Words that rhyme with ascertaining

n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]

n 1: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign]

n 1: work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) [syn: wicker, wickerwork, caning]

adj 1: expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss" [syn: complaining(a), complaintive] [ant: uncomplaining]

adj 1: restricting the scope or freedom of action [syn: confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting]

adj 1: having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun" [syn: draining, exhausting]

adj 1: agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining"

n 1: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling] 2: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning]

n 1: a texture like that of wood [syn: graining, woodgraining]

n 1: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture] 2: creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years" 3: the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush" 4: the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" [syn: painting, house painting]

n 1: an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself" 2: the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise 3: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: planning, preparation, provision]

adj 1: falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms"

n 1: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration, regaining]

adj 1: exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, reigning, ruling]

adj 1: not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" [syn: leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended]

n 1: training for a new occupation

n 1: the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer 2: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission

n 1: (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study 2: the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining, spotting, maculation]

adj 1: taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt [syn: arduous, straining, strenuous] n 1: an intense or violent exertion [syn: strain, straining] 2: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean [syn: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting]

n 1: process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light 2: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation] 3: making leather from rawhide

n 1: activity leading to skilled behavior [syn: training, preparation, grooming] 2: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" [syn: education, training, breeding]

adj 1: (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon" [ant: waxing] n 1: a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon" [ant: waxing]