of acquiring something
- waitings1/5
waiting
- noun the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
wait.
- the wait was an ordeal for him
- verb stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
wait.
- I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets
- noun the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
- feastings1/5
feasting
- noun eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
banqueting.
- verb partake in a feast or banquet
feast; banquet; junket.
- noun eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
- buffetings1/5
buffeting
- noun repeated heavy blows
pounding.
- verb strike against forcefully
batter; knock about; buffet.
- Winds buffeted the tent
- noun repeated heavy blows
- visitings1/5
visiting
- noun the activity of making visits
- the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services
- verb go to see a place, as for entertainment
see; visit.
- We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning
- noun the activity of making visits
- skirtings1/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- sitings1/5
sit
- verb be seated
sit down.
- verb be around, often idly or without specific purpose
sit around.
- The object sat in the corner
- We sat around chatting for another hour
- verb be seated
- siftings1/5
sifting
- noun the act of separating grain from chaff
winnow; winnowing.
- the winnowing was done by women
- verb move as if through a sieve
sift.
- The soldiers sifted through the woods
- noun the act of separating grain from chaff
- marketings1/5
marketing
- noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
selling; merchandising.
- noun the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service
- most companies have a manager in charge of marketing
- noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
- gratingly1/5
gratingly
- adverb in a harsh and grating manner
raspingly; harshly.
- her voice fell gratingly on our ears
- adverb in a harsh and grating manner
- heatings1/5
heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
warming.
- noun utility to warm a building
heating system; heat; heating plant.
- the heating system wasn't working
- they have radiant heating
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
- saltings1/5
salting
- noun the act of adding salt to food
- verb add salt to
salt.
- noun the act of adding salt to food
- huntings1/5
hunting
- noun the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
hunt.
- noun the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
search; hunt.
- noun the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- chantings1/5
chanting
- noun the act of singing in a monotonous tone
intonation.
- verb recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
chant; cantillate; intonate; intone.
- The rabbi chanted a prayer
- noun the act of singing in a monotonous tone
- mattings1/5
matting
- noun a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
- noun mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
mat.
- noun a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
- meltings1/5
melting
- noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
thaw; melt; thawing.
- the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
- the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
- verb reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
melt down; run; melt.
- melt butter
- melt down gold
- The wax melted in the sun
- noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- dustings1/5
dust
- noun fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- the furniture was covered with dust
- noun the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
detritus; junk; debris; rubble.
- noun fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- costings1/5
costing
- noun cost accounting
- verb be priced at
be; cost.
- These shoes cost $100
- noun cost accounting
- testings1/5
testing
- noun the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
- they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons
- noun an examination of the characteristics of something
- there are laboratories for commercial testing
- it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
- noun the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
- stingless1/5
stingless
- adjective without a sting
- adjective without a sting
- handwritings1/5
handwriting
- noun something written by hand
script; hand.
- she recognized his handwriting
- his hand was illegible
- noun the activity of writing by hand
- handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis
- noun something written by hand
- fightings1/5
fighting
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; combat; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- verb be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
contend; struggle; fight.
- the tribesmen fought each other
- Siblings are always fighting
- Militant groups are contending for control of the country
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
- boastings1/5
boasting
- noun speaking of yourself in superlatives
self-praise; boast; jactitation.
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun speaking of yourself in superlatives
- frostings1/5
frosting
- noun a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
icing; ice.
- verb decorate with frosting
frost; ice.
- frost a cake
- noun a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
- whitings1/5
whiting
- noun flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- noun flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
- noun flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- maltings1/5
malt
- noun a milkshake made with malt powder
malted milk; malted.
- noun a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
malt liquor.
- noun a milkshake made with malt powder
- faintings1/5
faint
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
swoon; deliquium; syncope.
- verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
swoon; pass out; conk.
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- nestings1/5
nest
- noun a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- noun a kind of gun emplacement
- a machine-gun nest
- a nest of snipers
- noun a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- lightings1/5
lighting
- noun having abundant light or illumination
light.
