Words that rhyme with hounding

adj 1: existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore" [syn: abounding, galore(ip)]

adj 1: bewildering or striking dumb with wonder [syn: astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding] 2: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying" [syn: astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying]

n 1: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]

adj 1: that confounds or contradicts or confuses [syn: confounding, contradictory]

n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition, expounding]

n 1: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]

n 1: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation, grounding] 2: fastening electrical equipment to earth [syn: grounding, earthing]

n 1: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]

n 1: repeated heavy blows [syn: pounding, buffeting] 2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throb, throbbing, pounding] 3: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering, pounding]

adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative]

n 1: (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding"; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small" [syn: rounding, rounding error]

adj 1: appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high- sounding talk" [syn: looking, sounding] 2: having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth 3: making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding" n 1: a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line 2: the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

adj 1: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]

n 1: the environmental condition [syn: milieu, surroundings] 2: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country-- the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment, environs, surroundings, surround]