Words that rhyme with pulling
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appealing
adj 1: able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing" [ant: unappealing] 2: (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" [syn: sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable] [ant: unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic] -
babbling
n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling, lallation] -
brisling
n 1: small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines [syn: sprat, brisling] 2: small herring processed like a sardine [syn: brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus] -
calling
n 1: the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: career, calling, vocation] -
ceiling
n 1: the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling" 2: (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds 3: an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices" [syn: ceiling, roof, cap] 4: maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) -
coupling
n 1: a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together [syn: yoke, coupling] 2: a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects [syn: coupling, coupler] 3: 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] -
cowling
n 1: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" [syn: hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling] -
crackling
n 1: the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered [syn: greaves, crackling] 2: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle, crackling, crepitation] -
darling
adj 1: dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear] n 1: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 2: an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River [syn: Darling, Darling River] -
shuffling
n 1: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn: shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling] 2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle, shuffling, make] -
unappealing
adj 1: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic" [syn: unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable] [ant: appealing, likable, likeable, sympathetic] 2: not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess" [ant: appealing] -
unavailing
adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing] -
underling
n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier] -
unfailing
adj 1: not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test" [syn: foolproof, unfailing] 2: always able to supply more; "an unfailing source of good stories"; "a subject of unfailing interest" 3: unceasing; "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits"; "unflagging courtesy" [syn: unfailing, unflagging] -
unfeeling
adj 1: devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch" [syn: hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling] 2: devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees" -
unsmiling
adj 1: not smiling -
unwilling
adj 1: not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing] 2: in spite of contrary volition -
veiling
n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling] -
wailing
adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting, wailing, wailful] n 1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing, bawling] -
weakling
n 1: a person who is physically weak and ineffectual [syn: weakling, doormat, wuss] -
wheeling
n 1: a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river 2: propelling something on wheels [syn: wheeling, rolling] -
darkling
adj 1: uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; "a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish 2: (poetic) occurring in the dark or night; "a darkling journey" -
kipling
n 1: English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936) [syn: Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Kipling] -
bulling
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dabbling
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doodling
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muffling
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ruffling
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unrevealing
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weanling
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wildfowling
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