- they played as long as it was light
- as long as the lighting was good
- noun apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
- noun having abundant light or illumination
- baitings1/5
baiting
- noun harassment especially of a tethered animal
- verb harass with persistent criticism or carping
rag; razz; bait; tantalize; twit; taunt; ride; tease; cod; rally; tantalise.
- The children teased the new teacher
- Don't ride me so hard over my failure
- His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
- noun harassment especially of a tethered animal
- junketings1/5
junketing
- noun taking an excursion for pleasure
- verb go on a pleasure trip
junketeer; junket.
- noun taking an excursion for pleasure
- suitings1/5
suiting
- noun a fabric used for suits
- verb be agreeable or acceptable to
accommodate; fit; suit.
- This suits my needs
- noun a fabric used for suits
- sortings1/5
sorting
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
sort.
- the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
- noun the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
categorisation; categorization; classification.
- noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- uprootings1/5
uproot
- verb move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
deracinate.
- The war uprooted many people
- verb destroy completely, as if down to the roots
exterminate; root out; extirpate; eradicate.
- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption
- verb move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- vaultings1/5
vaulting
- noun (architecture) a vaulted structure
- arches and vaulting
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
curvet.
- noun (architecture) a vaulted structure
- datings1/5
dating
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
geological dating.
- verb go on a date with
date.
- Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart
- noun use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
- fastings1/5
fasting
- noun abstaining from food
fast.
- verb abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
fast.
- Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
- noun abstaining from food
- martingales1/5
martingale
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- noun spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
dolphin striker.
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- seatings1/5
seating
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
seating area; seating room; seats.
- there is seating for 40 students in this classroom
- noun the service of ushering people to their seats
- noun an area that includes places where several people can sit
- nettings1/5
netting
- noun a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
gauze; veiling.
- noun creating nets
- noun a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- reprintings1/5
reprinting
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reprint; reissue.
- verb print anew
reissue; reprint.
- They never reprinted the famous treatise
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- contradistinguished1/5
contradistinguish
- verb distinguish by contrasting qualities
- verb distinguish by contrasting qualities
- flutings1/5
fluting
- noun a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
flute.
- verb form flutes in
flute.
- noun a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- revoltingly1/5
revoltingly
- adverb in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
distastefully; disgustingly; sickeningly.
- the beggar was disgustingly filthy
- adverb in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
- fleetingness1/5
fleetingness
- noun the property of lasting for a very short time
ephemeralness; ephemerality.
- noun the property of lasting for a very short time
- shirtings1/5
shirting
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- verb put a shirt on
shirt.
- noun any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- underwritings1/5
underwrite
- verb guarantee financial support of
subvent; subvention.
- The opera tour was subvented by a bank
- verb protect by insurance
insure; cover.
- The insurance won't cover this
- verb guarantee financial support of
- sheetings1/5
sheeting
- noun fabric from which bed sheets are made
- verb come down as if in sheets
sheet.
- The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon
- noun fabric from which bed sheets are made
- platings1/5
plating
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
metal plating.
- noun the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
- vomitings1/5
vomiting
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
emesis; disgorgement; puking; vomit; regurgitation.
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- bastings1/5
basting
- noun a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
basting stitch; baste; tacking.
- noun moistening a roast as it is cooking
- noun a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
- doubtings1/5
doubt
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubtfulness; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
doubtfulness; question; dubiousness.
- the dubiousness of his claim
- there is no question about the validity of the enterprise
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- jestingly1/5
jestingly
- adverb in jest
jokingly.
- I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express
- adverb in jest
- interestingness1/5
interestingness
- noun the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
interest.
- they said nothing of great interest
- primary colors can add interest to a room
- noun the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
- bitingly1/5
bitingly
- adverb extremely and sharply
piercingly; bitter; bitterly.
- it was bitterly cold
- bitter cold
- adverb extremely and sharply
- unstintingly1/5
unstintingly
- adverb in an unstinting manner
- adverb in an unstinting manner
- lettings1/5
letting
- noun property that is leased or rented out or let
rental; lease.
- verb make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
let; allow; permit.
- This permits the water to rush in
- This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement
- This will permit the rain to run off
- noun property that is leased or rented out or let
- contrastingly1/5
contrastingly
- adverb in a contrasting manner
- contrastingly, both the rooms leading off it gave an immediate impression of being disgraced
- adverb in a contrasting manner
- meetinghouses1/5
meetinghouse
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
conventicle.
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
- fittingness1/5
fittingness
- noun the quality of being suitable
fitness.
- they had to prove their fitness for the position
- noun the quality of being suitable
- penetratingly1/5
penetratingly
- adverb with ability to see into deeply
penetratively.
- the author treats his subject penetratingly
- adverb with ability to see into deeply
- slantingly1/5
slantingly
- adverb with a slant
slopingly.
- adverb with a slant
- lootings1/5
looting
- noun plundering during riots or in wartime
robbery.
- verb take illegally; of intellectual property
plunder; loot.
- This writer plundered from famous authors
- noun plundering during riots or in wartime
- stingiest1/5
stingy
- adjective unwilling to spend
ungenerous.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
scrimpy; meager; meagerly; meagre.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adjective unwilling to spend
- cotinga1/5
cotinga
- noun passerine bird of New World tropics
chatterer.
- noun passerine bird of New World tropics
- lastingness1/5
lastingness
- noun permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
enduringness; strength; durability.
- they advertised the durability of their products
- noun permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
- stingier1/5
stingy
- adjective unwilling to spend
ungenerous.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
scrimpy; meager; meagerly; meagre.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adjective unwilling to spend
- vauntingly1/5
vauntingly
- adverb in a boastful manner
large; boastfully; big.
- he talked big all evening
- adverb in a boastful manner
- excitingly1/5
excitingly
- adverb in an exciting manner
- at the time of its appearance, the movie must have seemed excitingly new, even revolutionary
- adverb in an exciting manner
- slightingly1/5
slightingly
- adverb in a disparaging manner
disparagingly.
- these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'
- adverb in a disparaging manner
- unsuspectingly1/5
unsuspectingly
- adverb without suspicions
- he was sitting unsuspectingly beyond that wall only a few yards from the burglar
- adverb without suspicions
- ingratiatingly1/5
ingratiatingly
- adverb in a flattering and ingratiating manner
- she behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss
- adverb in a flattering and ingratiating manner
- entreatingly1/5
entreatingly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
imploringly; beseechingly; importunately; pleadingly.
- `You must help me,' she said imploringly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
- countinghouse1/5
countinghouse
- noun office used by the accountants of a business
- noun office used by the accountants of a business
- everlastingness1/5
everlastingness
- noun the property of lasting forever
- noun the property of lasting forever
- calculatingly1/5
calculatingly
- adverb in a calculating manner
- he looked at her calculatingly
- adverb in a calculating manner
- placatingly1/5
placatingly
- adverb in a placating manner
- Jenny smiled placatingly
- adverb in a placating manner
- disquietingly1/5
disquietingly
- adverb in a disquieting manner
- the disquietingly close sounds of gunfire
- adverb in a disquieting manner
- affectingly1/5
affectingly
- adverb in a poignant or touching manner
touchingly; poignantly.
- she spoke poignantly
- adverb in a poignant or touching manner
- sportingly1/5
sportingly
- adverb so as to be sporting; in a sporting manner
- adverb so as to be sporting; in a sporting manner
- everlastings1/5
everlasting
- noun any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
everlasting flower.
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
unending; unceasing; perpetual; eternal; ageless; eonian; aeonian.
- the ageless themes of love and revenge
- eternal truths
- life everlasting
- hell's perpetual fires
- the unending bliss of heaven
- noun any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
- accommodatingly1/5
accommodatingly
- adverb in accommodation
obligingly.
- obligingly, he lowered his voice
- adverb in accommodation
- stingily1/5
stingily
- adverb in a stingy manner
cheaply; chintzily.
- their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily
- adverb in a stingy manner
- befittingly1/5
befittingly
- adverb in an appropriate manner
fitly; appropriately; fittingly; suitably.
- he was appropriately dressed
- adverb in an appropriate manner
- tauntingly1/5
tauntingly
- adverb in a playfully teasing manner
teasingly.
- `You hate things to be out of order, don't you?' she said teasingly
- adverb in a playfully teasing manner
- dauntingly1/5
dauntingly
- adverb to a degree or in a manner that daunts
- dauntingly difficult
- adverb to a degree or in a manner that daunts
- enchantingly1/5
enchantingly
- adverb in a bewitching manner
enthrallingly; bewitchingly; captivatingly.
- she was bewitchingly beautiful
- adverb in a bewitching manner
- exasperatingly1/5
exasperatingly
- adverb in an exasperating manner
- adverb in an exasperating manner
- aggravatingly1/5
aggravatingly
- adverb in an aggravating fashion
- his hair was caught aggravatingly in the branches of the tree
- adverb in an aggravating fashion
- captivatingly1/5
captivatingly
- adverb in a bewitching manner
enthrallingly; enchantingly; bewitchingly.
- she was bewitchingly beautiful
- adverb in a bewitching manner
- humiliatingly1/5
humiliatingly
- adverb in a humiliating manner
demeaningly.
- the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small
- adverb in a humiliating manner
- cuttingly1/5
cuttingly
- adverb in an intentionally unkind way
- a cutting remark
- adverb in an intentionally unkind way
- insinuatingly1/5
insinuatingly
- adverb in an insinuating manner
- the art book has art to sell, insinuatingly, and for a purpose, like the American muse, which has in fact a tradition to sell, and one which doesn't exist, in painting
- adverb in an insinuating manner
- gloatingly1/5
gloatingly
- adverb in a gloating manner
- he spoke gloatingly about people he had cheated out of their money
- adverb in a gloating manner
- ottinger1/5
ottinger
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- infuriatingly1/5
infuriating
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
exasperating; maddening; vexing.
- his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating
- I've had an exasperating day
- her infuriating indifference
- the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
- verb make furious
infuriate; incense; exasperate.
- adjective satellite extremely annoying or displeasing
- indistinguishably1/5
indistinguishable
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
identical.
- rows of identical houses
- cars identical except for their license plates
- they wore indistinguishable hats
- adjective not capable of being distinguished or differentiated
undistinguishable.
- the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable
- the twins were indistinguishable
- a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity
- adjective satellite exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
- distinguishability1/5
distinguishability
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- caatinga1/5
- doubtingly1/5
doubting
- adjective satellite marked by or given to doubt
skeptical; sceptical; questioning.
- a skeptical attitude
- a skeptical listener
- verb consider unlikely or have doubts about
doubt.
- I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage
- adjective satellite marked by or given to doubt
- extinguishments1/5
extinguishment
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the .extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection
- plottings1/5
plot
- noun a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
game; secret plan.
- they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
- I saw through his little game from the start
- noun a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
patch; plot of land; plot of ground.
- a bean plot
- a cabbage patch
- a briar patch
- noun a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- suffocatingly1/5
suffocating
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
suffocative; smothering.
- the choking June dust
- the smothering soft voices
- smothering heat
- the room was suffocating--hot and airless
- verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; suffocate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
- stingo1/5
stingo
Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. Old SlangShall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow? Addison.
- unresistingly1/5
unresisting
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; resistless.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
- distinguisher1/5
distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- unextinguished1/5
unextinguished
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- arrestingly1/5
arresting
- adjective satellite commanding attention
sensational; stunning.
- an arresting drawing of people turning into animals
- a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten
- a stunning performance
- verb take into custody
nab; cop; pick up; apprehend; nail; arrest; collar.
- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
- adjective satellite commanding attention
- distractingly1/5
distract
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
- nauseatingly1/5
nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
- meltingly1/5
melting
- noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
thaw; melt; thawing.
