13-letter words that end in ng
- communicating — making or having a direct connection from one room to another
- complementing — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- complimenting — an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration: A sincere compliment boosts one's morale.
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
- concatenating — Present participle of concatenate.
- concentrating — Present participle of concentrate.
- concertinaing — Present participle of concertina.
- condescending — If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confectioning — a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- configurating — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- consternating — Present participle of consternate.
- contaminating — Present participle of contaminate.
- contemplating — to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
- contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contradicting — Present participle of contradict.
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- corroborating — Present participle of corroborate.
- cosmic string — a one-dimensional defect in space-time postulated in certain theories of cosmology to exist in the universe as a consequence of the big bang
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- couch-hopping — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- countenancing — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- countermining — Present participle of countermine.
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- coup de poing — (no longer in technical use) a Lower Paleolithic stone hand ax, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- credentialing — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credit rating — Your credit rating is a judgment of how likely you are to pay money back if you borrow it or buy things on credit.
- creep-feeding — the practice of feeding young farm animals (esp piglets, calves, and lambs) in a sectioned-off part of their indoor environment, in order to prevent the mother from gaining access to the food
- creep-grazing — a method of pasture management that allows young farm animals (esp lambs) to graze part of the pasture before the adults in the group
- criminalising — Present participle of criminalise.
- criminalizing — Present participle of criminalize.
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- crisscrossing — crossing over each other
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests