13-letter words that end in ling
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- multiskilling — the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nun's veiling — a thin, plain-woven, worsted fabric, originally for nuns' veils but now also for dresses, coats, etc.
- outgeneraling — Present participle of outgeneral.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
- plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
- plain sailing — Navigation. sailing on waters that are free of hazards or obstructions. Compare plane sailing.
- plane sailing — sailing on a course plotted without reference to the curvature of the earth.
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
- speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- ugly duckling — an unattractive or unpromising child who becomes a beautiful or much-admired adult.
- uncontrolling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- unreconciling — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- wine-bottling — the process of transferring wine from a large container to individual bottles
- winterkilling — Present participle of winterkill.