- the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
- the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
- verb reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
melt down; run; melt.
- melt butter
- melt down gold
- The wax melted in the sun
- noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- illuminatingly1/5
illuminating
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
informative; enlightening.
- an enlightening glimpse of government in action
- an illuminating lecture
- verb make lighter or brighter
light; illuminate; illumine; light up; illume.
- This lamp lightens the room a bit
- adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- protestingly1/5
protest
- noun a formal and solemn declaration of objection
protestation.
- they finished the game under protest to the league president
- the senator rose to register his protest
- the many protestations did not stay the execution
- noun the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
objection; dissent.
- noun a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- protectingly1/5
protecting
- adjective satellite shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort
- the protecting blanket of snow
- a protecting alibi
- verb shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
protect.
- Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain
- adjective satellite shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort
- intimidatingly1/5
intimidating
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
daunting.
- verb make timid or fearful
intimidate.
- Her boss intimidates her
- adjective satellite discouraging through fear
- untinged1/5
- intoxicatingly1/5
intoxicating
- adjective satellite causing
intoxicant.
- verb fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
intoxicate; uplift; elate; pick up; lift up.
- Music can uplift your spirits
- adjective satellite causing
- eastings1/5
easting
(Naut. & Surv.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.
- exhaustingly1/5
exhausting
- adjective satellite having a debilitating effect
draining.
- an exhausting job in the hot sun
- verb wear out completely
wash up; exhaust; tucker; beat; tucker out.
- This kind of work exhausts me
- I'm beat
- He was all washed up after the exam
- adjective satellite having a debilitating effect
- exactingly1/5
exacting
- adjective having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
fastidious.
- fastidious microorganisms
- certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
- verb claim as due or just
exact; demand.
- The bank demanded payment of the loan
- adjective having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- exhilaratingly1/5
exhilarating
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
stimulating.
- the exhilarating effect of mountain air
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- adjective satellite making lively and cheerful
- discriminatingly1/5
discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- undeviatingly1/5
undeviating
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
unswerving.
- some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex
- a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands
- adjective satellite used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady
- undeviating loyalty
- adjective satellite going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
- stingingly1/5
stinging
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
sting.
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
- verb cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
bite; burn; sting.
- The sun burned his face
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- alternatingly1/5
alternating
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- alternating current
- verb go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
jump; alternate.
- adjective (of a current) reversing direction
- pantingly1/5
panting
- noun breathing heavily (as after exertion)
heaving.
- noun any fabric used to make trousers
trousering.
- noun breathing heavily (as after exertion)
- stingaree1/5
stingaree
(Zoöl.) Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray .
- undistinguishing1/5
undistinguishing
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sandpaintings1/5
- unextinguishable1/5
unextinguishable
Inextinguishable. --Un`ex*tin"guish*a*bly , adv.
- unreflectingly1/5
unreflectingly
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- boastingly1/5
boasting
- noun speaking of yourself in superlatives
self-praise; boast; jactitation.
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun speaking of yourself in superlatives
- distinguishably1/5
distinguishable
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom
- a project distinguishable into four stages of progress
- distinguishable differences between the twins
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
distinct.
- plants of several distinct types
- the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
- gold is distinct from iron
- a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
- management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
- adjective capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- distinguishers1/5
distinguisher
One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.
- dotingly1/5
doting
- adjective satellite extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
fond; adoring.
- adoring grandparents
- deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
- hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother
- verb be foolish or senile due to old age
dote.
- adjective satellite extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
- tormentingly1/5
torment
- noun unbearable physical pain
torture.
- noun extreme mental distress
anguish; torture.
- noun unbearable physical pain
- aratinga1/5
- forgettings1/5
forget
- verb dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
bury.
- I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
- verb be unable to remember
blank out; block; draw a blank.
- I'm drawing a blank
- You are blocking the name of your first wife!
- verb dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- undoubtingly1/5
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