Words that rhyme with controlling

  • bowling
    n 1: a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them 2: (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman 3: the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
  • consoling
    adj 1: affording comfort or solace [syn: comforting, consolatory, consoling]
  • folding
    adj 1: capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed" [syn: foldable, foldaway, folding(a)] n 1: the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape; "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code" [syn: protein folding, folding] 2: a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock [syn: fold, folding] 3: the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold" [syn: fold, folding]
  • growling
    n 1: a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal) 2: the sound of growling (as made by animals) [syn: growl, growling]
  • holding
    n 1: the act of retaining something [syn: retention, keeping, holding] 2: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; [syn: property, belongings, holding]
  • rolling
    adj 1: uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish" [syn: rolled, rolling, trilled] n 1: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal, pealing, roll, rolling] 2: the act of robbing a helpless person; "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park" 3: propelling something on wheels [syn: wheeling, rolling]
  • trolling
    n 1: angling by drawing a baited line through the water [syn: troll, trolling]
  • cajoling
  • condoling
  • decontrolling
  • doling
  • enrolling
  • extolling
  • holing
  • paroling
  • patrolling
  • poling
  • polling
  • scrolling
  • soling
  • strolling
  • tolling
  • foaling
  • bohling
  • boling
  • bolling
  • koelling
  • roehling
  • rohling
  • roling

See also controlling definition and controlling synonyms