Words that rhyme with beading

  • according
    adj 1: (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" 2: (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians"
  • beheading
    n 1: execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: decapitation, beheading] 2: killing by cutting off the head [syn: decapitation, beheading]
  • binding
    adj 1: executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract" n 1: the capacity to attract and hold something 2: strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration 3: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging, binding] 4: one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall [syn: ski binding, binding] 5: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back]
  • bleeding
    n 1: the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel [syn: bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage]
  • bodybuilding
    n 1: exercise that builds muscles through tension [syn: bodybuilding, anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding]
  • bookbinding
    n 1: the craft of binding books
  • breeding
    adj 1: producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes" n 1: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression [syn: breeding, genteelness, gentility] 2: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" [syn: education, training, breeding] 3: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing] 4: the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization 5: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life]
  • building
    n 1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: building, edifice] 2: the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building] 3: the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building] 4: the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
  • ceding
    n 1: the act of ceding [syn: cession, ceding]
  • conceding
    n 1: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession, conceding, yielding]
  • confiding
    adj 1: willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding"
  • exceeding
    adj 1: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]
  • feeding
    n 1: the act of consuming food [syn: eating, feeding] 2: the act of supplying food and nourishment [syn: feeding, alimentation]
  • impeding
    adj 1: preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street" [syn: clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive]
  • inbreeding
    n 1: the act of mating closely related individuals
  • leading
    adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)] 2: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: leading(a), preeminent] 3: going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology" [ant: following] 4: having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race" [syn: ahead(p), in the lead, leading] n 1: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing [syn: lead, leading] 2: the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team" [syn: leadership, leading]
  • misleading
    adj 1: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices" [syn: deceptive, misleading, shoddy]
  • misreading
    n 1: misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading
  • pleading
    adj 1: begging [syn: beseeching, pleading, imploring] [ant: imperative] n 1: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
  • preceding
    adj 1: existing or coming before [ant: succeeding(a)] 2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)]
  • proceeding
    n 1: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked [syn: proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings]
  • reading
    n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading" 2: a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart" 3: a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" [syn: reading, meter reading, indication] 4: written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport" [syn: reading, reading material] 5: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something [syn: interpretation, reading, version] 6: a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England 7: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation, recital, reading] 8: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" [syn: reading, meter reading]
  • receding
    adj 1: (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back n 1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: receding, fadeout] 2: the act of becoming more distant [syn: receding, recession]
  • speeding
    n 1: changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding, hurrying]
  • succeeding
    adj 1: coming after or following [ant: preceding(a)] 2: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]
  • acceding
  • deeding
  • heeding
  • kneading
  • needing
  • seeding
  • weeding
  • reeding
  • preceeding
  • interceding

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