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Definitions: Accounting |
AccountingNoun1. A convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions". 2. A system that provides quantitative information about finances. 3. The occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business. 4. A bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts. 5. A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "accounting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Charge. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | The process of systematically recording, classifying, verifying and summarizing business transactions, and presenting this information in periodic, interpretative financial statements and reports. (references) |
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Synonyms: AccountingSynonyms: account (n), account statement (n), accountancy (n), accounting system (n), method of accounting (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | Bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning. |
Adjective: monetary; accountable, accounting. | |
Accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter; financier; accounting party; chartered accountant, certified accountant; accounting firm, auditing firm. | |
Attribution | Noun: attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for; v; palaetiology, imputation, derivation from. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I work on the 19th floor - Ordinary Policy department - Premium Accounting division - Section W - desk number 861. (The Apartment; writing credit: Billy Wilder ; I.A.L. Diamond) If I get killed, tell Courtney in accounting I love her and erase all the porn on my computer. (Just Shoot Me!; writing credit: David Renwick) What about that sweet 18-year-old kid in accounting who had that crush on you? (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Accounting (1915) | |
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 | U.S. Army General Hospital No. 36, Detroit, Michigan. : Educational Department- Book Keeping, Farm Accounting.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [European War 1914-1918, Group Portraits] : [Office of Chief Surgeon, Finance and Accounting Division Personnel].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The specifications of the ships to be built, the conditions under which they are to be built and delivered, the price per ton at which they are to be accounted for by the Reparation Commission, and all other questions relating to the accounting ordering, building and delivery of the ships, shall be determined by the Commission. (reference) |
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Health | These cases are rare, accounting for about 2 percent of all patients treated surgically for epilepsy. (references) | |
TB cases among immigrants increased from 4,925 in 1986 to 7,640 in 1998, accounting for 42 percent of the national total. (references) | ||
The mechanism mediating this phenotypic variation is unknown, and current hypotheses are inadequate for accounting for this variation. (references) | ||
Business | Germany was by far the leader, accounting for 41% of imports. (references) | |
Imports decreased to US$95 million accounting for 89.2 percent of the market. (references) | ||
It is the leading sector accounting for about 30 percent of gross domestic product. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Iran | The death sentences reportedly were commuted to prison terms in 2000. The UNSR's 2000 report stated that about two-thirds of the students who initially were arrested subsequently were released, but noted that there has been no formal accounting of all the persons arrested in connection with the July 1999 demonstrations. (references) |
Discrimination | Belize | These occupations include fishing, souvenir manufacturing, sightseeing tours, accounting, insurance, real estate, and legal services. (references) |
Economic History | Russia | CTR Materials Protection, Control and Accounting Program. (references) |
Human Rights | Mexico | He endorsed the notion of a national accounting for alleged past government misconduct and urged an end to the widespread de facto impunity enjoyed by corrupt officials. (references) |
Colombia | Local or regional military and jail commanders did not always prepare mandatory detention registers or follow notification procedures; as a result, precise accounting for every detainee was not always possible. (references) | |
Iran | Reform-oriented journalists and prominent cultural figures publicly demanded a full accounting in the case and have speculated that responsibility for ordering the killings lay at the highest level of the Government. (references) | |
Minorities | New Zealand | Pacific Islanders also are overrepresented in the prison system, accounting for 10 percent of inmates. (references) |
Andorra | Spanish nationals are the largest group of foreign residents, accounting for approximately 41 percent of the population. (references) | |
Political Economy | OMAN | Major U.S. engineering and accounting firms are well represented. (references) |
Trade | Eritrea | An independent local accounting firm audits the Central Bank of Eritrea. (references) |
Lebanon | Bank financial statements are in compliance with international accounting standards. (references) | |
Korea | Audits generally are performed by the Korean branches of international accounting firms. (references) | |
Travel | Senegal | Business practices, accounting methods and legal procedures derive from the French system. (references) |
Chad | Several accounting firms, architects, lawyers, engineers and office equipment service centers are available. (references) | |
