16-letter words that end in ing
- narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
- necklace killing — an instance in which someone is killed by a burning tyre that has been placed around his or her neck.
- negative-raising — a rule that moves a negative element out of the complement clause of certain verbs, such as think, into the main clause, as in the derivation of He doesn't think that he'll finish
- niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
- non-compromising — an endangering, especially of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc.: a compromise of one's integrity.
- non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- non-intoxicating — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
- nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
- nonparticipating — (of a person or thing) not participating: No penalties were given to nonparticipating students.
- nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
- northern whiting — northern kingfish.
- number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- number-crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
- open box testing — white box testing
- open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
- operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
- optical scanning — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- parallel parking — parking along curb in line with other vehicles
- parallel sailing — sailing along a parallel of latitude.
- parents' evening — an occasion when the parents of children at a school and their teachers come together (outside normal school hours, in the evening) in order to discuss the progress or work of the children
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- pattern matching — 1. A function is defined to take arguments of a particular type, form or value. When applying the function to its actual arguments it is necessary to match the type, form or value of the actual arguments against the formal arguments in some definition. For example, the function length [] = 0 length (x:xs) = 1 + length xs uses pattern matching in its argument to distinguish a null list from a non-null one. There are well known algorithm for translating pattern matching into conditional expressions such as "if" or "case". E.g. the above function could be transformed to 2. Descriptive of a type of language or utility such as awk or Perl which is suited to searching for strings or patterns in input data, usually using some kind of regular expression.
- pelican crossing — place to cross road
- people smuggling — People smuggling or people trafficking is the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally.
- petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
- philosopher king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- philosopher-king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- phototypesetting — Printing. photocomposition.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pinpoint bombing — precision bombing.
- plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
- pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
- point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
- positive vetting — the checking of a person's background, political affiliation, etc, to assess his suitability for a position that may involve national security
- pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
- pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
- prestige pricing — the practice of giving a product a high price to convey the idea that it must be of high quality or status
- preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- process printing — a method of printing almost any color by using a limited number of separate color plates, as yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in combination.
- project planning — project management
- proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.