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12-letter words that end in ng

  • area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
  • arm-twisting — persuasion
  • articulating — Present participle of articulate.
  • ascertaining — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • asphyxiating — to produce asphyxia in.
  • asseverating — Present participle of asseverate.
  • assimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
  • assimulating — Present participle of assimulate.
  • astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
  • auscultating — Present participle of auscultate.
  • autographing — Present participle of autograph.
  • automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
  • automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
  • babian jiang — a river in S China, flowing SE to the Red River in N Vietnam. 500 miles (805 km) long.
  • back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
  • back-patting — an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation: The winners indulged in a certain amount of mutual back-patting.
  • backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting
  • backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
  • backflipping — the process of reversing one's position
  • backlighting — Movies, Television. a light source placed behind an actor, object, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background.
  • backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • backslapping — Backslapping is noisy, cheerful behavior which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • backslashing — Present participle of backslash.
  • backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
  • backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
  • backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
  • backtracking — to return over the same course or route.
  • bait casting — the act or technique of casting an artificial or natural lure attached to a silk or nylon line wound on a reel having a revolving spool, the rod used being shorter and less flexible than that used in fly casting.
  • bait-casting — designating fishing equipment designed for use with live bait or artificial lures, in which the weight of the bait or lure pulls the line from a winch-type reel, as during casting or trolling
  • ball bearing — Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly.
  • ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
  • ballhandling — skill in handling the ball
  • barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
  • barn raising — (in rural areas) a party, usually providing food, drink, etc., for the purpose of assisting a neighbor to put up a new barn.
  • barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
  • base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
  • base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
  • base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
  • basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
  • bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
  • bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
  • bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
  • bat printing — ornamenting of ceramics by means of an adhesive substance, as linseed oil, transferred onto the ceramic surface from a sheet of glue or gelatin, dusted with color, and fired.
  • be expecting — to be pregnant
  • be one thing — You can say that the first of two ideas, actions, or situations is one thing when you want to contrast it with a second idea, action, or situation and emphasize that the second one is much more difficult, important, or extreme.
  • beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • bear-baiting — (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear
  • bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
  • bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
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