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complaining11
3 verb, nounv, n
adjective

• expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

draining8
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a debilitating effect

explaining10
3 verbv
verb

• make plain and comprehensible

• define

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

straining9
2 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• an intense or violent exertion

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

adjective satellite

• taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

training8
2 nounn
noun

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

entertaining12
4 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• agreeably diverting

raining7
2 verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• falling in drops or as if falling like rain

remaining9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective satellite

• not used up

campaigning11
3 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the campaign of a candidate to be elected

maintaining11
3 verbv
verb

• cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity

• keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

• supply with necessities and support

• state categorically

• have and exercise

• maintain for use and service

• maintain by writing regular records

• state or assert

• support against an opponent

• stick to correctly or closely

retaining9
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• hold back within

• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

• secure and keep for possible future use or application

• keep in one's mind

spraining9
2 verbv
noun

• a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

verb

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

regaining9
3 verbv
noun

• getting something back again

restraining11
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

• prevent (someone or something) from doing something

• prevent the action or expression of

staining8
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study

• the act of spotting or staining something

constraining12
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• restricting the scope or freedom of action

retraining10
3 verb, nounv, n
noun

• training for a new occupation

reigning8
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exercising power or authority

abstaining10
3 verbv
verb

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

attaining9
3 verbv
verb

• to gain with effort

• reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

• find unexpectedly

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

detaining9
3 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
verb

• deprive of freedom; take into confinement

• stop or halt

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

pertaining10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• be relevant to

• be a part or attribute of

sustaining10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• lengthen or extend in duration or space

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• provide with nourishment

• supply with necessities and support

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• admit as valid

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

ascertaining12
4 verbv
verb

• establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• learn or discover with certainty

disdaining10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

• a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

verb

• look down on with disdain

• reject with contempt

gaining7
2 verbv
noun

• a quantity that is added

• the advantageous quality of being beneficial

• the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

• the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

verb

• obtain

• win something through one's efforts

• derive a benefit from

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• rise in rate or price

• increase or develop

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• increase (one's body weight)

ordaining9
3 verbv
verb

• order by virtue of superior authority; decree

• appoint to a clerical posts

• invest with ministerial or priestly authority

• issue an order

refraining10
3 verbv
noun

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

verb

• resist doing something

• choose not to consume

caning6
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

feigning8
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• pretending with intention to deceive

• the act of giving a false appearance

waning6
2 verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

noun

• a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

distraining11
3 verb, nounv, n
verb

• levy a distress on

• confiscate by distress

• legally take something in place of a debt payment

overtraining12
4 nounn
verb

• To train too much or too long.

painting8
2 nounn
noun

• graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

• creating a picture with paints

• the act of applying paint to a surface

• the occupation of a house painter

deigning8
2 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

reining7
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse

• any means of control

verb

• control and direct with or as if by reins

• stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins

• stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins

• keep in check

ingraining10
3 verb, nounv, n
noun

• teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition

containing10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• include or contain; have as a component

• contain or hold; have within

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• be divisible by

• be capable of holding or containing

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

planning8
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

• the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

graining8
2 verbv
noun

• a texture like that of wood

braining8
2
noun

• that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

• mental ability

• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• the brain of certain animals used as meat

verb

• hit on the head

• kill by smashing someone's skull

destaining10
3 verbv
verb

• To remove a chemical stain from.

• To lose a chemical stain.

noun

• The removal of a stain from a biological sample

detraining10
3 verb, nounv, n
verb

• leave a train

distaining10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
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enchaining10
3
verb

• restrain or bind with chains

engraining10
3 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• To dye with a fast or lasting colour.

• To make (something) deeply part of something else.

entraining10
3 verbv
verb

• board a train

mistraining11
3 nounn
No meanings yet for this word...
paining7
2 nounn
noun

• a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

• emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

• a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

verb

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

plaining8
2
verb

• To complain.

• To lament, bewail.

• To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.

• To make plain or manifest; to explain.

noun

• A lamentation.

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