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Definitions: Dealing |
DealingNoun1. Method or manner of conduct in relation to others: "honest dealing". 2. The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dealing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: DealingSynonyms: dealings (n), transaction (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Barter | Deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain. |
Concealment | Reticence; reserve; mental reserve, reservation; arriere pensee, suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision; silence; (taciturnity); suppression of truth; underhand dealing; closeness, secretiveness; Adjective: mystery. |
Conduct | Dealing, transaction; (action); business. |
Deception | Trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite; card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck; artful dodge, swindle; tricks upon travelers; stratagem; (artifice); confidence trick, fake, hoax; theft; ballot-box stuffing barney, brace game, bunko game, drop game, gum game, panel game; shell game, thimblerig; skin game. |
Eventuality | Business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion). |
Falsehood | Lip homage, lip service; mouth honor; hollowness; mere show, mere outside; duplicity, double dealing, insincerity, hypocrisy, cant, humbug; jesuitism, jesuitry; pharisaism; Machiavelism, "organized hypocrisy"; crocodile tears, mealy-mouthedness, quackery; charlatanism, charlatanry; gammon; bun-kum, bumcombe, flam; bam, flimflam, cajolery, flattery; Judas kiss; perfidy; (bad faith); il volto sciolto i pensieri stretti. |
Artificial, contrived; canting; hypocritical, jesuitical, pharisaical; tartuffish; Machiavelian; double, double tongued, double faced, double handed, double minded, double hearted, double dealing; Janus faced; smooth-faced, smooth spoken, smooth tongued; plausible; mealy-mouthed; affected. | |
Improbity | Perfidy; perfidiousness; Adjective: treachery, double dealing; unfairness; Adjective: knavery, roguery, rascality, foul play; jobbing, jobbery; graft, bribery; venality, nepotism; corruption, job, shuffle, fishy transaction; barratry, sharp practice, heads I win tails you lose; mouth honor; (flattery). |
Veracity | Noun: veracity; truthfulness, frankness; Adjective: truth, sincerity, candor, unreserve, honesty, fidelity; plain dealing, bona fides; love of truth; probity; ingenuousness; (artlessness). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He doesn't realise he's dealing with sophisticated people here. (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) Yes I was saying that we're dealing with a middle-of-the-night personality with possible paranoid schizo (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh) I thought I told you not to be dealing in front of the store. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) Dealing with it. Confronting a conscience. (Kalifornia; writing credit: Tim Metcalfe. Starring Brad Pitt as Early Grayce, Juliette Lewis as Adele Corners, David Duchovny as Brian Kessler, and Michelle Forbes as Carrie Laughlin.) Dealing with demons is never easy, whether they're on the outside or the inside. (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster) | |
Lyrics | I'm dealing with right now ("The Best Man I Can Be"; performing artist: Ginuwine) There at a table, dealing stud, ("A Boy Named Sue"; performing artist: Johnny Cash) If you don't know the things you're dealing ("Sexual Healing"; performing artist: MARVIN GAYE) I know this is wrong it's a problem I'm dealing ("If You're Gone"; performing artist: Matchbox 20) It's just easier than dealing with the pain ("Runaway Train"; performing artist: Soul Asylum) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Double Dealing (1932) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing. |
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John Locke | 1690 | And therefore God almighty when he would express his gentle dealing with the Israelites, he tells them, that though he chastened them, he chastened them as a man chastens his son, Deut. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It will edit and publish in French and English, and in such other languages as the Governing Body may think desirable, a periodical paper dealing with problems of industry and employment of international interest. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Plain dealing was always best. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There are three ways of dealing when you meet him. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Everyone has different ways of dealing with disease or physical injury. (references) | |
Get help in dealing with your hospital, clinic, or health maintenance organization. (references) | ||
Family physicians are also a good source for information and help in dealing with adolescents' marijuana problems. (references) | ||
