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Definition: Hanging |
HangingAdjective1. Supported from above; "the child dabbled his dangling feet in the water"; "fuchsias in hanging pots"; "pendent bunches of grapes"; "a suspended fireplace". Noun1. Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings". 2. A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment". 3. The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hanging" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Bible | Hanging (as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the Gibeonites.) Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, (a) before the entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); (b) before the door of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); (c) before the entrance to the most holy place, called "the veil of the covering" (35:12; 39:34), as the word properly means. (2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were fastened to pillars. (3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), "hangings for the grove" (R.V., "for the Asherah"); marg., instead of "hangings," has "tents" or "houses." Such curtained structures for idolatrous worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Computing | A state in which a program has come to an unexpected halt. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To see a large concourse of people gathering at a hanging, denotes that many enemies will club together to try to demolish your position in their midst. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | The mounting of netting according to a specific relationship between the length of that part of the final rope or frame on which the netting is mounted and the length of the netting. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Hanging Hanging and wiving go by destiny. "If a man is doomed to be hanged, he will never be drowned." And "marriages are made in heaven," we are told. "If matrimony and hanging go By destny, why not whipping too? What medcine else can cure the fits Of lovers when they lose their wits? Love is a boy, by poets styled. Then spare the rod and spoil the child." Butler: Hudibras, part ii. canto i. 839-844. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Capital punishment, also referred to as the Death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offence or a capital crime. In those jurisdictions that practice capital punishment, its use is usually restricted to a small number of criminal offences, principally, treason and murder, that is, the deliberate premeditated killing of another person. Prisoners who have been sentenced to death are usually kept segregated from other prisoners in a special part of the prison, pending their execution. In some places this segregated area is known as Death Row.
Methods of execution
Methods of execution have varied over time, and include:
- Lethal injection
- Decapitation (by sword, axe or guillotine) (The term capital punishment derives from the fact that it was originally administered by means of decapitation.)
- Electrocution in an electric chair
- Hanging
- Gassing
- Strangulation
- Drowning
- Burning
- Crucifixion
- Impalement
- Crushing
- Stoning
- Shooting by firing squad
- Disembowelment
- Various animal-related methods
- Tearing apart by horses
- Devouring by wild animals
- Crushing by elephant
Capital punishment around the world
Amnesty International publishes a annual report on official judicial execution. In 2001 there were 3,048 reported cases in 31 countries. 90% of the deaths occurred in four countries. The People's Republic of China carried out 2,468 executions. Iran killed 139 people, Saudi Arabia 79 and the United States 66. In 2000 there had been 1,457 executions. The PRC has executed 20,000 between 1990 and 2001 with 1,781 people executed between April and July 2001 in a "Strike Hard" crime crackdown.
The highest per capita use of the death penalty is Singapore, with a population of about four million.
In most countries that have capital punishment, it is used to punish only murder and/or for war-related crimes. In some countries, like the People's Republic of China, even non-violent crimes, like drug and business related crimes, are punished with capital punishment.
Most democratic countries today have abolished the death penalty, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, almost all of Europe and much of Latin America. Together 111 countries either do not have or do not use the death penalty. Many other states retain it, especially in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean and the United States.
The most comprehensive source lists less than 15,000 people executed in United States or its predecessors between 1608 and 1991.[1] More accurate statistics list 4661 executions in the U.S. in the period 1930-2002 with about 2/3 of the executions occurring in the first twenty years.[1] Additionally the U.S. Army executed 160 soldiers between 1930 and 1967. The last U.S. Navy execution was in 1849.
Only seven countries practice the death penalty for juveniles, that is criminals aged under 18 at the time of their crime. Nearly all actual executions for juvenile crime take place in the USA, although, due to the slow process of appeals, no one under age 19 has been executed since at least 1964. [1] Although the People's Republic of China accounts for the vast majority of executions in the world, it does not allow for the executions of those under 18. [1] Execution of those aged under age 18 has also occurred in the Congo, Pakistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Iran since 1990. [1]
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which forbids capital punishment for juveniles, has been signed by all countries except the USA and Somalia, so it is likely that legally executing children (as defined by the Convention), will continue to be restricted to the USA.
Electric chair as used for electrocutions. The electric chair was developed in the late 1880s with support from Thomas Edison and is still in use today.
Image in the public domain, courtesy of PDImages.com.There are a number of international conventions prohibiting the death penalty, most notably the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Sixth Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights. However, such conventions only bind those that are party to them; customary international law permits the death penalty.
Several international organizations have made the abolition of the death penalty a requirement of membership, most notably the European Union and the Council of Europe. The European Union requires outright abolition of the death penalty by states wishing to join; the Council of Europe also requires this, but is willing to accept a moratorium as an interim measure. Thus, while Russia is a member of the Council of Europe, and practices the death penalty in law, it has not made use of it since becoming a member of the Council.
The same was also true of Turkey, but in August 2002, as a move towards EU membership, the death penalty was removed from law as well as practice. As a result of this, Europe is a continent free of the death penalty in practice, with the sole exception of Belarus, which is not a member of the Council of Europe. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has also been lobbying for the Council of Europe observer states who practice the death penalty (namely the United States and Japan) to be told to abolish it also or lose their observer status.
Arguments for and against the death penalty
Support for the death penalty varies widely from nation to nation, and it can be a highly contentious political issue, particularly in democracies that use it. A majority of adults in the United States appear to support its continuance (though like most political issues, the numbers vary widely depending on the exact question asked), but a highly vocal, organised minority of people in that country do not, and non-governmental organisations like Amnesty lobby against it globally. In Taiwan, the death penalty appears to have large amounts of public support, and there is little public movement to abolish it. By contrast, in most of Western Europe, public opinion overwhelming regards capital punishment as barbaric and there is little public support for its reinstatement. In countries where it has been abolished, debate is sometimes revived by particularly brutal murders, though few countries have brought it back after abolition.
Some of the major arguments used by those opposed to the death penalty include:
Different groups of death penalty opponents favour different arguments. Core death-penalty opponents are perhaps more likely to primarily base their opposition on "the death penalty is murder" arguments, and advance the issues of wrong convictions and ethnic bias to convince waverers.
- The death penalty is killing. Killing is wrong, therefore the death penalty is wrong.
- This is a human rights violation.
- Torture and cruelty are wrong. Many executions are botched and the executed suffer extended pain in dying, and even those who die instantly suffer extreme mental torture leading up to and during the preliminaries of the execution process.
- Criminal proceedings are fallible. Many people facing the death penalty have been exonerated, sometimes only minutes before their scheduled execution. Others, however, have been executed before evidence clearing them is discovered. Whilst criminal trials not involving the death penalty can involve mistakes, there is at least the opportunity for mistakes to be corrected.
- At least in the United States, poor people and those from ethnic minorities are more likely to be executed than whites convicted of similar crimes. Hence, its application is selective and unfair. Additionally, it is argued that the race of the victim can also affect the likelihood of the application of the death penalty, which again is unfair.
- It can encourage police misconduct as in the incident described in the documentary film The Thin Blue Line. In the late 1970s, an innocent man named Randall Adams was framed by the Dallas County police department in Texas for a notorious murder of a police officer because they knew the more likely suspect, David Harris, was still a minor and thus ineligible for the death penalty so Adams had to serve as a scapegoat to execute.
- It is not a deterent because anyone that would be detered by the death penalty would already have been detered by life in prison, and people that are not detered by that wouldn't be stopped by any punishment.
Key arguments for supporters of the death penalty include:
There is ongoing debate whether capital punishment reduces crime rates, because potential murderers (or other criminals) would be too scared of punishment to commit crime, or it doesn't at all affect crime rate, because potential criminals think they won't be caught, so they don't care about punishment until it's too late. There are even studies that have concluded that the death penalty appears to encourage murder. However, like many questions in the social sciences, actual research data on this question can be (and is) interpreted very differently by people with differing predispositions towards capital punishment. In any event, the actual effectiveness or otherwise of it is largely irrelevant to many who feel strongly about the debate, as their views are based on other factors.
- That people committing the most heinous crimes (usually murder, in Western countries that practice the death penalty) have forfeited the right to life so executing them is not murder.
- Government is not an individual and is given far more powers; therefore, executions are not "murder."
- Since the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, a murderer is likely to murder again, so execution prevents future murders.
- That it provides peace of minds for victims of crime and their families.
- Beliefs in reciprocity - essentially, "an eye for an eye" - which is part of the concept of justice for many people.
- That it is in fact less cruel than prolonged sentences of imprisonment, especially under the conditions that would be popularly demanded for heinous criminals.
- That it is explicitly allowed in constitutions and other documents of basic law.
- That it enjoys democratic support of the people.
- That it deters crime.
Religious views of the death penalty
Death penalty in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible, Old Testament)
The Tanakh prescribes the death penalty for a great many violations of law. Most historians no longer accept the view that the laws of the Bible, as written, were ever actually followed as a legal code. Instead, they hold that the laws in the Bible were developed in a living society and culture, and that the oral law of this society was not identical to what one would posit from a literal reading of the Biblical text alone. Rabbinic Jews have always held this view; they go further and teach that a specific oral law (later redacted in the Talmud) explains the meaning and context of these Biblical laws. In this view the death penalty was rarely used, and exceedingly difficult to carry out.
Jewish view of the death penalty
The Jewish view of all laws in the Bible, not just the death penalty, is based on the reading of the Bible as seen through Judaism's corpus of oral law. These laws were first redacted around 200 CE in the Mishnah and later around 550 CE in the Talmud.
These laws make it clear that the death penalty was only used in extremely rare cases. Rabbinic law developed a detailed system of checks and balances to make sure that the penalty could only be carried out if there were two witnesses to the crime, if the witnesses then verbally warned the person that they were liable for the death penalty, and that the person then had to acknowledge that he/she was warned, but then went ahead and committed the sin regardless. Further, an individual was not allowed to testify against themselves. As such, the death penalty was effectively legislated out of existence.
Christian view of the death penalty
Jesus Christ underwent the death penalty by crucifixion. His trial was affected by popular opinion. His death is frequently depicted in religious art, and the cross, either with or without his body on it, is the primary symbol of Christianity.
For many Christians, this is enough to condemn capital punishment. Nonetheless, Christians are divided about the issue. Those in favor of capital punishment most often build their views on a New Testament verse in which Christ allegedly advocates capital punishment for crimes against children.
Muslim view of the death penalty
A Muslim may be sentenced to death under Shariah, Islamic law, for the murder of a Muslim, adultery, apostasy (deserting Islam), a third conviction for drinking alcohol and a fifth conviction for theft. A dhimmi (zimmi, non-Muslim living in an Islamic state) can be executed for sex with a Muslim woman, and "persecution" of Islam, for example blasphemy against Allah or Prophet Muhammad, or attempting to proselytise, i.e. convert a Muslim from his religion.
Shariah is not in force in many Muslim countries with a Muslim majority, especially those which still have laws on their statute books which date from their colonial past. One of the aims of Islamic fundamentalists is to re-introduce Shariat and that is one reason why HRAIC opposes fundamentalism.
Hindu view of the death penalty
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Related articles
- Use of death penalty worldwide provides a full listing of which countries have and have not abolished the death penalty.
- List of people who were executed
- Life imprisonment
- Amnesty International
- Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
Literature
Stuart Banner: The Death Penalty: An American History. Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN 0674007514.
David R. Dow, Mark Dow (Eds.): Machinery of Death. The Reality of America's Death Penalty Regime. Routledge, New York, 2002. ISBN 0415932661 (cloth), ISBN 041593267X (paper).
- This book provides critical perspectives on the death penalty. It contains a foreword by Christopher Hitchens.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Capital punishment."
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Hanging is one of the forms of capital punishment which has been used as a method of execution throughout history. One typical sentence was for the perpetrator to be 'hanged, drawn and quartered'. Another was for the person to be 'hanged by the neck until dead'. In times of war, hanging is often considered a dishonourable method of execution and was for that reason it was used rather than execution by firing squad for war criminals as recently as the Nuremberg trials.
As a form of judicial execution, hanging in England is thought to date from the Saxon period, c. 400 AD, although it had earlier been used in the Persian Empire. British hangmen are recorded from Thomas de Warblynton in the 1360s, with complete records from the 1500s to the last hangmen, Robert Leslie Stewart and Harry Allen who conducted the last British executions in 1964.
Early methods of hanging simply involved a slip knot on a rope placed around the victim's neck, with the loose end thrown or tied to a tree branch; the criminal was then drawn up and slowly strangled. Early refinements were to make the culprit climb a ladder or stand in a cart which was subsequently removed. In the 1800s another method was developed where a machine drew the prisoner aloft using weights -- a further development of this machine was where the process was begun by the prisoner stepping onto a metal plate which triggered the weights so that the prisoner effectively "executed himself". As the number of executions increased, the tree was replaced by a purpose-built gallows which usually comprised of two posts joined by a crossbeam -- virtually every major town and city in Britain had its own gallows.
Until 1808 the death penalty was inflicted in England for some 200 offences, including:
Between 1832 and 1834 Parliament abolished the death penalty for:
- attempting suicide
- being in the company of gypsies for one month,
- vagrancy for soldiers and sailors,
- "strong evidence of malice" in children aged 7-14 years old.
In 1861 the number of capital crimes was reduced to four:
- shoplifting goods worth five shillings or less,
- returning from Transportation,
- letter-stealing, and
- sacrilege.
Public hangings were stopped in 1868, and the hanging, beheading, and quartering of traitors was abolished in 1870.
- murder,
- treason,
- arson in Royal Dockyards, and
- piracy with violence.
Although by the late 1700s the "drop" had been developed, it was initially only a substitute for the ladder or the cart. The first well-known practitioner of "the drop" was William Calcraft, but his successor William Marwood (who was often quoted as saying "Calcraft hanged them, I execute them"), introduced the "long drop". Marwood realised that each person required a different drop, based on the prisoner's weight, which would dislocate the cervical vertebrae resulting in "instantaneous" death. By a process of (sometimes grisly) experimentation it was discovered that an energy of 1260 foot pounds (1710 joules) would have the desired effect, so the required drop was determined by dividing this figure by the weight of the prisoner: a person weighing 112 pounds would be executed by a drop of 11.25 feet. The basic formula would be refined as time went on to take account of the prisoner's age, stature, and physical condition, but there were some early mistakes when too great a drop was provided and a decapitation resulted. Marwood also experimented with the positioning of the knot, and discovered that placing it under the left ear or under the angle of the left jaw would jerk the head backwards at the end of the drop and instantly sever the spinal cord and dislocate the cervical vertebrae. The development of swift and "clean" methods of hanging were welcomed by prison governors and staff, who were required to witness executions at close distance after the abolition of public executions in 1868.
As time went by, hanging became more of a science than an art, and by the mid-twentieth century the average time between taking a prisoner from the cell to the prisoner's death was around fifteen seconds, although on May 8, 1951 Albert Pierrepoint conducted the fastest hanging on record when James Inglis, who had been convicted and sentenced for the murder of a prostitute only three weeks earlier, was pronounced dead only seven seconds after leaving his cell.
