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ailing
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adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing
grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look
a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is
unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing,
indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly,
unwell, under the weather, seedy]
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detailing
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n 1: an individualized description of a particular instance
[syn: particularization, particularisation,
detailing]
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failing
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adj 1: below acceptable in performance; "received failing
grades"
n 1: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's
failings" [syn: failing, weakness]
2: failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing
the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks
on his report" [syn: failing, flunk] [ant: pass,
passing, qualifying]
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mailing
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n 1: mail sent by a sender at one time; "the candidate sent out
three large mailings"
2: the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the
time of mailing" [syn: mailing, posting]
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paling
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n 1: a fence made of upright pickets [syn: picket fence,
paling]
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prevailing
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adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn:
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant,
rife]
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railing
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n 1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn:
railing, rail]
2: material for making rails or rails collectively
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sailing
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n 1: the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring, navigation,
sailing]
2: riding in a sailboat
3: the departure of a vessel from a port
4: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding,
sailplaning, soaring, sailing]
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scaling
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n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: scaling,
grading]
2: act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a
scale
3: ascent by or as if by a ladder
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tailing
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n 1: the act of following someone secretly [syn: shadowing,
tailing]
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trailing
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n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]
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unavailing
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adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual,
otiose, unavailing]
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unfailing
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adj 1: not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification
system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an
unfailing test" [syn: foolproof, unfailing]
2: always able to supply more; "an unfailing source of good
stories"; "a subject of unfailing interest"
3: unceasing; "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits";
"unflagging courtesy" [syn: unfailing, unflagging]
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unveiling
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n 1: putting on display for the first time; "he attended the
unveiling of the statue"
2: the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to
the debut of their new product line" [syn: introduction,
debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling,
entry]
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veiling
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n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn:
gauze, netting, veiling]
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wailing
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adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the
wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires
with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting,
wailing, wailful]
n 1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing, bawling]
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assailing
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bailing
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baling
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curtailing
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derailing
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flailing
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grayling
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hailing
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inhaling
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jailing
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nailing
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regaling
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waling
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whaling
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quailing
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ayling
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