Business | Share dealing is conducted through brokers by telephone. (references) | |
There are 50-60 medium size companies dealing with imports. (references) | ||
Trade sources state that there are around 250 companies dealing with this sector. (references) | ||
Children | Zimbabwe | The criminal justice system has special provisions for dealing with juvenile offenders. (references) |
Taiwan | The court includes 24 juvenile counselors, and is believed to have been effective in dealing with juvenile criminal cases. (references) | |
Belgium | It provides free compulsory education from ages 6 to 18. The Francophone and Flemish communities have agencies specifically dealing with children's needs. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Niger | Presidential activities and conferences dealing with development issues always are reported. (references) |
Jordan | In October the Government adopted a series of amendments to Penal Code provisions dealing with the press. (references) | |
Hong Kong | In the interim, preexisting provisions in the Crimes Ordinance dealing with treason and sedition continue to apply. (references) | |
Economic History | Bangladesh | BDG authority for dealing with foreign investment proposals is fragmented. (references) |
Vietnam | MPI remains the principal government agency dealing with foreign investors. (references) | |
Ecuador | However, when dealing with the military, they do not accept insurance guarantees. (references) | |
Human Rights | Egypt | Abdel Hamid was arrested on March 8, 2000, on suspicion of arms dealing. (references) |
Malaysia | On June 8, police reportedly killed a man suspected of drug dealing, following a high-speed car chase. (references) | |
Indonesia | The police often employed deadly force in apprehending suspects or dealing with alleged criminals, many of whom were unarmed. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Paraguay | Scarce resources and limited government attention resulted in little progress in dealing with these problems. (references) |
Minorities | Poland | Some local governments are becoming more active in dealing with the problems of local Romani communities. (references) |
Argentina | There also have been antiracist publicity spots shown in football stadiums, as well as radio advertisements dealing with antiracist subjects. (references) | |
Political Economy | Latvia | Latvia has also made important strides in dealing with its past. (references) |
JORDAN | Unions represent their membership in dealing with issues such as wages, working conditions and worker layoffs. (references) | |
ARGENTINA | Semiconductor Chip Layout Design: Argentina has no law dealing specifically with the protection of layout designs and semiconductors. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guatemala | In 1999 in a national referendum, voters rejected the entire package of 50 constitutional reforms approved by Congress in 1998, dealing a significant blow to the peace process. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | In a number of press interviews, Shaikha Fatima has claimed that women participate in the preparation of legislation dealing with social issues through recommendations made by the Women's Federation, and that women are only "steps away" from full political participation. (references) | |
Trade | Syria | Major importers dealing with large foreign firms may also have established credit lines. (references) |
Travel | Vietnam | This is important to keep in mind when dealing with a Vietnamese organization. (references) |
France | It should be noted that other EU suppliers are accustomed to dealing in the French language. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Most Hong Kong business executives speak English, and are accustomed to dealing with Westerners. (references) | |
Women | Greece | The GSES also claims that the courts are lenient when dealing with domestic violence cases. (references) |
Papua New Guinea | The Constitution and laws have provisions for extensive rights for women dealing with family, marriage, and property issues. (references) | |
Austria | Haupt has been criticized widely for devoting Ministry resources to a new department dealing with discrimination faced by men. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mongolia | The law also streamlines the process for dealing with labor conflicts. (references) |
Dominican Republic | The Labor Code establishes a system of labor courts for dealing with disputes. (references) | |
Belarus | However, the prosecution again charged the man with drug dealing and pandering. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dan Rather | Well, they may have been slow to pick up on it, but I think they have picked up on it. Now, dealing with it is something else. And anybody who thinks it won't be a factor in this year's election just simply doesn't know politics. |
