Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin
chairing
chairing
verb
present participle of chair
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
churinga
crashing
crashing
noun
The sound or action of something that crashes.
verb
present participle of crash
earthing
earthing
noun
(holism) The process of connecting with the earth's energy, usually through bodily contact (e.g. walking barefoot), supposed to achieve health and vitality.
The act or process of placing (something) in the earth; planting; burying
verb
present participle of earth
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
garshuni
granniah
graphing
graphing
verb
present participle of graph
grithman
handgrip
handgrip
noun
A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle.
A grasp or grip; a close struggle.
A handle.
A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
The ability of a person (or other animal with hands) to grip something with a hand.
hangbird
hangbird
noun
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree.
hangfire
hangfire
noun
Alternative form of hang fire
harbinge
harbinge
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To lodge, stay.
(rare, neologism) To be a harbinger; to presage.
haringey
haringey
Proper noun
a London Borough in northern Greater London. A suburban area within this borough has a different spelling - Harringay.
harpings
harpings
noun
(nautical) The front part of the wales of a vessel, around the bow and fastened to the stem; used to provide protection from the seas.
harrying
harrying
noun
The act of one who harries or harasses.
verb
present participle of harry
havering
havering
adj
Hesitant; indecisive.
Long-winded
noun
Indecision, indecisive behaviour.
verb
present participle of haver
headring
headring
noun
A band of hair and grass worn on the head by married Zulu men.
hearings
hearings
noun
plural of hearing
hearsing
hearsing
verb
present participle of hearse
hearting
hearting
noun
Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.
verb
present participle of heart
hiragana
hiragana
noun
(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.
A letter of this syllabary.
hoarding
hoarding
noun
(UK) A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
(chiefly Britain or India) A billboard.
(psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
A good which is hoarded.
A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
The practice by of accumulating goods.
verb
present participle of hoard
hourigan
hungaria
hungaric
ingather
ingather
verb
(intransitive) To gather together
(transitive) To collect or gather in
ingraham
jahangir
jehangir
krahling
longhair
longhair
adj
(derogatory, music) Concerning or characteristic of classical music.
noun
A cat with hair longer than the norm.
A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.
A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music.
A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.
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
narghile
narghile
noun
A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
nargileh
nightjar
nightjar
noun
Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.
orangish
orangish
adj
Relatively orange in colour.
Similar to an orange.
parching
parching
adj
Causing something or someone to parch; extremely drying.
Very thirsty; parched.
noun
The condition of being parched; absolute dryness.
The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn.
verb
present participle of parch
phrasing
phrasing
noun
The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
verb
present participle of phrase
phrygian
phrygian
Adjective
Of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture.
In the Phrygian language.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
Proper noun
The language of the Phrygian people.
Phrygian mode
ralphing
ralphing
verb
present participle of ralph
ranching
ranching
noun
A ranch.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ranching.
The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising livestock.
verb
present participle of ranch
ratching
ratching
verb
present participle of ratch
reaching
reaching
noun
(nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.
The action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by stretching.
verb
present participle of reach
rheingau
ringhals
ringhals
noun
Alternative form of rinkhals
ringhead
ringhead
noun
An instrument used for stretching woollen cloth.
roaching
roaching
verb
present participle of roach
sharding
sharding
noun
(databases) A decomposition of a database into multiple smaller units that can handle requests individually.
A breaking into shards.
verb
present participle of shard
sharking
sharking
noun
The act of one who sharks (in any sense)
verb
present participle of shark
sharping
sharping
noun
(music) The raising of the pitch of a note by half a step.
Fraud; trickery; the acts of a sharper.
verb
present participle of sharp
shearing
shearing
adj
Tending to cut or tear.
noun
(Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
(mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Alternative form of shearling.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
verb
present participle of shear
thrawing
trashing
trashing
noun
(Oxford University) A tradition of throwing food, confetti, etc. over students after their final examinations.
(US) Dumpster diving.
The act by which something is trashed.
verb
present participle of trash
varginha
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.