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abiding
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adj 1: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"
[syn: abiding, enduring, imperishable]
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according
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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"
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bidding
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n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
[syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]
2: a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" [syn:
bidding, summons]
3: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to
contract to make [syn: bid, bidding]
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binding
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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]
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blinding
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adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding
headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of
sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding,
dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]
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bodybuilding
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n 1: exercise that builds muscles through tension [syn:
bodybuilding, anaerobic exercise, muscle building,
musclebuilding]
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bookbinding
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n 1: the craft of binding books
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building
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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"
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chiding
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n 1: rebuking a person harshly [syn: chiding, scolding,
objurgation, tongue-lashing]
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coinciding
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adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of
coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental,
coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent,
cooccurring, simultaneous]
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confiding
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adj 1: willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was
suspicious, then she became confiding"
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corresponding
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adj 1: accompanying; "all rights carry with them corresponding
responsibilities"
2: similar especially in position or purpose; "a number of
corresponding diagonal points"
3: conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding
dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" [syn:
comparable, corresponding, like]
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deciding
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adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial
experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative
(or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a),
determinant, determinative, determining(a)]
n 1: the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good
executive must be good at decision making" [syn: decision
making, deciding]
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gliding
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n 1: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding,
sailplaning, soaring, sailing]
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guiding
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adj 1: exerting control or influence; "a guiding principle"
2: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction
on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the
directional role of science on industrial progress" [syn:
directing, directional, directive, guiding]
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hiding
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n 1: the activity of keeping something secret [syn:
concealment, concealing, hiding]
2: the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"
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riding
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n 1: the sport of siting on the back of a horse while
controlling its movements [syn: riding, horseback
riding, equitation]
2: travel by being carried on horseback [syn: riding,
horseback riding]
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siding
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n 1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling
stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn:
siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack]
2: material applied to the outside of a building to make it
weatherproof
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sliding
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adj 1: being a smooth continuous motion
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subsiding
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n 1: a gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: settling,
subsiding, subsidence]
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unending
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adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes
of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life
everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending
bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian,
eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending,
unceasing]
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unheeding
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adj 1: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have
always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals;
we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D.
Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's
crying" [syn: heedless, unheeding] [ant: attentive,
heedful, paying attention, thoughtful]
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unpretending
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adj 1: not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office";
"unostentatious elegance" [syn: unostentatious,
unpretentious, unpretending] [ant: ostentatious,
pretentious]
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unrewarding
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adj 1: not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction [ant:
rewarding]
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backsliding
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n 1: a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding,
lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion,
reverting]
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biding
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deriding
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dividing
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presiding
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priding
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providing
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residing
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striding
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tiding
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widing
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