An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
verb
present participle of bench
birching
birching
noun
A beating with a birch.
verb
present participle of birch
bitching
bitching
adj
(slang) Excellent; outstanding.
(slang, less common) Awful, terrible.
noun
(vulgar, colloquial) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
verb
present participle of bitch
botching
botching
verb
present participle of botch
bunching
bunching
noun
(countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch.
(uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays.
verb
present participle of bunch
busching
catching
catching
adj
(informal) Infectious, contagious.
Captivating; alluring; catchy.
noun
The action of the verb catch.
verb
present participle of catch
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chagrins
chagrins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin
chainage
chainage
noun
(surveying) A distance measured along such a line.
(surveying) An imaginary line used to measure distance, often corresponding to the centre of a straight road.
chaining
chaining
noun
The act or process by which something is chained.
verb
present participle of chain
chairing
chairing
verb
present participle of chair
chalking
chalking
noun
(painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
Something chalked on a surface.
verb
present participle of chalk
champing
champing
noun
The practice of camping overnight in historic churches as a novelty or part of a holiday.
The sound or action of one who champs (bites or chews).
verb
Present participle of champ.
chancing
chancing
noun
(Philippines) sexual advance with suggestive body contact
Something that happens by chance.
verb
present participle of chance
changing
changing
noun
Change; alteration.
verb
present participle of change
channing
channing
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
A small city in Texas, USA
chanting
chanting
noun
Singing, especially as a chant is sung.
verb
present participle of chant
chapping
chapping
verb
present participle of chap
charging
charging
noun
(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).
(uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
verb
present participle of charge
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
charming
charming
adj
Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
Pleasant, charismatic.
noun
The casting of a magical charm.
verb
present participle of charm
charring
charring
noun
The incomplete combustion of organic material.
verb
present participle of char
charting
charting
noun
The act by which something is charted.
verb
present participle of chart
chasings
chasings
noun
(Australia) A children's chasing game with multiple players in which one person runs after other players attempting to catch or touch them; a player caught then becomes the new chaser.
plural of chasing
chatting
chatting
noun
Talk; chatter.
verb
present participle of chat
cheaping
cheaping
noun
(obsolete) A market.
(obsolete) Bargaining, haggling.
verb
present participle of cheap
cheating
cheating
adj
Unfaithful or adulterous.
Unsporting or underhand.
noun
(cinematography) The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
verb
present participle of cheat
checking
checking
noun
(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(informal) A checking account.
verb
present participle of check
cheeking
cheeking
verb
present participle of cheek
cheeping
cheeping
noun
The sound of a cheep.
verb
present participle of cheep
cheering
cheering
noun
A cheer.
verb
present participle and gerund of cheer
cheesing
cheesing
verb
present participle of cheese
cheffing
cheffing
noun
The activity of a chef.
verb
present participle of chef
chekiang
chelinga
chelingo
chevying
chevying
verb
present participle of chevy
chignons
chignons
noun
plural of chignon
childing
childing
adj
(horticulture) Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower.
(obsolete, figuratively) Fruitful; productive.
Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
noun
(archaic) gerund of child: the act or process of childbearing or childbirth.
verb
present participle of child
chilling
chilling
adj
Becoming cold.
Causing cold.
Causing mild fear.
noun
The act by which something is chilled.
verb
present participle of chill
chimango
chimango
noun
Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
chinghai
chingpaw
chingtao
chinking
chinking
noun
The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
The sound of something that chinks.
verb
present participle of chink
chinning
chinning
verb
present participle of chin
chinsing
chinsing
verb
present participle of chinse
chipling
chipping
chipping
noun
(countable) A fragment broken off a larger material.
(uncountable) The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.
verb
present participle of chip
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
chirming
chirming
verb
present participle of chirm
chirping
chirping
noun
(gerund of chirp) The act, or an instance of, chirping.
verb
present participle of chirp
chirring
chirring
noun
The sound of a chirr.
verb
present participle of chirr
present participle of chirre
chitling
chitling
noun
Alternative form of chitterling (intestine used as food)
Alternative form of chitterling (shirt frill)
chitting
chitting
verb
present participle of chit
chivying
chivying
verb
present participle of chivy
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
choiring
choiring
verb
present participle of choir
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
chongjin
chongjin
Proper noun
The third largest city in North Korea.
choosing
choosing
noun
The act of making a choice.
verb
present participle of choose
chopping
chopping
adj
(obsolete) stout; large; plump
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
noun
The action by which something is chopped.
verb
present participle of chop
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chucking
chucking
noun
(engineering) The holding of an object in a chuck.
verb
present participle of chuck
chuffing
chuffing
adj
(England, slang) Used as a mild intensifier, especially as a substitute for "fucking".
noun
A noisy puffing sound, as of a steam locomotive.
verb
present participle of chuff
chugging
chugging
noun
The sound of something that chugs.
verb
present participle of chug
chumming
chumming
noun
(military, aviation, historical) The use of a lit aeroplane to draw enemy fire so that the enemy can be destroyed by another aeroplane whose lights are off.
verb
present participle of chum
chumping
chumping
verb
present participle of chump
chunking
chunking
noun
(computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
(mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
(psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
(writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
verb
present participle of chunk
churinga
churning
churning
noun
The act by which something is churned.
The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.
verb
present participle of churn
churring
churring
verb
present participle of churr
cinching
cinching
noun
A fastening.
verb
present participle of cinch
clashing
clashing
adj
Producing a clash or series of clashes.
adverse or antagonistic; disagreeing or opposing
conflicting, contrasting, or contrary; inconsonant, incompatible, or irreconcilable
mismatched, inharmonious, discordant or dissonant, not fitting well together (especially in regards to aesthetics, colors, clothing, or sounds)
noun
A clash; the sound or action of clashing; violent collision.
verb
present participle of clash
clothing
clothing
noun
(obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
verb
present participle of clothe
coaching
coaching
noun
(attributive) Relating to horse-drawn stagecoaches, also to railway carriages (or coaches).
(uncountable, historical) The operation of horse-drawn coaches, especially as a business.
The process by which someone is coached or tutored; instruction.
verb
present participle of coach
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
cohligan
couching
couching
noun
(ophthalmology) An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.
(textiles) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
The act of one who couches.
verb
present participle of couch.
coughing
coughing
noun
A cough; the act of coughing.
verb
present participle of cough
coughlin
crashing
crashing
noun
The sound or action of something that crashes.
verb
present participle of crash
crushing
crushing
adj
Devastatingly disheartening.
That crushes; overwhelming.
noun
(in the plural) Crushed material.
A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.
The action of the verb to crush.
verb
present participle of crush
ditching
ditching
noun
(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
verb
present participle of ditch
douching
douching
noun
A washing or irrigation with a douche.
verb
present participle of douche
dutching
dutching
verb
present participle of dutch
etchings
etchings
noun
plural of etching
euchring
euchring
verb
present participle of euchre
fetching
fetching
adj
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
The act by which something is fetched.
verb
present participle of fetch
filching
filching
noun
The act of one who filches; theft.
verb
present participle of filch
gachupin
ganching
ganching
verb
present participle of ganch
gothonic
hackling
hackling
verb
present participle of hackle
hatching
hatching
noun
A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.
The act of an egg hatching, eclosion
verb
present participle of hatch
heckling
heckling
noun
The act of one who heckles.
The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
verb
present participle of heckle
hitching
hitching
noun
The act by which something is hitched.
verb
present participle of hitch
hockling
hocusing
hocusing
verb
present participle of hocus
hoicking
hoicking
noun
The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
verb
present participle of hoick
holicong
hotching
hotching
verb
present participle of hotch
hunching
hunching
noun
The motion by which something is hunched.
verb
present participle of hunch
hungaric
hutching
hutching
verb
present participle of hutch
hygenics
hygienic
hygienic
adj
(computing, slang, of a macro) Whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary.
ichoglan
ichoglan
noun
A boy servant recruited according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire.
inchling
itchings
itchings
noun
plural of itching
kingchow
kitching
latching
latching
adj
That latches.
noun
(linguistics) The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.
(nautical) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
The act of fastening a latch.
verb
present participle of latch
leaching
leaching
noun
Liquid that leaches.
The process by which something is leached.
verb
present participle of leach
leeching
leeching
noun
A medical treatment using leeches.
verb
present participle of leech
letching
letching
verb
present participle of letch
lichting
lunching
lunching
noun
The act of eating lunch.
verb
present participle of lunch
lurching
lurching
noun
the action of the verb to lurch
verb
present participle of lurch
lynching
lynching
noun
Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
verb
present participle of lynch
marching
marching
adj
Placed or situated in a line or lines, reminiscent or evocative of marching soldiers.
That marches.
noun
An action described by the verb "to march".
verb
present participle of march
matching
matching
adj
The same as another; sharing the same design.
noun
(graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.
The process by which things are matched together or paired up.