Donald Rumsfeld | It's an amazing job. It is so important to the country and it's so complex. But the great thing about it is you're dealing with such spectacular people, the men and women in uniform. |
Jay McGraw | You know, that's a good question, because I think it spans from however long you're old enough to say, I want to do other than exactly what my parents say, to whenever you move out of the house, or quit dealing under the umbrella of your parents. |
Kerry Kelly | I think in addition to the grief process, which has really been extended because we have had memorial services and funerals that began soon after this event and have continued and will continue through, people are dealing with their own stress reactions. |
Rush Limbaugh | Unfortunately, the chosen mechanism of dealing with that which you disagree with is to shut them up. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | As some of the injuries done us have become intolerable we have still been clear that we wished nothing for ourselves that we were not ready to demand for all mankind--fair dealing, justice, the freedom to live and to be at ease against organized wrong. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The extensive complications involved by the requirement of dealing with three other governments engaged in occupation and with the governments of liberated countries require intensive work and energetic cooperation. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Migrations of this nature clearly require concerted action, and we have asked the OAS to explore means of dealing with similar situations which may occur in the future. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We simply cannot wait for a tornado, a fire, or a flood to behave like Americans ought to behave in dealing with one another. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Dealing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "Dealing" is used about 4,983 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) | 95.83% | 4,775 | 2,051 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.17% | 208 | 21,075 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,983 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dealing": be wheeling and dealing ♦ dealing in futures ♦ dealing out ♦ dealing with ♦ Double dealing ♦ fair dealing ♦ inside dealing ♦ insider dealing ♦ manner of dealing ♦ person dealing with ♦ Plain Dealing ♦ square dealing ♦ trade usage and course of dealing ♦ wheeling and dealing. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dealing": dealing-buying, dealing-room, dealing-with-difficult-parents. | |
Ending with "dealing": death-dealing, drug-dealing, insider-dealing, self-dealing, share-dealing, wheeler-dealing. | |
Containing "dealing": double-dealing-faced. | |
| 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 |
dealing with difficult people | 104 |
dealing with death | 73 |
dealing with depression | 69 |
dealing with a break up | 49 |
dealing with stress | 48 |
drug dealing | 40 |
dealing with divorce | 39 |
dealing with anger | 37 |
dealing with grief | 29 |
dealing drug game | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dealing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sjellje (bearing, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deal, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, going on, goings on, line, manner, manners, posture), ndarje e letrave, marrëdhënie miqësore (footing). (various references) | |
Arabic | تعامل (cooperation, deal, transact, transaction). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отношение (attitude, bearing, concern, contact, count, deal, feeling, play, posture, proportion, ratio, reference, regard, relation, relationship, respect, sentiment, stance, treatment), държане (bearing, behavior, behaviour, carriage, conduct, keeping, manner, play, port, presence). (various references) | |
Chinese | 成交 (Deal, Dealt). (various references) | |
Czech | jednání (act, action, manner, negotiation, proceeding, talk). (various references) | |
Danish | dealer på forvaltede fondes vegne (dealing on behalf of funds under management), Den Internationale Frirejsegruppe (Committee dealing with International Travel Facilities for Railway Staff F.I.P.), insider trading (inside dealing, insider dealing, insider trading), economische politierechter (magistrate dealing with commercial offences), endelig aftale (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), endelig handel (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), FIP (Committee dealing with International Travel Facilities for Railway Staff F.I.P.), Bonn-overenskomsten (Agreement for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by oil and other Harmful Substances, Bonn Agreement), insider dealing (insider dealing, insider trading), undersoege,hvad der skal ske med beloeb (dealing with amounts), insider-handel (insider dealing, insider trading), kreditlinie (credit line, dealing line), kutyme (custom, trade usage and course of dealing, usage), Overenskomsten om samarbejde ved bekæmpelse af forurening af Nordsøen med olie og andre stoffer (Agreement for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by oil and other Harmful Substances, Bonn Agreement), terminsforretning (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), tv-føljeton (broadcast on radio or television, soap opera, usually dealing with domestic themes and characterised by sentimentality), tv-serie (broadcast on radio or television, soap opera, usually dealing with domestic themes and characterised by sentimentality), handelssædvane (trade usage and course of dealing, usage). (various references) | |
