11-letter words that end in ng
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- jasperizing — Present participle of jasperize.
- jawdropping — Alternative form of jaw-dropping.
- jet-setting — You use jet-setting to describe people who are rich and successful and who have a luxurious lifestyle.
- jettisoning — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jew-baiting — active anti-Semitism.
- job costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- journalling — journal
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
- karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kick boxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.
- kim il sung — 1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.
- kim il-sung — 1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea
- kite flying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- knee-sprung — (of a horse, mule, etc.) having a forward bowing of the knee caused by shortening of the flexor tendons.
- kneecapping — (uncountable) The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
- knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.
- labializing — Present participle of labialize.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- lancinating — to stab or pierce.
- landholding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landlubbing — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
- lap dancing — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lead piping — pipes made of lead
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- leg-pulling — the act of performing practical jokes
- legislating — Present participle of legislate.
- lengthening — (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- lianyungang — a city in NE Jiangsu province, in E China.
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- life-giving — imparting, or having the ability to impart, life or vitality; invigorating; vitalizing: life-giving love and praise.
- life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman