11-letter words that end in ing
- backpacking — If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- backspacing — Present participle of backspace.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
- ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- bankrolling — Present participle of bankroll.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
- barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
- barricading — Present participle of barricade.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- bed molding — a molding below a projecting part, esp. between the corona and frieze
- bed-wetting — the act or habit of involuntarily urinating in bed
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- bedevilling — (British) present participle of bedevil.
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- benefitting — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bewildering — A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
- big-footing — a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
- biomodeling — the mathematical modeling of biological reactions.
- bioprinting — the construction of replacement body parts using techniques developed for three-dimensional printing
- birddogging — the act of pursuing with determination
- bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
- bit-robbing — in-band signalling
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- bling bling — expensive and flashy jewelry, clothing, or other possessions.
- bling-bling — flashy; ostentatious; glitzy
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
- bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish