English words containing ring:

Meanings of Angering:

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

She could barely restrain her anger at this comment

Meanings of Answering:

verb

Say or write something as a reaction to someone or something.

Usage examples:

‘of course i can,’ she answered

noun

A thing that is said, written, or done as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation.

Usage examples:

He knocked and entered without waiting for an answer

Meanings of Answering-back:

phrasal verb

To speak rudely when answering someone in authority

Usage examples:

Don't you dare answer me back, young lady!, the company criticized in the documentary was given the…

Meanings of Answeringly:

adverb

Correspondingly; similarly and in response.

Meanings of Antiprofiteering:

adjective

Intended to prevent profiteering (= taking advantage of a situation to make a profit, especially by charging high prices for things people need)

Usage examples:

Legislators introduced an anti-profiteering law to address the price hikes that often occur after h…

Meanings of Appearing:

verb

Come into sight; become visible or noticeable, especially without apparent cause.

Usage examples:

Smoke appeared on the horizon

Meanings of Appleringie:

noun

The aromatic herb southernwood, artemisia abrotanum (family asteraceae (compositae)).

Meanings of Armoring:

verb

Provide (someone) with emotional, social, or other defences.

Usage examples:

The knowledge armoured him against her

noun

The metal coverings formerly worn to protect the body in battle.

Usage examples:

Knights in armour

Meanings of Armouring:

verb

Provide (someone) with emotional, social, or other defences.

Usage examples:

The knowledge armoured him against her

noun

The metal coverings formerly worn to protect the body in battle.

Usage examples:

Knights in armour

Meanings of Ashlaring:

noun

Ashlar masonry.

Usage examples:

The interior, which was restored in 1880 by giuseppe patricolo, displays ashlaring worked with the …

Meanings of Aspiring:

adjective

Directing one's hopes or ambitions towards becoming a specified type of person.

Usage examples:

An aspiring artist

verb

Direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something.

Usage examples:

We never thought that we might aspire to those heights

Meanings of Assuring:

verb

Tell someone something positively to dispel any doubts.

Usage examples:

Tony assured me that there was a supermarket in the village

Meanings of Astringency:

noun

The property of causing skin cells or other body tissues to contract.

Usage examples:

Witch hazel is valued for its astringency and its toning properties

Meanings of Astringent:

adjective

Causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues.

Usage examples:

An astringent skin lotion

noun

An astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily.

Usage examples:

Alcohol-based astringents and toners can make skin even drier.

Meanings of Astringently:

adverb

In a way that tastes or smells dry, sour, and slightly bitter

Usage examples:

The salad was astringently bitter., we snacked on astringently sour discs of white radish., she is …

Meanings of Astringents:

noun

An astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily.

Usage examples:

Alcohol-based astringents and toners can make skin even drier.

adjective

Causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues.

Usage examples:

An astringent skin lotion

Meanings of Attiring:

verb

Be dressed in clothes of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

Lady agatha was attired in an elaborate evening gown

noun

Clothes, especially fine or formal ones.

Usage examples:

Holiday attire

Meanings of Auguring:

verb

(of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome.

Usage examples:

The end of the cold war seemed to augur well

noun

(in ancient rome) a religious official who observed natural signs, especially the behaviour of birds, interpreting these as an indication of divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action.

Usage examples:

In the case of the augurs or haruspices of rome, the animal was sacrificed to permit contemplation …

Meanings of Authoring:

noun

The creation of programs and databases for computer applications such as computer-assisted learning or multimedia products.

Usage examples:

An authoring system

verb

Be the author of (a book or piece of writing).

Usage examples:

She has authored several articles on wildlife

Meanings of Averring:

verb

State or assert to be the case.

Usage examples:

He averred that he was innocent of the allegations

Present participle of aver

Meanings of Awe-inspiring:

adjective

Causing you to feel great respect or admiration

Usage examples:

Niagara falls really is an awe-inspiring sight., her knowledge of computers is quite awe-inspiring.

Meanings of Backfiring:

verb

(of a vehicle or its engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust.

Usage examples:

A car backfired in the road and shoppers ducked instinctively

noun

A mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of a vehicle or engine.

Usage examples:

Once the engine is running smoothly, a backfire can be dramatic

Meanings of Backscattering:

verb

Deflect (radiation or particles) through an angle of 180°.

Usage examples:

The temperature of an optical fibre subtly affects how much light is backscattered

noun

Deflection of radiation or particles through an angle of 180°.

Usage examples:

This inversion technique takes into account atmospheric effects on the radiation and spatial variat…

Meanings of Badgering:

verb

Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.

Usage examples:

Tom had finally badgered her into going

noun

A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.

Usage examples:

They do, however, both belong to the same mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks …

Meanings of Bantering:

adjective

Characterized by good-humoured teasing.

Usage examples:

A bantering tone

verb

Exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way.

Usage examples:

The men bantered with the waitresses