7-letter words containing ding
- gelding — a castrated male animal, especially a horse.
- gilding — the application of gilt.
- girding — Present participle of gird.
- gliding — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
- goading — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- godding — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- golding — Louis, 1895–1958, English novelist and essayist.
- gooding — Present participle of good.
- grading — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- guiding — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- handing — Present participle of hand.
- harding — Chester, 1792–1866, U.S. portrait painter.
- heading — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- heeding — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
- hending — Present participle of hend.
- herding — a herdsman (usually used in combination): a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.
- hidings — Plural form of hiding.
- hilding — a contemptible person.
- hodding — Present participle of hod.
- holding — an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip: Take hold. Do you have a hold on the rope?
- hooding — Present participle of hood.
- hording — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- kidding — Informal. a child or young person.
- kolding — a port in Denmark, in E Jutland at the head of Kolding Fjord (an inlet of the Little Belt). Pop: 54 941 (2004 est)
- landing — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- larding — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lauding — to praise; extol.
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- lending — That lends.
- lidding — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- loading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- loiding — to open (a locked door) by sliding a thin piece of celluloid or plastic between the door edge and doorframe to force open a spring lock.
- lording — lord.
- madding — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- manding — Present participle of mand.
- melding — a blend.
- mending — the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- minding — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- modding — an act or instance of modifying; modification.
- molding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- mudding — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- needing — a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- nodding — to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
- ounding — (obsolete) waving.
- padding — a dull, muffled sound, as of footsteps on the ground.
- pending — while awaiting; until: pending his return.
- podding — a somewhat elongated, two-valved seed vessel, as that of the pea or bean.
- ponding — a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- priding — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- pudding — a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, eggs, a flavoring, and sweetener: tapioca pudding.