Words that rhyme with fluctuating

  • annotating
    n 1: the act of adding notes [syn: annotation, annotating]
  • baiting
    n 1: harassment especially of a tethered animal
  • berating
    n 1: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up]
  • dating
    n 1: use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens [syn: dating, geological dating]
  • elating
    adj 1: making lively and joyful [syn: elating, exhilarating]
  • equating
    n 1: the act of regarding as equal [syn: equation, equating]
  • frustrating
    adj 1: discouraging by hindering 2: preventing realization or attainment of a desire [syn: frustrating, frustrative, thwarting]
  • 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]
  • mating
    n 1: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union]
  • motivating
    adj 1: impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" [syn: motivative(a), motive(a), motivating] n 1: the act of motivating; providing incentive [syn: motivation, motivating]
  • oscillating
    adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory, oscillating]
  • 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]
  • skating
    n 1: the sport of gliding on skates
  • 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
  • updating
    n 1: the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something); "criminal records need regular updating"
  • waiting
    adj 1: being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" [syn: waiting, ready and waiting(p)] n 1: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" [syn: wait, waiting]
  • awaiting
  • bating
  • crating
  • creating
  • debating
  • deflating
  • emanating
  • hating
  • incorporating
  • inflating
  • innovating
  • levitating
  • misstating
  • negating
  • ovulating
  • plaiting
  • procrastinating
  • reinstating
  • relating
  • restating
  • stating
  • translating

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