17-letter words that end in ing
- acetylene welding — a type of welding that uses an acetylene torch
- adaptive learning — (algorithm) (Or "Hebbian learning") Learning where a system programs itself by adjusting weights or strengths until it produces the desired output.
- advanced standing — the status of a student who has already completed some of the requirements of a course at another institution and thus is able to miss out some elements of the full course at his or her current university
- alcohol poisoning — the ingestion of a lethal or potentially lethal amount of alcohol
- alive and kicking — If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active.
- altitude training — training performed at high altitude to prepare an athlete's body to cope with a reduced supply of oxygen
- amino-acid dating — a method used to date an organic geological or archaeological specimen, as a fossil or mummified body, by determining how much change has occurred in the amino-acid structure of that specimen.
- anti-profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- armchair shopping — buying goods using a computer, telephone, or television in the home or via the postal system
- arsenic poisoning — poisoning by arsenic
- attention-getting — conspicuously drawing attention to something or someone: an attention-getting device; attention-getting behavior.
- attention-seeking — intended to make people take notice
- automated testing — (testing) Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation.
- automatic vending — selling goods by vending machines
- automatic writing — writing performed without apparent intent or conscious control, especially to achieve spontaneity or uncensored expression.
- backward chaining — (algorithm) An algorithm for proving a goal by recursively breaking it down into sub-goals and trying to prove these until facts are reached. Facts are goals with no sub-goals which are therefore always true. Backward training is the program execution mechanism used by most logic programming language like Prolog. Opposite: forward chaining.
- baggage screening — the procedure whereby baggage is electronically screened at an airport before it is allowed on the plane
- baseboard heating — a heating system by pipes, through which steam or hot water circulates, near the base of the walls of rooms
- belleville spring — a spring having the form of a washer or dished disk with an open center, used for cushioning heavy loads with short motion.
- black-box testing — functional testing
- blue-sky thinking — Blue-sky thinking is the activity of trying to find completely new ideas.
- board and lodging — If you are provided with board and lodging, you are provided with food and a place to sleep, especially as part of the conditions of a job.
- bottom-up testing — (programming) An integration testing technique that tests the low-level components first using test drivers for those components that have not yet been developed to call the low-level components for test. Compare bottom-up implementation.
- bradford spinning — a wool-spinning method in which the fibers are oiled prior to combing and subsequently spun into worsted yarn.
- buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
- cage zone melting — zone melting of a square bar of the material to be purified, done so that the impurities are concentrated at the corners.
- carbon offsetting — a program in which a company, country, etc., reduces or offsets its carbon emissions through the funding of activities and projects that improve the environment: Carbon offsetting does not always have a quantifiable impact on the planet.
- cathedral ceiling — a high ceiling formed by or suggesting an open-timbered roof.
- celebrity wedding — a wedding of famous people, usually reported at length in celebrity magazines
- christmas pudding — Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas.
- circuit switching — (communications) Communication via a single dedicated path between the sender and receiver. The telephone system is an example of a circuit switched network. The term connection-oriented is used in packet-based networks in contrast to connectionless communication or packet switching.
- circumstantiating — Present participle of circumstantiate.
- civil engineering — Civil engineering is the planning, design, and building of roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.
- clear box testing — white box testing
- closed-captioning — (of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription of speech and written descriptions of other relevant audio elements, as for the hearing-impaired, that are visible only when the option to display them is selected. Abbreviation: CC.
- cognitive meaning — the literal meaning of something
- columnar jointing — (in basaltic igneous rocks) a series of generally hexagonal columns formed by vertical joints as a result of contraction during cooling.
- committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
- committee meeting — a meeting of a committee
- community singing — singing, esp of hymns, by a large gathering of people
- consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
- consumer spending — the percentage of an economy that is accounted for by what consumers spend
- content marketing — marketing that tries to attract customers by distributing informational content potentially useful to the target audience, rather than by advertising products and services in the traditional way: content marketing through blogs and email newsletters.
- contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
- convective mixing — Convective mixing is the action of mixing two groups of solid particles so that they are dispersed in each other.
- cost-plus pricing — the setting of prices at the cost price plus a percentage
- critical thinking — disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence: The questions are intended to develop your critical thinking.
- cross-lot bracing — bracing extending from one side of an excavation to the opposite to retain the earth on both sides.
- cumulative voting — a system of voting in which each elector has as many votes as there are candidates in his constituency. Votes may all be cast for one candidate or distributed among several
- dangerous driving — the act of driving a motor vehicle in a manner that falls far below that expected of a competent and careful driver and hence puts the life of the driver and the lives of other road users at risk
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