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Synonyms: HangingSynonyms: dangling(a) (adj), pendant (adj), pendent (adj), suspended (adj), dangling (n), suspension (n), wall hanging (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Danger | At stake, in question; precarious, critical, ticklish; slippery, slippy; hanging by a thread; Verb: with a halter round one's neck; between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between two fires; on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of a precipice, on the edge of a volcano; in the lion's den, on slippery ground, under fire; not out of the wood. |
Destiny | Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing). |
Height | Adjective: high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall; gigantic; (big); Patagonian; towering, beetling, soaring, hanging; elevated; upper; highest; (topmost); high reaching, |
Inaction | Inactivity; rest; (repose); quiescence; want of occupation, inoccupation; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente; sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job; soft snap, soft thing. |
Killing | Suffocation, strangulation, garrote; hanging. Verb: lapidation. |
Leisure | Phrase: time hanging heavy on one's hands; eile mit Weile. |
Ornament | Embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or. |
Pendency | Noun: pendency, dependency; suspension, hanging; Verb: pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum; hangnail |
Adjective: pendent, pendulous; pensile; hanging; Verb: beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting; dependent; suspended; Verb: loose, flowing. | |
Punishment | Capital punishment; execution; lethal injection; the gas chamber; hanging;Verb: electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines; decapitation, decollation; garrotte, garrotto; crucifixion, impalement; firing squad; martyrdom; auto-da-fe; noyade; happy dispatch. |
Ugliness | Forbidding countenance, vinegar aspect, hanging look, wry face, "spretae injuria formae". |
Weariness | Phrase: time hanging heavily on one's hands; toujours perdrix;Phrase: time hanging heavily on one's hands; toujours perdrix; crambe repetita. |
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Screenplays | Hey look, Deeds is hanging out with John McEnroe (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin) It's so sad. Her mom and dad found her hanging from a tree limb, her insides on the outside (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obsenity that as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown, Bob Clark, and Jean Shepherd.) This is hanging case, and we're ready to go to in front of the jury tomorrow (Chicago; writing credit: Maurine Dallas Watkins; Bob Fosse) Ha! I could just see Little and Large prancing around Sheffield with their widges hanging out. Now that would be worth 10 quid (The Full Monty; writing credit: Simon Beaufoy) | |
Lyrics | People who were hanging out ("Like a Rolling Stone"; performing artist: Bob Dylan) I been hanging around this town on a corner (Hanginaround; performing artist: Counting Crows) We're hanging on by a thread now honey (If I Fall You're Going Down With Me; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) Sometimes you lose but you're gonna win if you just, if you just, keep hanging in (Better Love Next Time; performing artist: Dr. Hook) With my head hanging down (Hold On; performing artist: En Vogue) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if you have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Man for Hanging (1973) Hanging Out Yonkers (1973) The Hanging of Jake Ellis (1969) Good Day for a Hanging (1958) | |
Song Titles | Hanging By A Moment (performing artist: Lifehouse) | |
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 | Shown are various shots of a white woman and an asian nurse hanging bags of chemotherapy drugs. This photo was taken at M.D. Anderson in Texas. See artwork: Horizons of Cancer Research (GA-17). Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Tobacco hanging in curing shed. Credit: CDC. |
 | In the field, mosquito larvae may be observed resting at the water surface, either held horizontally against the surface by float hairs, or hanging at an angle to the surface by their siphon. Credit: CDC. |  | Remains of seventy-year old mutton Hanging on wall of Scott's Hut Point Shelter. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | A view of Juneau from the north. Lemon Glacier, a hanging glacier is in center of photo. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Wood storks hanging out at Mary's Fish Camp near the cleaning table. Waiting for a tidbit. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Nets and otterboards hanging outboard on the MISS EULA, a Vietnamese-American owned shrimp trawler operating in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Stable on the pool bottom, a bell bobs when hanging from a pitching ship. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Hanging out on the fantail for those not on watch. Note crewman in hard and life vest working on over-the-stern operations. On the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during STAR 2000 operations in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | A Petroglyph (Rock Art) is shown with the blue Arizona sky hanging over the 71,000 acre Agua Fria National Monument in the Background. Credit: John Beckett. |
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| "Firefighters Hanging" by Mary Tamaki Commentary: "Firefighter's equipment hanging, resting up for inevitable action. ." | "Hanging Workers" by Nate Velasquez Commentary: "Two guys working on a cruise ship in a hanging cage." |
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 | Sound of person hanging up on the other end of the telephone connection. |
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John Bunyan | Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty. |
John Heywood | Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise. |
Samuel Johnson | Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging. |
Sir Henry Wotton | Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to. |
William Feather | Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | I shall wear a large bonnet, and bring one of my little baskets hanging on my arm. |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | Arthur had adopted his normal crisis role, which was to stand with his mouth hanging open and let it all wash over him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius was standing, mute, his arms hanging down, with the look of a criminal |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And on the ground the seeds drop and dry with black shreds hanging from them |
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Health | Observe where the bats exit at dusk and exclude them by loosely hanging clear plastic sheeting or bird netting over these areas. (references) | |
When the muscles of the soft palate at the base of the tongue and the uvula (the small fleshy tissue hanging from the center of the back of the throat) relax and sag, the airway becomes blocked, making breathing labored and noisy and even stopping it altogether. (references) | ||
Economic History | Nigeria | On October 31, 1995, the tribunal sentenced Saro-Wiwa and eight others to death by hanging. (references) |
Japan | Ads inside trains and buses include hanging flyers, framed posters, stickers and some lines video screens. (references) | |
Human Rights | Morocco | The security forces reported Najiaji committed suicide by hanging himself. (references) |
Minorities | Ghana | In June 2000, three members of the Sika-O-Sika faction were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of the son of the leader of the Nipa-O-Nipa faction. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | In a 1999 case involving ethnic clashes in the Darfur region in the west, an emergency court sentenced 10 persons to hanging and subsequent crucifixion. (references) |
Women | Kuwait | In general these involved hanging or jumping from windows; in September an Asian maid reportedly attempted suicide by lighting herself on fire. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most characteristic duties, in some of the Western and Southern States, are the catching and hanging of rogues. John Elmer Pettibone Cajee (I write of him with little glee) Was just as bad as he could be. 'Twas frequently remarked: "I swon! The sun has never looked upon So bad a man as Neighbor John." A sinner through and through, he had This added fault: it made him mad To know another man was bad. In such a case he thought it right To rise at any hour of night And quench that wicked person's light. Despite the town's entreaties, he Would hale him to the nearest tree And leave him swinging wide and free. Or sometimes, if the humor came, A luckless wight's reluctant frame Was given to the cheerful flame. While it was turning nice and brown, All unconcerned John met the frown Of that austere and righteous town. "How sad," his neighbors said, "that he So scornful of the law should be -- An anar c, h, i, s, t." (That is the way that they preferred To utter the abhorrent word, So strong the aversion that it stirred.) "Resolved," they said, continuing, "That Badman John must cease this thing Of having his unlawful fling. "Now, by these sacred relics" -- here Each man had out a souvenir Got at a lynching yesteryear -- "By these we swear he shall forsake His ways, nor cause our hearts to ache By sins of rope and torch and stake. "We'll tie his red right hand until He'll have small freedom to fulfil The mandates of his lawless will." So, in convention then and there, They named him Sheriff. The affair Was opened, it is said, with prayer. J. Milton Sloluck |
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| "Hanging" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 83.82% of the time. "Hanging" is used about 1,642 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 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 83.82% | 1,377 | 5,803 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.25% | 185 | 22,646 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.87% | 80 | 37,112 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,642 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "hanging". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jethlah | N/A | Biblical | Hanging up |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "hanging": a hanging matter ♦ death by hanging ♦ get a hanging ♦ hanging bridge ♦ hanging case ♦ hanging chad ♦ hanging committee ♦ Hanging compass ♦ hanging down ♦ hanging fly ♦ Hanging garden ♦ hanging gardens ♦ hanging Gardens of Babylon ♦ hanging geranium ♦ hanging in the balance ♦ hanging indent ♦ Hanging indentation ♦ hanging lamp ♦ hanging look ♦ hanging matter ♦ hanging plant ♦ Hanging rail ♦ Hanging Rock ♦ hanging rope ♦ hanging scaffold ♦ Hanging side ♦ Hanging sleeves ♦ hanging stage ♦ Hanging stile ♦ hanging tapestry ♦ hanging wall ♦ not to care a hanging ♦ the Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed ♦ time hanging heavily on one's hands ♦ time hanging heavy on one's hands ♦ wall hanging. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hanging": hanging-banana, hanging-drop, hanging-shed, hanging-space, hanging-straps. | |
Ending with "hanging": low-hanging, over-hanging. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
friend hanging | 1,207 | hanging plant | 63 |
hanging | 692 | hanging wine rack | 62 |
hanging basket | 273 | hanging rock state park | 61 |
hanging picture | 165 | hanging lake | 58 |
hanging tit | 159 | by hanging lyrics moment | 58 |
babylon garden hanging | 157 | hanging planter | 57 |
hanging by a moment | 146 | hanging rock | 54 |
hanging chair | 142 | execution hanging | 50 |
hanging lamp | 118 | by death hanging | 48 |
hanging pot rack | 114 | hanging boob | 47 |
the hanging garden | 114 | hanging light fixture | 46 |
hanging breast | 98 | picnic at hanging rock | 46 |
hanging wallpaper | 86 | low hanging ball | 42 |
wall hanging | 86 | hanging woman | 42 |
wizard of oz hanging | 82 | tapestry wall hanging | 39 |
hanging door | 72 | hanging mobiles | 38 |
drywall hanging | 71 | hanging candle holder | 36 |
hanging light | 70 | by hanging suicide | 34 |
by hanging lifehouse lyrics moment | 69 | hanging tapestry | 34 |
hanging flower basket | 64 | bitch hanging | 34 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "hanging"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | varje (droop, gallows), pezull (in abeyance), në lartësi, litar (cable, halyard, lasher, lashing, line, rope, tack, tether), i varur (ancillary, baggy, conditional, dangling, dependant, dependent, depending, flagging, in suspense, pendant, pendent, pending, pendulous, pensile, slavish, subject, suspended), i dënueshëm me varje. (various references) | |
Arabic | معلق (hang, hang in the balance, in the air, pendent, pending, suspended, unsettled), تعليق الصور, ستارة (blind, curtain, drape, pelmet, rag), إعدام شنقا, شنق (be executed, gibbet, hang up, strangle, strangulation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | склон (ascent, decline, declivity, descent, downhill, drop, flank, hang, hillside, inclination, incline, pitch, pitching, ramp, side, slant, slope, talus, versant), обесване (gibbet, halter), наклонен (downhill, inclined, intent, low-grade, oblique, one sided, prone, rampant, ready, scalene, skew, slant, slantindicular, slanting, sloped, sloping, splay, supine), накичване, закачане (graze), за закачане. (various references) | |
Chinese | 垂悬 (Hanged, hung). (various references) | |
Czech | závìsný, visutý (aerial, overhead), visací (suspensory), trest smrti provazem, obìšení (execution). (various references) | |
Danish | hængning, vaegtaeppe (hangings, wall covering, wall hanging), vaegbeklaedning (covering of sides, hangings, lining of sides, wall covering, wall hanging), uventet stop (hang-up, unexpected halt), suspensio (suspension), ophaengning, f ring, armering (arming, armor, armoring, armour, armouring, cable armor, cable armour, reinforcement). (various references) | |
Dutch | weefsel voor behang (hangings, wall covering, wall hanging), wandtapijt (tapestry), wandkleed (hangings, wall covering, wall hanging), verdeling (distribution, division), suspensio (suspension), suspensie (suspension), ophanging (springing, suspension), dood door ophanging, dood door de strop, blijven hangen (get caught, get fouled, get stuck, hang-up), behangen (paper), aanslaan (alarm, bark, dim, get blurred, give tongue, raise the alarm, rebound, root, salute, sound the alarm, strike, tax). (various references) | |
Esperanto | lucerno (hanging lamp). (various references) | |
Finnish | tupakanlehtien ripustus, ripustus, pauloitusmitoitus, odottamaton keskeytys (hang-up), kuolema hirttämällä. (various references) | |
French | pendaison (halter, hang). (various references) | |
German | hängend (gibbeting, pendulous, suspensory). (various references) | |
Greek | απαγχόνιση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מדולדל (flabby, loose, pending), מסך (covering, curtain, screen), יריעה (canvas sheet, curtain, sheet, tent), תליה (gallows, suspension), תלוי (dependent, hung, pendent, suspended), שמוט (disengaged, disengagement, dislocation, drawing out, turned aside), שהוי (delay, delayed, delayed action, hold up, retardation, retarded), הוקעה (cast, condemnation, denouncement, denunciation, stigmatizing), צליבה (crucifixion, gallows, scaffold). (various references) | |
Hungarian | akasztás (gibbet), lelógó (floppy). (various references) | |
Indonesian | hukuman gantung, menggantungi (be hanging on to). (various references) | |
Italian | morto per impiccagione, appeso (pendent), armamento (armament, arming, armor, armour, equipment, rigging), arresto imprevisto (hang-up, unexpected halt), arresto non programmato (hang-up), cortina (curtain, screen), appendimento su stendaggio, impiccamento, tappezzeria (paper, tapestry, upholstery, wallpaper), paratura (decoration), pendente (aweigh, leaning, Loppy, outstanding, pendant, pendulous), pendulo (pendulous, pensile), pensile (pendulous, pensile), penzoloni (dingle-dangle), sospeso (in abeyance, in suspense, interrupted, raised, suspended), impiccagione. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 首吊り , 絞首 (strangling to death), 絞罪 (execution by hanging), 絞殺 (strangulation), 縛り首 , 垂れ (gravy, lapel, pocket flap, skirts of a coat, soy sauce, straw curtain). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たれ (adjectival suffix for a person, gravy, lapel, pocket flap, skirts of a coat, soy sauce, straw curtain), くびつり, しばりくび, こうざい (both good and bad, execution by hanging, merits and demerits, steel material), こうしゅ (a good move, A-grade, batting and fielding, expert, expertise, first class, folding one's arms, good fielding, good move, offense and defense, person engaged in public engineering works, proprietor of a school, skill, strangling to death, tilling and sowing), こうさつ (bulletin board, consideration, highest bid, inquiry, strangulation, superior insight, your idea). (various references) | |
Korean | 거. (various references) | |
Manx | loght croghee (hanging crime), leaystan (hanging-post of gate), lampey croghit (hanging lamp), kione-voalley (hanging wall), croghey as tayrn (hanging and quartering), briw croghee (hanging judge). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hengning, opphengning. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anginghay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | enforcamento (gallows, gibbet, halter). (various references) | |
Romanian | suspendare (abeyance, adjournment, arrest, stay, stop, suspense, suspension), spânzurat (hanged, hung, scapegrace), spânzurare (twist), draperie (Arras, curtain, drapery, hangings, portiere), cuier (hal peg, hallstand, hanger, hat stand, peg, rack, rail, stand), atârnare (dependence, suspension), agãţat, agãţare (prehension, suspension). (various references) | |
Russian | висячий (pendent, pensile, suspended, suspension), зависать, повешение (gibbet), подвесной (overhead, pendulous, suspended, suspension). (various references) | |
Scottish | leogach (hanging loosely), glòic (having hanging cheeks). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | viseći (floppy, impendent, impending, pendent, pendulous, pensile, suspension, suspensory), vešanje (suspension). (various references) | |
Spanish | colgado (dangling), ahorcamiento. (various references) | |
Swedish | hängning (hangup, hang-up), hängande (lounge, pendant, pendent, pensile). (various references) | |
Turkish | sarkma (droop, hang, prolapse, prolapsus, ptosis, sag, slouch), sarkan (beetle, dependent, pendant, pending, pendulous), sarkık (bagging, baggy, beetle, drooping, droopy, flabby, flaccid, floppy, pendant, pendent, pensile, slouching, slouchy), ipe çekme (gallows, halter, rope), duvar kumaşı, duvar kâğıdı (wallpaper), asma (grapevine, halter, overhead, suspended, suspension, vine), askıda (in dependance, in suspense, in the balance, outstanding, pendant, pendent, remaining in suspense, undecided, unsettled), asılma (advances, pull, suspension, tug), asılı (dependent, pendant, pendent, pending, pendulous, suspended, suspensory). (various references) | |
Turkmen | asylyp durmak (be hanging), asgyз (hanging peg). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вішання, висячий (bangled, dangling, floppy, impending, nutant, overhung, pendent, pending), огидний (abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, accurst, antipathetic, antipathetical, atrocious, beastly, bilious, brackish, brutal, carrion, damnable, damned, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, filthy, ghoulish, grim, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, loathful, loathsome, mawkish, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, nefandous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, pesky, poisonous, putrid, rank, repellent, repulsive, revolting, shocking, snotty, sordid, sour, stinking, underfoot, wicked), навислий (beetle, imminent, impendent, impending, overhanging, overhung, threatening), підвісний (overhead, pendulous, suspended). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | treo đáng treo cổ, màn (drape, mosquito-curtain, mosquito-net), đường dốc xuống ban xét duyệt tranh triển lãm, đáng chết treo. (various references) | |
Welsh | crog (cross, rood). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pensilis, tapetibus, tappetia. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | pendaunt. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | WV de eidon oi barbaroi kremamenon to qhrion ek thV ceiroV autou elegon proV allhlouV pantwV foneuV estin o anqrwpoV outoV on diaswqenta ek thV qalasshV h dikh zhn ouk eiasen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut vero viderunt barbari pendentem bestiam de manu eius ad invicem dicebant utique homicida est homo hic qui cum evaserit de mari Ultio non sinit vivere |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne the hethene men of the ile siyen the beest hangynge in his hoond, thei seiden togidir, For this man is a manquellere; and whanne he scapide fro the see, Goddis veniaunce suffrith hym not to lyue in erthe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When the men of the contre sawe the worme hange on his honde they sayde amonge the selves: this man must nedes be a mortherer. Whome (though he have escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth not to lyve. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when the barbarians saw the animal hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 4 |
| Albanian | Barbarët, kur panë gjarprin që i varej nga dora, i thanë njëri-tjetrit: ''Me siguri ky njeri është një vrasës, sepse, edhe pse shpëtoi nga deti, drejtësia hyjnore nuk e lë të rrojë''. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa pagkakita nila sa bitin nga nagbitay gikan sa iyang kamot, ang mga nanagpuyo didto miingon sa usag usa, "Sa walay duhaduha kining tawhana mamumuno. Ug bisan tuod nakalingkawas siya gikan sa dagat, dili motugot ang hustisya nga mabuhi pa siya." |
| Croatian | Kad su uroðenici vidjeli gdje mu životinja visi o ruci, govorili su meðu sobom: "Ovaj je èovjek zacijelo ubojica: umakao je moru i Pravda mu ne da živjeti." |
| Danish | Da nu Barbarerne så Dyret hænge ved hans Hånd, sagde de til hverandre: "Sikkert er denne Mand en Morder, hvem Gengældelsen ikke har tilstedt at leve, skønt han er reddet fra Havet." |
| Dutch | En als de barbaren het beest zagen aan zijn hand hangen, zeiden zij tot elkander: Deze mens is gewisselijk een doodslager, welken de wraak niet laat leven, daar hij uit de zee ontkomen is. |
| Finnish | Kun asukkaat näkivät tuon elukan riippuvan kiinni hänen kädessään, sanoivat he toisilleen: "Varmaan tuo mies on murhaaja, koska kostotar ei sallinut hänen elää, vaikka hän pelastuikin merestä". |
| French | Quand les barbares virent l`animal suspendu à sa main, ils se dirent les uns aux autres: Assurément cet homme est un meurtrier, puisque la Justice n`a pas voulu le laisser vivre, après qu`il a été sauvé de la mer. |
| German | Da aber die Leutlein sahen das Tier an seiner Hand hangen, sprachen sie untereinander: Dieser Mensch muß ein Mörder sein, den die Rache nicht leben läßt, ob er gleich dem Meer entgangen ist. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika penduduk pulau itu melihat ular itu tergantung di tangan Paulus, mereka berkata satu sama lain, "Orang ini tentulah pembunuh, sebab meskipun ia sudah luput dari bahaya laut, Dewi Keadilan tidak membiarkan ia hidup." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila orang pulau itu terpandang binatang itu tergantung pada tangannya, maka mereka itu pun berkatalah sama sendiri, "Tiada syak lagi orang ini pembunuh orang, walaupun ia sudah terlepas daripada bahaya laut, tetapi Dewi Pembalas tiada membiarkan dia hidup." |
| Italian | Al vedere la serpe pendergli dalla mano, gli indigeni dicevano tra loro: «Certamente costui è un assassino, se, anche scampato dal mare, la Giustizia non lo lascia vivere». |
| Maori | A, i te kitenga o nga tangata maori i te ngarara e werewere ana ki tona ringa, ka mea ratou tetahi ki tetahi, Koia, he tangata kohuru tenei, ka ora nei ia i te moana, na kihai i tukua e te Tika kia ora. |
| Norwegian | Da nu de innfødte så dyret henge ved hans hånd, sa de til hverandre: Dette menneske er visselig en morder, som den hevnende rettferdighet ikke gir lov til å leve, skjønt han er berget fra havet. |
| Portuguese | Quando os indígenas viram o réptil pendente da mão dele, diziam uns aos outros: Certamente este homem é homicida, pois, embora salvo do mar, a Justiça não o deixa viver. |
| Rumanian | Barbarii, cknd au vqzut nqpkrca spknzuratq de mkna lui, au zis unii cqtre alyii: ,,Cu adevqrat omul acesta este un ucigaw, cqci ,Dreptatea` nu vrea sq -l lase sq trqiascq, mqcar cq a fost scqpat din mare.`` |
| Shuar | Tura Nú nunkanmaya aents, Papru uwején napi nemaran Wáinkiar "Ju aishmansha Shuáran maichuashit, tiarmiayi. Nayaantsanmaya uwempraitiatan ni yusri iwiaaku átinian suritiawai" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Cuando los nativos vieron la serpiente colgada de su mano, se decían unos a otros: "¡Seguramente este hombre es homicida, a quien, aunque se haya salvado del mar, la justicia no le deja vivir!" |
| Swahili | Wenyeji wa pale walipokiona kile kiumbe kinaning`inia kwenye mkono wake waliambiana, "Bila shaka mtu huyu amekwisha ua mtu, na ingawa ameokoka kuangamia baharini, `Haki` haitamwacha aendelee kuishi!" |
| Swedish | Då infödingarna fingo se ormen hänga där vid hans hand, sade de till varandra: "Helt visst är denne man en dråpare, som rättvisans gudinna icke tillstädjer att leva, om han nu ock har blivit räddad undan havet." |
| Uma | Karahilo-na pue' ngata ule to mentoe hi pale Paulus, ra'uli' -mi: "Topepatehi-i-tawo' tau tohe'ii! Bo hilo-mi, nau' uma-i mate hi rala tahi' we'i, aga Anitu Topotangara' uma mpelele' -i tuwu'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hanging": hangings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "hanging": changing, counterchanging, exchanging, interchanging, overhanging, paperhanging, rechanging, rehanging, shortchanging, straphanging, unchanging, unhanging, whanging. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hanging": paperhangings, unchangingly, unchangingness, unchangingnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Hanging" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anging, Hagnon, Hamgyong, Hanbin, hangen, hangging, Hangingge, haning, Hanjin, hingeing, hingin, Huaguang, huanjing, Shuangming. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hanging" (pronounced ha"nging or ha"ngging) |
| 4 | -a" ng i ng | banging, clanging, ganging, haranguing. |
| 3 | -ng i ng | belonging, bringing, clinging, flinging, longing, mudslinging, overhanging, prolonging, ringing, singing, slinging, springing, stinging, stringing, swinging, upbringing, winging, wringing. |
| 4 | -ng g i ng | binging. |
| 3 | -g i ng | bagging, begging, bogging, bootlegging, bragging, bugging, cataloging, cataloguing, chugging, clogging, debugging, demagoguing, digging, dogging, dragging, drugging, fatiguing, flagging, flogging, gigging, hogging, hugging, intriguing, jitterbugging, jogging, lagging, leapfrogging, legging, logging, lugging, mugging, nagging, pegging, plaguing, plugging, reneging, rigging, sagging, sandbagging, shrugging, slogging, slugging, snagging, snugging, tagging, tugging, unflagging, wagging, zigzagging. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-g-h-i-n-n" | |
-2 letters: aging. | |
-3 letters: agin, gain, gang, giga, hang, nigh. | |
-4 letters: ain, ani, gag, gan, ghi, gig, gin, hag, hin, inn, nag, nah, nan. | |
-5 letters: ag, ah, ai, an, ha, hi, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-g-h-i-n-n" | |
+1 letter: changing, gnashing, hangings, whanging. | |
+2 letters: hangaring, rehanging, unhanging. | |
+3 letters: anguishing, chagrining, changeling, exchanging, garnishing, haranguing, rechanging, unchanging, uncharging. | |
+4 letters: bushranging, chagrinning, challenging, changelings, ingathering, languishing, megaphoning, nightingale, overhanging, shanghaiing. | |
+5 letters: bushrangings, garnisheeing, halogenating, hamstringing, handwringing, harbingering, ingatherings, monographing, nightingales, paperhanging, straphanging, thanksgiving, unchangingly. | |
| 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. | |
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