Dutch | Organisatie voor internationale vervoersfaciliteiten voor spoorwegpersoneel FIP (Committee dealing with International Travel Facilities for Railway Staff F.I.P.), economische politierechter (magistrate dealing with commercial offences), fixe-affaire (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), handelen met voorkennis (insider dealing, insider trading), handelen namens beheersfondsen (dealing on behalf of funds under management), handelsconventie (trade usage and course of dealing, usage), handelsgebruik (trade usage and course of dealing, usage), handelsusance (trade usage and course of dealing, usage), insider dealing (insider dealing, insider trading), afwikkeling van bedragen (dealing with amounts), kredietlijn (credit limit, credit line, dealing line), zeepopera (broadcast on radio or television, soap opera, usually dealing with domestic themes and characterised by sentimentality), Overeenkomst betreffende samenwerking bij het bestrijden van verontreiniging v.d. Noordzee door olie (Agreement for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil, Bonn Agreement), Overeenkomst inzake samenwerking bij het bestrijden van verontreiniging van de Noordzee door olie en andere schadelijke stoffen (Agreement for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by oil and other Harmful Substances, Bonn Agreement), Overeenkomst van Bonn (Agreement for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by oil and other Harmful Substances, Bonn Agreement), Regeling procedure inzake het omgaan met een vermoeden van een misstand (Order establishing the procedure to be followed in dealing with a suspected abuse, whistle-blowers' order), soap opera (broadcast on radio or television, soap opera, usually dealing with domestic themes and characterised by sentimentality), termijnaffaire (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), termijntransactie (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), termijnzaken (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), vaste transactie (dealing in futures, firm bargain, firm deal, forward deal, forward transaction, future transaction, futures, futures trading, settlement deal, settlement marked, time deal, trading in futures), Klokkeluidersregeling (Order establishing the procedure to be followed in dealing with a suspected abuse, whistle-blowers' order). (various references) | |
Finnish | vilppi (deceit, double-dealing, fraud, fraud in mortgage dealings, swindle), vakuuslimiitti (credit line, dealing line), romukauppa (junk shop, scrap dealing), luottolimiitti (credit line, dealing line), kauppatapa (trade usage and course of dealing, usage), jakelu (dealing out, delivery, dispensing, distribution, distribution application). (various references) | |
French | transaction (deal), traitement. (various references) | |
German | verfahren (act, actions, method, mode, muddled, procedure, proceed, proceedings, process, spend in traveling, suit, take action, technique, technology, treatment, use up), behandlung (attention, care, control, curative care, deal, development, handling, management, medical treatment, medication, palliative or curative, processing, reatment, remedial treatment, session, spray, spraying, therapeutics, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy, treatment, usage), austeilung (administration, dispensation, distribution, handing out, serving). (various references) | |
Greek | μοιρασιά (deal, halving, share out, sharing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מסחר (business, commerce, mercantile, trade, trading, traffic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | osztás (dispensation, dividing, division). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kepengacaraan (matters dealing with lawyers). (various references) | |
Italian | trattativa (deal, negotiation, talks, transaction), rapporti (communion, public relations, terms), commercio (business, commerce, market, trade, trafficking, transaction). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 処分 (disposal, punishment), 始末 (cleaning up afterwards, management, settlement). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しまつ (cleaning up afterwards, management, settlement), しょぶ" (disposal, punishment). (various references) | |
Korean | 다룸. (various references) | |
Manx | traghtey (trade, trading), traghtal (trade, trading). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ealingday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | relações comerciais (business relationship), procedimento (behavior, behaviour, carriage, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, procedure, proceeding, proceeds, process, processing, walking), negócio (affair, bargain, building, business, business deal, case, concernment, deal, industry, matter, palaver, thing, trade, trading, transaction), intercâmbio (communication, exchange, give and take, interchange, reciprocity, trade), conduta (actions, adapter, behavior, behaviour, conduct, conduit, course, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, duct, flow path, gallery, goiter, life, line, main, management shake-up, manner, Manning, onion, pipe, piping, tack, tubing, ventilation duct, way), comportamento (actions, bearing, behavior, behaviorism, behaviour, behaviourism, carriage, comportment, conduct, course, demean, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, moral, ongoings, performance, proceeding, walking). (various references) | |
Romanian | tranzacţii, raporturi cu, procedeu (device, method, mode, procedure, proceeding, process, way), conduitã (behavior, behaviour, conduct, course, demeaneour, goings on, habit, leadership), comportare (action, bearing, behavior, behaviour, conduct, course, demeaneour, deportment, doings, habit, mien, trim), afaceri (business, patronage), împãrţire a cãrţilor. (various references) | |
Russian | распределение (allocation, allotment, aportionment, apportionment, dispensation, distribution, mappings, spreading, timing), поведение (actions, bearing, behavior, behaviour, comportment, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, doing, goings on, ongoings). (various references) | |
Scottish | ròram (dealing extensively with a family in provisions). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | delenje, bavljenje. (various references) | |
Spanish | relación comercial, negociación por cuenta propia. (various references) | |
Swedish | uppförande (behavior, behaviour, building, conduct, construction, demeanour, deportment, erection, performance), handläggning (cognizance, trial), handel (bargain, barter, business, commerce, racket, shop, trade, trading, traffic, transaction), fördelning (allocation, allotment, apportionment, assessment, dispensation, distribution, division, incidence, share out), behandling (attendance, conduct, hearing, reading, treatment, usage), befattning (appointment, concern, connection, job, office, position, post). (various references) | |
Turkish | davranış (act, action, attitude, bearing, behavior, behavioral, behaviour, behavioural, conduct, deal, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, doings, form, manner, proceeding, stroke, treatment, turn, way), dağıtma (allocation, delivery, dismantlement, dispensation, dissipation, distributing, split up), muamele (deal, doings, procedure, proceeding, transaction, treatment, turn, usage), ilişki (affair, affaire, affinity, bond, commerce, connection, connexion, contact, copulation, corelate, correlate, correlation, daughter, dealings, gallantry, intercourse, interrelation, involvement, it, liaison, noose, rapport, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, sexual intercourse, truck), iş (activity, affair, appointment, assignment, ball game, billet, biz, business, calling, cause, commerce, concern, deed, doing, doings, employment, ergo-, function, gig, handiwork, job, metier, mission, occupation, occupational, operation, piece, piece of work, place, ploy, post, profession, pursuit, racket, regulation, shop, show, spindle, stint, task, things to do, trade, work, working, workings, works), alışveriş (buying and selling, connection, deal, shopping, trading, traffic). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розподіл (administration, allocation, allotment, assignment, break down, classification, dispensation, distribution, division, ordering, ordonnance, partition), роздача (deal), заподіяння (infliction). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc l m ám muội, sự phân phát sự buôn bán, sự chia (division), cách xử sự (demeanour), cách đối xử (behaviour). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dealing": dealings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dealing": misdealing. (additional references) | |
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"Dealing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Daahling, dahleeng, dahling, Dalin, daling, Deaglan, dealen, dealin, dealine, dealion, dealions, decling, deeline, deeling, delling, Demling, derling, Detling, dialin, doaling, Dreiklang, Dreilini, dualing, dyading, ealing, Edelin, eeeling, Mealing, nealing, tealing, yealing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dealing" (pronounced dē"ling) |