Japan | A written contract, even if less detailed than a contract between two U.S. companies, is essential to meet legal, tax, customs and accounting requirements. (references) | |
Women | Kyrgyz Republic | Women are prominent in law, medicine, accounting, and banking, and play an active role in the rapidly growing nongovernmental sector. (references) |
Worker Rights | Lithuania | The most numerous abuses included wage arrears, illegal employment (working without a written contract), the violation of labor contracts, time off and work time accounting, harmful working conditions, and the unsatisfactory investigation of accidents. (references) |
Guinea | In urban areas, approximately 19 percent of children between the ages of 7 and 14 were employed; the rate jumped to 50 percent for children between the ages of 15 and 19. Overall approximately 48 percent of children under age 15 were employed, accounting for approximately 20 percent of the total working population and 26 percent of agricultural workers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | During the S&L scandal, many accounting firms got hit hard when they were the only solvent parties left to sue after the S&Ls went bankrupt. |
Senator Paul Sarbanes | Well, here's your choice. At the moment, the accounting industry is overseen by the accounting industry. That's not working very well. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | This will help equalize competitive relationships between large and small companies, for many of the small companies cannot afford expensive technical research, accounting, and tax advice. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies, and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Through stricter accounting standards and tougher disclosure requirements, corporate America must be made more accountable to employees and shareholders and held to the highest standards of conduct. |
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| "Accounting" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 57.41% of the time. "Accounting" is used about 1,590 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 57.41% | 913 | 7,858 |
| Noun (singular) | 23.74% | 378 | 14,491 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 18.53% | 295 | 16,921 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.31% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,590 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "accounting": accounting act ♦ accounting clerk ♦ accounting cost ♦ accounting department ♦ accounting entries message ♦ accounting File ♦ accounting firm ♦ accounting for ♦ accounting machine ♦ accounting management ♦ accounting period ♦ accounting policies ♦ accounting principle ♦ accounting principles ♦ accounting reserve ♦ accounting statement ♦ accounting statements ♦ accounting system ♦ accounting year ♦ administrative accounting ♦ automatic message accounting ♦ automatic message accounting subsystem ♦ automatic message accounting system ♦ centralised automatic message accounting ♦ centralized automatic message accounting ♦ cost accounting ♦ electronic accounting machine ♦ financial accounting ♦ financial accounting standard ♦ general accounting ♦ generally accepted accounting principle ♦ governmental accounting ♦ inventory accounting ♦ local automatic message accounting system ♦ machine accounting ♦ management accounting ♦ method of accounting ♦ mobile automatic message accounting ♦ public service accounting ♦ there is no accounting for tastes. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "accounting": accounting-based, accounting-dictionaries, accounting-oriented, accounting-wise. | |
Ending with "accounting": cost-accounting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
accounting | 4,005 |
accounting software | 2,108 |
accounting job | 1,043 |
accounting change in japan | 851 |
simply accounting | 426 |
cost accounting | 410 |
accounting system | 398 |
accounting services | 390 |
accounting firm | 369 |
linux accounting | 305 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "accounting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | boekhou (book-keeping). (various references) | |
Albanian | mbajtje llogarish, llogaritje (account, accountancy, assessment, calculation, cast, computation, estimate, numeration, reckoning, recording). (various references) | |
Arabic | معرفة التكلفة (cost accounting), دراسة الخسائر (cost accounting). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | счетоводство (accountancy, bookkeeping), учетен, отчетност (accountancy, bookkeeping). (various references) | |
Chinese | 會計 (accountant), 會 (association, be able to, be possible, can, group, to assemble, to balance an account, to gather, to meet, to see, union), 会计学. (various references) | |
Danish | Bogholderi. (various references) | |
Dutch | Boekhouding (accountancy, book-keeping). (various references) | |
Farsi | حسابداری . (various references) | |
Finnish | automaattinen sanomantilastointi (automatic message accounting), automaattinen paikallinen viestienlaskentajärjestelmä (LAMA system, local automatic message accounting system), ympäristötilinpito (environmental accounting, environmental and resource accounting), ympäristökirjanpito (environmental accounting, environmental and resource accounting), vapaaehtoinen varaus (accounting reserve, excess reserve, free reserve, special reserve, special reserve fund, unappropriated reserve), valmistuskirjanpito (analytical accounts, cost accounting, management accounting), tilikausi (accounting period, business year, financial year, fiscal year, operating year, period of account), tilasto-ja kirjanpitoaineiston siirtäminen (transfer of statistical and accounting data), sisäinen laskentatoimi (analytical accounts, cost accounting, management accounting), matkaviestimen automaattinen sanomantilastointi (MAMA, mobile automatic message accounting), LAMA-järjestelmä (LAMA system, local automatic message accounting system), kustannuslaskenta (analytical accounts, cost accounting, cost calculation, cost evaluation, costing, management accounting), kansainvälinen laskenta-ja liikenneanalyysilaitteisto (international accounting and traffic analysis equipment), julkinen laskentatoimi (governmental accounting, public service accounting), hyvä kirjanpitotapa (accounting principle, financial accounting standard, generally accepted accounting principle). (various references) | |
French | comptabilité (accountancy, accounts). (various references) | |
German | Rechnungsführung (accountancy, financial management), Buchhaltung (accountancy, accounting department, accounts department, book keeping, bookkeeping), buchführung (bookkeeping). (various references) | |
Greek | λογιστική (accountancy, book-keeping), Λογιστική Οργάνωση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | חשבו אות (accountancy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | számvitel. (various references) | |
Indonesian | akunting, tata buku (bookkeeping). (various references) | |
Italian | contabilit (accountancy, accounting department, bookkeeping, book-keeping, mileometer). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 経理 (management), アウ 真理教 (acacia, academia, academy, account, accountability, Aeroflot, Aum Shinrikyou religious group, aura, owl). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アカウンティング , けいり (executioner, management). (various references) | |
Korean | 회계 (financing). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accountingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Contabilidade (accountancy, countability). (various references) | |
Romanian | gusturile nu se discuta (there is no accounting for tastes). (various references) | |
Russian | учет (accountancy, accountings, keep count, record), расчет (calculation, clearing-off, computation, estimation, reckoning, valuation), бухгалтерия (accountantship, accounts department, book keeping, book-keeper-keeping, bookkeeping, book-keeping, counting house). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | računovodstvo (bookkeeping, counting house, counting room), predračun. (various references) | |
Spanish | contabilidad (accountancy, books). (various references) | |
Swedish | bokföring (accountancy, bookkeeping). (various references) | |
Turkish | saymanlık (accountancy, accountantship, audit office, bookkeeping), muhasebe (accountancy). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розрахунок (calculation, computation), облік (telling), звітність, бухгалтерська справа. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thanh toán. (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfrifyddiaeth. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 11, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | LogisamenoV oti kai ek nekrwn egeirein dunatoV o qeoV oqen auton kai en parabolh ekomisato |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Arbitrans quia et a mortuis suscitare potens est Deus unde eum et in parabola accepit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For he demyde, that God is myyti to reise hym, yhe, fro deth; wherfor he took hym also in to a parable. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For he cosidered that God was able to rayse vp agayne fro deeth. Wherfore receaved he him for an ensample. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Accounting that God was able to raise him even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death. |
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| Language | Hebrews Chapter 11, Verse 19 |
| Bulgarian | С вяра установи пасхата и поръсването с кръвта, за да се не допре до тях този, които погубваше първородните. |
| Cebuano | Iyang giisip nga ang Dios arang makabanhaw sa mga tawo gikan sa mga patay; nga tungod niana, sa sinambingay nga pagkasulti, iyang gidawat siya pagbalik nga daw sa nabanhaw. |
| Chinese | 他 以 為 神 還 能 叫 人 從 死 裡 復 活 ． 他 也 彷 彿 從 死 中 得 回 他 的 ' 子 來 。 |
| Croatian | uvjeren da Bog može i od mrtvih uskrisiti. Zato ga u predslici i ponovno zadobi. |
| Danish | thi han betænkte, at Gud var mægtig endog til at oprejse fra de døde, hvorfra han jo også lignelsesvis fik ham tilbage. |
| Dutch | Waaruit hij hem ook bij gelijkenis wedergekregen heeft. |
| Finnish | sillä hän päätti, että Jumala on voimallinen kuolleistakin herättämään; ja sen vertauskuvana hän saikin hänet takaisin. |
| French | Il pensait que Dieu est puissant, même pour ressusciter les morts; aussi le recouvra-t-il par une sorte de résurrection. |
| German | und dachte, Gott kann auch wohl von den Toten auferwecken; daher er auch ihn zum Vorbilde wiederbekam. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, Abraram te mete nan tèt li Bondye te gen pouvwa pou l' te fè Izarak leve vivan ankò soti nan lanmò. Se konsa, nan yon sans, nou ka di Izarak soti vivan nan lanmò, li tounen vin jwen papa l' ankò. |
| Hungarian | Úgy gondolkozván, hogy az Isten a halálból is képes feltámasztani, miért is õt példaképen visszanyerte. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Abraham yakin bahwa Allah sanggup menghidupkan kembali Ishak dari kematian--jadi, boleh dikatakan, Abraham sudah menerima kembali Ishak dari kematian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena ia memikirkan bahwa Allah berkuasa membangkitkan orang-orang walaupun daripada mati; maka daripada misalan itulah ia sudah mendapat dia balik. |
| Italian | Egli pensava infatti che Dio è capace di far risorgere anche dai morti: per questo lo riebbe e fu come un simbolo. |
| Korean | 가 하 나 님 이 능 히 죽 은 자 가 운 데 서 다 시 살 리 실 줄 로 생 각 한 지 라 비 컨 대 죽 은 자 가 운 데 서 도 로 받 은 것 이 니 라 |
| Latvian | Tad viòð domâja, ka Dievs spçj uzmodinât arî miruðos; tâpçc viòð to saòçma atpakaï kâ piemçru. |
| Maori | I whakaaro hoki ia, ahakoa i roto nei ano i te hunga mate, e taea ia e te Atua te whakaara ake; a riro mai ana ia i reira, he mea whakaahua. |
| Modern Greek | συλλογισθεις οτι ο Θεος δυναται και εκ νεκρων να ανεγειρη· εξ ων και ελαβεν αυτον οπισω παραβολικως. |
| Norwegian | for han tenkte at Gud er mektig endog til å opvekke fra de døde, og derfra fikk han ham og likesom tilbake. |
| Portuguese | julgando que Deus era poderoso para até dos mortos o ressuscitar; e daí também em figura o recobrou. |
| Rumanian | Cqci se gkndea cq Dumnezeu poate sq knvieze chiar wi din moryi: wi, drept vorbind, ca knviat din moryi l -a primit knapoi. |
| Russian | й'П ПО "ХНБМ, ЮФП вПЗ УЙМЕО Й ЙЪ НЕТФЧЩИ ЧПУЛТЕУЙФШ, ПЮЕНХ Й ПМХЮЙМ ЕЗП Ч ТЕ"ЪОБНЕОПЧБОЙЕ. |
| Shuar | Apraám "Máamtaisha Yus iniantkittiawai" tu Enentáimpramiayi. Tura Yus ukunam Máatiun suritkiamtai Isakan Máachiat nekas Jákatniunmaya uwempran nantakniua aintsan Wáinkiamiayi. |
| Spanish | Él consideraba que Dios era poderoso para levantar aun de entre los muertos. De allí que, hablando figuradamente, lo volvió a recibir. |
| Swahili | Abrahamu aliamini kwamba Mungu anaweza kuwafufua wafu: na kwa namna fulani kweli Abrahamu alimpata tena mwanae kutoka wafu. |
| Swedish | Ty han tänkte på att Gud var mäktig att till och med uppväcka från de döda; från de döda fick han honom ock tillbaka, liknelsevis talat. |
| Thai | ท่านเชื่อว่าพระเจ้าทรงฤทธิ์สามารถให้อิสอัคเป็นขึ้นมาจากความตายไ"้ และท่านไ"้รับบุตรนั้นกลับคืนมาอีก ประหนึ่งว่าบุตรนั้นเป็นขึ้นมาจากตาย |
| Ukrainian | Бо він розумів, що Бог ма" силу й воскресити з мертвих, тому й одержав його на прообраз. |
| Uma | Apa' na'uli' Abraham, mobaraka' moto-i Alata'ala mpotuwu' nculii' Ishak ngkai kamatea-na. Jadi', ma'ala-mi ta'uli': narata nculii' moto ana' -na ngkai kamatea. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accounting": accountings. (additional references) | |
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"Accounting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accountung, acounting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "accounting" (pronounced ukou"nting or ukou"ning) |
| 6 | -k ou" n t i ng | counting, recounting. |
| 5 | -ou" n t i ng | amounting, mounting, surmounting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | accenting, appointing, augmenting, blunting, bunting, cementing, chanting, circumventing, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, consenting, daunting, decanting, denting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, dissenting, documenting, enchanting, experimenting, fainting, fermenting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, glinting, granting, grunting, haunting, hinting, hunting, implanting, implementing, imprinting, inventing, lamenting, minting, misrepresenting, painting, panting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, planting, pointing, presenting, preventing, printing, ranting, recanting, reinventing, relenting, renting, repainting, replanting, representing, reprinting, resenting, shunting, slanting, sprinting, squinting, supplanting, supplementing, tainting, taunting, tenting, tormenting, transplanting, unrelenting, unstinting, venting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
| 4 | -ou" n i ng | Browning, clowning, crowning, Downing, drowning, frowning. |
| 3 | -n i ng | abandoning, abstaining, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, apportioning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, draining, droning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-g-i-n-n-o-t-u" | |
-1 letter: uncoating. | |
-2 letters: coacting, continua, countian, counting. | |
-3 letters: account, actinon, antigun, atoning, auction, autoing, canonic, canting, caution, coating, contain, outgain, unction. | |
-4 letters: acting, action, agonic, agouti, anoint, anting, atonic, caning, cannot, cantic, canton, cation, cocain, cognac, coning, coting, gitano, guanin, incant, nation, noting, nougat, nuncio, outing, tannic, toning, toucan, tunica, tuning. | |
-5 letters: acing, actin, ancon, anion, antic, cacti, canon, canto, coact, coati, coign, conga, conic, conin, cotan, count, cuing, cutin, gaunt, giant, gonia, guaco, guano, incog, ingot, niton, octan, ontic, tango, tigon, tonga, tonic, tunic, uncia, ungot, union. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-g-i-n-n-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: accountings. | |
+3 letters: communicating, cotransducing, countenancing, counteracting. | |
+4 letters: noncirculating, subcontracting. | |
+5 letters: conceptualising, conceptualizing, countercampaign, counterchanging, countercharging, counterclaiming, countermarching, excommunicating, unaccommodating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 63 6F 75 6E 74 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. -.-. --- ..- -. - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100011 01101111 01110101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c c o u n t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0063 006F 0075 006E 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35696981878086758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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