12-letter words that end in ring
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- main bearing — one of the bearings in an internal combustion engine upon which the crankshaft rotates
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- nonflowering — (biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonrecurring — not occurring or happening again, especially often or periodically.
- objecteering — (programming, tool) An object-oriented design tool from Softeam, based on the Class Relation Methodology, with C++ code generation.
- orienteering — a competitive sport, originating in Sweden, that tests the skills of map reading and cross-country running, in which competitors race through an unknown area to find various checkpoints by using only a compass and topographical map, the winner being the finisher with the lowest elapsed time.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
- privateering — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- scavengering — scavenging
- schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- slinger ring — a tubular ring around the hub of an aircraft propeller through which antifreeze solution is spread over the propeller blades by centrifugal force
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- squared ring — boxing ring.
- storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- underbearing — unassuming
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unslumbering — not sleeping
- unstaggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
- warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- wedding ring — a ring, usually of gold, platinum, or silver, given by one partner to the other during a marriage ceremony.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time