Words that rhyme with crowning

  • accounting
    n 1: a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions" 2: a system that provides quantitative information about finances 3: the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business [syn: accountancy, accounting] 4: a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts [syn: accounting, accounting system, method of accounting] 5: a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month" [syn: account, accounting, account statement]
  • browning
    n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, John M. Browning, John Moses Browning] 2: English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn: Browning, Robert Browning] 3: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning] 4: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread" [syn: toasting, browning]
  • clowning
    n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank] 2: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]
  • counting
    n 1: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]
  • downing
    n 1: United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852) [syn: Downing, Andrew Jackson Downing]
  • frowning
    adj 1: showing displeasure or anger
  • mounting
    n 1: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting] 2: framework used for support or display
  • amounting
  • discounting
  • drowning
  • chowning

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