14-letter words that end in ing
- blood grouping — the ascertainment of a person's blood group
- blood spinning — a medical treatment, a use for which is the healing of sports-related injuries, that involves removing the platelet cells from the patient’s blood sample then injecting them into the injured area in order to speed recovery
- blood-curdling — A blood-curdling sound or story is very frightening and horrible.
- bobbin turning — turning of furniture legs, stretchers, etc., to resemble a continuous row of bobbins.
- bodice-ripping — A bodice-ripping film or novel is one which is set in the past and which includes a lot of sex scenes. You use this word especially if you do not think it is very good and is just intended to entertain people.
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- bottle turning — the turning of the legs of chairs, tables, etc., in manufacturing to give certain sections an ornamental, bottlelike form.
- bottom fishing — investing in low-priced shares that show prospects of recovery or in shares that are low-priced because of a general market decline in the hope of making a profit
- bottom-feeding — the activities of a bottom feeder.
- brass farthing — something of little or no value
- breast-beating — public or ostentatious expression of guilt, remorse, or sorrow
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- bridge fluting — (on the stem of a drinking glass) flutes or facets continuing onto the underside of the bowl.
- budget heading — a heading in a budget under which an expenditure is listed
- bungee jumping — If someone goes bungee jumping, they jump from a high place such as a bridge or cliff with a long piece of strong elastic cord tied around their ankle connecting them to the bridge or cliff.
- bungee-jumping — the sport of jumping off a high structure to which one is attached by bungee cords, so that the body springs back just short of hitting the ground or water.
- burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
- cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
- call screening — a facility that plays an announcement and records messages, enabling the person called to decide whether or not to answer the call
- cancer-causing — having the ability to induce the growth of a malignant tumour
- carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- change ringing — the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.
- change-ringing — the art of bell-ringing in which a set of bells is rung in an established order which is then changed
- characterising — Present participle of characterise.
- characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
- cherry-picking — to select with great care: You can cherry-pick your own stereo components.
- chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
- choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
- chronologizing — to arrange in chronological order.
- church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
- circumscribing — Present participle of circumscribe.
- circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
- clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
- collectivizing — Present participle of collectivize.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- concert tuning — the standard tuning for a guitar: E A D G B E
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglutinating — Present participle of conglutinate.
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- contact flying — flying an airplane in conditions of good visibility so that the course and altitude can be determined by observing points or objects on the ground; VFR
- containerizing — Present participle of containerize.