Words that rhyme with fleeting

  • accommodating
    adj 1: helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" [syn: accommodating, accommodative] [ant: unaccommodating, unobliging] 2: obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
  • beating
    n 1: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating, whipping] 2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
  • bloodletting
    n 1: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) 2: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue]
  • cheating
    adj 1: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" [syn: adulterous, cheating(a), two-timing(a)] 2: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike] n 1: a deception for profit to yourself [syn: cheat, cheating]
  • completing
    adj 1: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [syn: complemental, complementary, completing]
  • discriminating
    adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" [ant: indiscriminating, undiscriminating] 2: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]
  • eating
    n 1: the act of consuming food [syn: eating, feeding]
  • fitting
    adj 1: in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" 2: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet] n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting] 2: a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system 3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) [syn: appointment, fitting] 4: putting clothes on to see whether they fit [syn: fitting, try-on, trying on]
  • grating
    adj 1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy] n 1: a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air [syn: grate, grating] 2: a frame of iron bars to hold a fire [syn: grate, grating] 3: optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum [syn: diffraction grating, grating]
  • greeting
    n 1: (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) [syn: greeting, salutation]
  • heating
    n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: heating, warming] 2: utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating" [syn: heating system, heating plant, heating, heat]
  • illuminating
    adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening, informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening, unilluminating]
  • letting
    n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease, rental, letting]
  • matting
    n 1: a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp) 2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture [syn: mat, matting]
  • meeting
    n 1: a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" [syn: meeting, group meeting] 2: a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" [syn: meeting, get together] 3: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" [syn: meeting, encounter] 4: the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" [syn: meeting, coming together] 5: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds" [syn: merging, meeting, coming together] 6: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence, meeting]
  • outing
    n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay] 2: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: field day, outing, picnic]
  • overeating
    n 1: eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: gluttony, overeating, gula]
  • parting
    n 1: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting] 2: a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" [syn: part, parting]
  • pipefitting
    n 1: fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together [syn: pipefitting, pipe fitting]
  • plating
    n 1: a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface [syn: plating, metal plating] 2: the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
  • rating
    n 1: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation, rating] 2: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: evaluation, rating] 3: standing or position on a scale 4: rank in a military organization [syn: military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating]
  • repeating
    n 1: the act of doing or performing again [syn: repetition, repeating]
  • seating
    n 1: an area that includes places where several people can sit; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom" [syn: seating, seats, seating room, seating area] 2: the service of ushering people to their seats
  • setting
    n 1: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene] 2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting, background, scope] 3: arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted [syn: mise en scene, stage setting, setting] 4: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: context, circumstance, setting] 5: the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat" 6: a table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling flatware" [syn: place setting, setting] 7: a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" [syn: mount, setting]
  • sheeting
    n 1: fabric from which bed sheets are made
  • sitting
    adj 1: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated" [syn: seated, sitting] [ant: standing] 2: not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target" n 1: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" [syn: sitting, posing] 2: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" 3: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" [syn: seance, sitting, session] 4: a session as of a legislature or court
  • slating
    n 1: thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate, slating] 2: a severely critical attack; "the reviewers gave his book a sound slating" 3: the act of laying slates for a roof
  • stimulating
    adj 1: rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion" [ant: unexciting, unstimulating] 2: that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena" [syn: stimulant, stimulating] 3: making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air" [syn: exhilarating, stimulating]
  • suffocating
    adj 1: causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: smothering, suffocating, suffocative]
  • thermosetting
    adj 1: having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials" [syn: thermosetting, thermoset] [ant: thermoplastic]
  • undeviating
    adj 1: going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands" [syn: undeviating, unswerving] 2: used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady; "undeviating loyalty"
  • unfitting
    adj 1: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" [syn: inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting]
  • unhesitating
    adj 1: characterized by quickness and firmness; "his reply was unhesitating" [syn: unhesitating, resolute]
  • unremitting
    adj 1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]
  • unwitting
    adj 1: not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" [syn: unintentional, unplanned, unwitting] 2: not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment" [ant: witting] 3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]
  • weighting
    n 1: (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance [syn: weight, weighting]
  • wetting
    n 1: the act of making something wet 2: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, wetting, making water, passing water]
  • witting
    adj 1: aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists" [ant: unwitting] 2: intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: conscious, witting]
  • bleating
  • browbeating
  • competing
  • defeating
  • deleting
  • depleting
  • knotting
  • phototypesetting
  • retreating
  • treating
  • typesetting
  • gatting
  • sweeting
  • keating
  • photosetting

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