Words that rhyme with listening

• awning 0
  n 1: a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun [syn: awning, sunshade, sunblind]
• beginning 0
  adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first] n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending, finish] 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: end, middle] 4: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]
• christening 0
  n 1: giving a Christian name at baptism
• commissioning 0
  n 1: the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions [syn: commission, commissioning]
• conditioning 0
  n 1: a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
• cunning 0
  adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cunning, cute] 2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily] 3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning, ingenious] n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness] 2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
• dawning 0
  n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset]
• evening 0
  n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide] 2: a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" 3: the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"
• fastening 0
  n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing] 2: the act of fastening things together [syn: fastening, attachment]
• gardening 0
  n 1: the cultivation of plants [syn: gardening, horticulture]
• glistening 0
  adj 1: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]
• leaning 0
  adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped] n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency] 2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning] 3: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning] 4: the act of deviating from a vertical position
• lightning 0
  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
• lining 0
  n 1: a protective covering that protects an inside surface [syn: lining, liner] 2: a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment [syn: liner, lining] 3: providing something with a surface of a different material [syn: lining, facing] 4: the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)
• living 0
  adj 1: pertaining to living persons; "within living memory" 2: true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother" 3: (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" 4: still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn: surviving, living] 5: still in active use; "a living language" 6: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone"; n 1: the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" [syn: life, living] 2: people who are still living; "save your pity for the living" [ant: dead] 3: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness] 4: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance]
• meaning 0
  adj 1: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" [syn: meaning(a), pregnant, significant] n 1: the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" [syn: meaning, significance, signification, import] 2: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" [syn: meaning, substance]
• missing 0
  adj 1: not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person" 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
• morning 0
  n 1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands" [syn: morning, morn, morning time, forenoon] 2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good morning, morning] 3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 4: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
• mourning 0
  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]
• screening 0
  n 1: the display of a motion picture [syn: screening, showing, viewing] 2: fabric of metal or plastic mesh 3: the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: cover, covering, screening, masking] 4: testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
• seasoning 0
  n 1: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [syn: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning] 2: the act of adding a seasoning to food
• shunning 0
  n 1: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging]
• sickening 0
  adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
• signing 0
  n 1: language expressed by visible hand gestures [syn: sign language, signing]
• slipping 0
  adj 1: moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice" [syn: slipping, slithering]
• stunning 0
  adj 1: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [syn: arresting, sensational, stunning] 2: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" 3: causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke" 4: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
• thing 0
  n 1: a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing" 2: an action; "how could you do such a thing?" 3: a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" 4: an artifact; "how does this thing work?" 5: an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." 6: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 7: a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" 8: an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" 9: any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..." 10: a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds" 11: a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" 12: a separate and self-contained entity
• thinning 0
  n 1: the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn: cutting, thinning]
• tripping 0
  adj 1: characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure" [syn: lilting, swinging, swingy, tripping] 2: moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" [syn: light, lightsome, tripping]
• tuning 0
  n 1: (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
• turning 0
  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
• twinning 0
  adj 1: producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous, twinning]
• warning 0
  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"
• winning 0
  adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team" [syn: victorious, winning] 2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"
• yearning 0
  n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness]
• kenning 0
  n 1: conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
• auditioning 0
• canning 0
• corning 0
• drowning 0
• giggling 0
• manning 0
• sentencing 0
• spawning 0

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