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Definition: PROFILING |
PROFILINGNoun1. In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Profile |
Crosswords: PROFILING |
| English words defined with "PROFILING": Jigging machine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PROFILING": correlation shooting ♦ duplicating-machine operator ♦ Glasgow Haskell Compiler ♦ man-machine interface, milling-machine operator, milling-planer operator ♦ PROFILER, HAND, PROFILING-MACHINE OPERATOR, PROFILING-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR, TOOL ♦ recessing-machine operator ♦ Skel-ML, slab-miller operator, sml2c, software quality assurance, sonar boomer seismic system, sonoprobe ♦ time tie, tracer-controlled-milling-machine operator ♦ user/system interface. (references) |
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Screenplays | That is canine profiling, and I resent it! (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Air gun for sub-bottom profiling Able-bodied Seaman Bob Rojecki making adjustments prior to deployment Used off of the SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Makeshift profiling Conductivity/Temperature/Depth profiler using a SeaBird 21 recording CTD on a trainwheel. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "PROFILING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 51.61% of the time. "PROFILING" is used about 31 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) | 51.61% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (singular) | 29.03% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 19.35% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 31 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PROFILING": Gene Expression Profiling ♦ genetic profiling ♦ profiling machine ♦ profiling plate ♦ racial profiling. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "PROFILING": profiling-machine. | |
Ending with "PROFILING": low-profiling, offender-profiling, pupil-profiling. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "PROFILING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جانبي (lateral, side, sidelong, sidy, square). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 描出 (Profiled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | konuslineal (form plate, master plate, profiling plate, template), fedtsyreprofilering (FAP test, fatty acid profiling test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | profileren (crushing, to turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kartionsorvausviivoitin (form plate, master plate, profiling plate, template). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | profilé (profile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | profilierend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθοδηγητικός κανόνας (form plate, master plate, profiling plate, template). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | profilírozó gép (profile machine, profiling-machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 윤곽을 그림. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ofilingpray geratriz (generator, generatrix), escantilhão (template, templet). (various references) копировальный станок (profiling machine, profiling-machine). (various references) trazado preciso del perfil de las galerías (accurate roadway profiling, producing accurate roadway profiles). (various references) kopieringsmaskin (copying machine, profiling-machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"PROFILING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prailing, prifiling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PROFILING" (pronounced prō"fī'ling) |
| 4 | -ī' l i ng | reconciling, stockpiling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-l-n-o-p-r" | |
-2 letters: foiling, ligroin, pignoli, rifling, roiling, rolfing. | |
-3 letters: filing, firing, florin, loping, oiling, origin, piling, pirogi, poling, poring, riling, riping, roping. | |
-4 letters: fling, flong, gipon, giron, gonif, groin, iring, lingo, lipin, oping, orpin, piing, pingo, pirog, prion, prong. | |
-5 letters: filo, fino, firn, flip, flog, flop, foil, foin, frig, frog, girl, girn, giro, glop, golf, gorp. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-l-n-o-p-r" | |
+2 letters: slipforming. | |
+4 letters: childproofing, parfocalizing, proliferating. | |
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