Words that rhyme with wielding

n 1: an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college 2: United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) [syn: Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean] 3: a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen] 4: (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals

n 1: (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field 2: English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754) [syn: Fielding, Henry Fielding]

n 1: the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements [syn: riding, horseback riding, equitation] 2: travel by being carried on horseback [syn: riding, horseback riding]

n 1: a system of scaffolds [syn: scaffolding, staging]

n 1: rebuking a person harshly [syn: chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing]

n 1: graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting 2: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades [syn: shading, blending]

n 1: the act of shielding from harm 2: a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay 3: shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference

n 1: the construction of ships [syn: shipbuilding, ship building]

n 1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack] 2: material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

n 1: a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation

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: having a supporting base; "a standing lamp" 2: not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee" 3: (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water" [ant: running(a)] 4: executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation" [ant: running(a)] 5: (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only" [ant: seated, sitting] 6: permanent; "a standing army" n 1: social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" 2: an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event 3: the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

n 1: a heading of a subdivision of a text [syn: subheading, subhead]

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

adj 1: lacking understanding; "tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband"

adj 1: characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend" n 1: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" [syn: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy] 2: the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" [syn: agreement, understanding] 3: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" [syn: sympathy, understanding] 4: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: reason, understanding, intellect]

adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing]

adj 1: of an imaginary flower that never fades [syn: amaranthine, unfading]

adj 1: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" [syn: heedless, unheeding] [ant: attentive, heedful, paying attention, thoughtful]

adj 1: not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance" [syn: unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending] [ant: ostentatious, pretentious]

adj 1: not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction [ant: rewarding]

adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding] 2: resistant to physical force or pressure; "an unyielding head support"

adj 1: meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community" [syn: upstanding, solid]

adj 1: inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person" 2: lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber" 3: tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington n 1: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up, yielding, surrender] 2: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession, conceding, yielding]

n 1: English novelist (1911-1993) [syn: Golding, William Golding, Sir William Gerald Golding]

n 1: 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823) [syn: Harding, Warren Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harding, President Harding]

n 1: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [syn: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy]