Words that rhyme with earning

adj 1: of immediate import; "burning issues of the day" n 1: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: burning, combustion] 2: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning] 3: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light [syn: combustion, burning] 4: execution by electricity [syn: electrocution, burning] 5: execution by fire [syn: burning, burning at the stake] 6: a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

adj 1: moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation; "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"; "a car stuck in the churned-up mud" [syn: churning, churned-up] 2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn: churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent]

adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant: undiscerning] 2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet] 3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning] 4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"

adj 1: responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies" n 1: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: government, governing, governance, government activity, administration]

n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]

n 1: intense resentment; "his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals"

n 1: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" [syn: learning, acquisition] 2: profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]

n 1: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light 2: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

adj 1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)] n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: mourning, bereavement] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: lamentation, mourning]

adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state [syn: returning, reverting] 2: tending to be turned back [syn: returning(a), reversive]

n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn, turning] 2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years" 3: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe 4: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" [syn: turning, turn] 5: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe 6: the activity of shaping something on a lathe

adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)] n 1: a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode" 2: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches" [syn: admonition, monition, warning, word of advice] 3: notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"

n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness]

n 1: putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law