14-letter words that end in ing
- extension ring — a spacer element that can be fixed between the camera body and the lens to increase the distance between film and lens and allow closer focus than would be possible without it
- family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
- fashionmonging — the act of analysing, following or advising others on fashion
- featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
- fellow feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
- fellow-feeling — sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- ferry crossing — the act or instance of travelling across the sea by ferry
- fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- figure-hugging — Figure-hugging clothes fit very close to the body of the person who is wearing them. Figure-hugging is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- filter feeding — a method of feeding occurring in some aquatic animals, such as planktonic invertebrates and whalebone whales, in which minute food particles are filtered from the surrounding water
- finger reading — the reading of Braille by means of the fingertips.
- fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
- fingerprinting — Present participle of fingerprint.
- fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
- floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
- fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
- food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
- food poisoning — an acute gastrointestinal condition characterized by such symptoms as headache, fever, chills, abdominal and muscular pain, nausea, diarrhea, and prostration, caused by foods that are naturally toxic, as poisonous mushrooms, by vegetable foods that are chemically contaminated, as by insecticides, or by bacteria or their toxins, especially of the genus Salmonella.
- food rationing — the practice of having a fixed allowance of food, esp a statutory one for civilians in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- free-machining — (of certain metals) readily machinable at high speeds with low force.
- fringe meeting — a meeting that takes place during a convention and is attended only by people whose views are not central to the majority
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- gender-bending — Informal. one, as a cross-dresser, that blurs differences between the sexes.
- genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
- genre painting — a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
- geoengineering — The deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth’s climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.
- gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- global dimming — a decrease in the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the earth, believed to be caused by pollution in the atmosphere
- global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
- go-cart racing — the sport of riding on karts
- golden wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.
- google bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
- google-bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.