12-letter words that end in ning
- mansplaining — (informal, pejorative) The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener in order to appear knowledgable or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- misdemeaning — to misbehave (oneself).
- misgoverning — Present participle of misgovern.
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
- nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
- nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
- over-running — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- partitioning — Partitioning is when a solute is distributed between two phases in a separation process.
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- port running — an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- pre-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- prizewinning — having won, or worthy of, a prize
- provisioning — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- quarantining — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- strip mining — excavation method
- sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
- title lining — a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established close to the edge of the body, used especially for titles set in capitals that have no descenders.
- unconcerning — not concerning
- undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
- undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- underpinning — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- underrunning — to run, pass, or go under.
- undiscerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- unsustaining — not sustaining; that does not sustain
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- well-meaning — meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.
- wood turning — the forming of wood articles upon a lathe.