Words that rhyme with alling

adj 1: causing consternation; "appalling conditions" [syn: appalling, dismaying] n 1: an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"

n 1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing, bawling]

n 1: the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: career, calling, vocation]

n 1: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: crawl, crawling, creep, creeping]

adj 1: decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature" 2: becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes" [ant: rising] 3: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: dropping, falling]

n 1: the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively [syn: obviation, forestalling, preclusion]

adj 1: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]

n 1: the activity of transporting goods by truck [syn: hauling, trucking, truckage]

n 1: the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: installation, installing, installment, instalment]

adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly] n 1: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: sprawl, sprawling]

n 1: a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling]

adj 1: characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; "a home life that has been extraordinarily squally" [syn: squally, squalling]

n 1: United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994) [syn: Pauling, Linus Pauling, Linus Carl Pauling]

n 1: stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate