10-letter words containing ying
- lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- magnifying — Present participle of magnify.
- metrifying — Present participle of metrify.
- minelaying — the activity of laying explosive mines
- mollifying — Present participle of mollify.
- mortifying — to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- mummifying — Present participle of mummify.
- mystifying — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- naysayings — refusals or denials; negative utterances
- nitrifying — Describing certain bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrite and nitrate in the soil.
- nonplaying — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- nonvarying — Not varying.
- nullifying — Present participle of nullify.
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- overbuying — Present participle of overbuy.
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- petrifying — stunning or dazing with horror, fear, etc
- pillorying — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- primarying — the mounting of a challenge to the incumbent in a primary election: There were many instances of primarying during the last election cycle.
- qualifying — Present participle of qualify.
- queryingly — in a querying manner
- rallyingly — in a manner that rallies or is intended to rally
- satisfying — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- scarifying — critical
- semidrying — not drying completely
- signifying — sounding1 (def 4)
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- terrifying — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- unannoying — causing annoyance; irritatingly bothersome: annoying delays.
- undelaying — presenting no delay or impasse
- underlying — lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
- unedifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- unhurrying — without hurry
- unwearying — not causing weariness
- wearyingly — In a wearying way.
- worryingly — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- yuppifying — Present participle of yuppify.