13-letter words that end in ing
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- first sitting — A first sitting is the first period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
- flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flat knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted horizontally on needles set in a straight line.
- flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- floorcovering — A covering for a floor.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fn tunnelling — Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling
- fondant icing — icing made from fondant
- food shopping — shopping to buy food
- foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
- for one thing — the first reason is
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
- foreordaining — Present participle of foreordain.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- forthbringing — Present participle of forthbring.
- foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- free-spending — spending or tending to spend freely: If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- free-swimming — (of aquatic organisms) not attached to a base nor joined in a colony; capable of swimming about freely.
- free-swinging — recklessly daring in action or style: free-swinging stock market speculators.
- free-wheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- freeze-drying — a process for drying heat-sensitive substances, as foods, blood plasma, antibiotics, and the like, by freezing the substance and then subliming the ice or other frozen solvent in a high vacuum.
- friendsgiving — a gathering of friends to celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast, falling near or on Thanksgiving Day, in contrast to the traditional celebrations that typically involve family.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- fruit farming — the practice of growing or farming fruit
- game-changing — having the potential to change significantly the outcome of something
- gap financing — a mortgage or property loan given as an interim loan to finance the difference between the floor loan and the maximum permanent loan
- gene splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- gene-splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
- ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
- giant-killing — In sport, when a weaker team or competitor beats a much stronger, well-known team or competitor, their success is sometimes called a giant-killing.
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- glass ceiling — an upper limit to professional advancement that is imposed upon women, minorities, and other nondominant groups and is not readily perceived or openly acknowledged: It’s more difficult for women of color to break through the glass ceiling.
- glass-blowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.