| 4 | -ē" l i ng | annealing, appealing, ceiling, concealing, feeling, healing, Keeling, kneeling, peeling, reeling, repealing, revealing, sealing, Seeling, squealing, stealing, unappealing, unfeeling, wheeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, appalling, 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, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, 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, 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, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, killing, kindling, 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, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, 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, seedling, 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, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, 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, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, 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 | |
Direct Anagrams: aligned, leading. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: alined, angled, dangle, denial, dingle, engild, gained, genial, lading, lagend, ligand, linage, nailed. | |
-2 letters: agile, ailed, algid, algin, alien, align, aline, angel, angle, anile, deign, dinge, elain, eland, gelid, glade, gland, glean, glide, ideal, ingle, laden, liane, liang, ligan, lined, linga, naled, nidal. | |
-3 letters: aged, agin, aide, anil, dale, dang, deal, dean, deil, deli, deni, dial, diel, dine, ding, egad, egal, elan, gadi, gaed, gaen, gain, gale, gane, geld, gied, gien, gild, glad, gled, glen, glia, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lain, land, lane, lang, lead, lean, lend, lied, lien, line, ling, nail, nide. | |
-4 letters: age, aid, ail, ain, ale, and, ane, ani, dag, dal, del, den, die, dig, din, eld, end, eng, gad, gae, gal, gan, ged, gel, gen, gid, gie, gin, lad, lag, lea, led, leg, lei, lid, lie, lin, nae, nag, nil. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ag, ai, al, an, de, ed, el, en, id, in, la, li, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: blindage, dealings, delating, delaying, dragline, finagled, gliadine, ladening, leadings, maligned, medaling, pedaling, pleading, signaled. | |
+2 letters: alongside, beladying, belauding, blindages, coleading, declaring, declawing, deflating, defleaing, deglazing, deleading, deleaving, deplaning, derailing, desalting, detailing, devaluing, draglines, engrailed, ensilaged, gavelkind, genocidal, girandole, gliadines, heralding, laddering, medalling, pedalling, pleadings, realigned, redialing, reloading, signalled, treadling, unaligned, unleading. | |
+3 letters: analogized, anglicised, anglicized, bedabbling, bedazzling, begladding, datelining, declaiming, declassing, defaulting, defilading, delegating, delegation, depilating, desolating, enfilading, escalading, gadolinite, galivanted, galvanised, galvanized, gavelkinds, girandoles, gladdening, grainfield, handseling, headlining, highlander, idealising, idealizing, impleading, intaglioed, ladyfinger, languished, laundering, lipreading, longhaired, malingered, misaligned, misdealing, misleading, nonaligned, overlading, pleadingly, redialling, rehandling, repleading, resaddling, ringleader, sanderling, signalised, signalized, slandering, sloganized. | |
+4 letters: bedraggling, calendaring, calendering, candlelight, chandelling, darlingness, deadeningly, deadlifting, deadlocking, deafeningly, decollating, defalcating, defoliating, degradingly, delegations, delineating, demandingly, detasseling, devaluating, diagnosable, diagonalize, disentangle, displeasing, dovetailing, dragonflies, elucidating, endearingly, evangelized, feudalizing, freeloading, gadolinites, gallivanted, ganglioside, gelatinized, generalised, generalized, geniculated, goaltending, grainfields, grandiosely, greenmailed, handselling, highlanders, ingrainedly, invigilated, ladyfingers, languidness, lavendering, legendarily, legerdemain, lipreadings, maddeningly, maledicting, mispleading, overloading, pedestaling, plantigrade, rewardingly, ringleaders, sanderlings, skedaddling, underlaying. | |
+5 letters: adulterating, agglutinated, anthologized, backpedaling, candlelights, chalcogenide, cheerleading, childbearing, cladogenesis, cladogenetic, debilitating, decalcifying, decelerating, decimalizing, decreasingly, deescalating, deflagrating, deflagration, deglaciation, degringolade, delaminating, deliberating, delocalizing, demodulating, demoralizing, depolarizing, depopulating, deregulating, deregulation, desalinating, desalinizing, descrambling, desolatingly, despairingly, detasselling, devitalizing, devocalizing, diagnoseable, diagonalized, diagonalizes, digressional, disentailing, disentangled, disentangles, edulcorating, engarlanding, federalizing, ganglionated, gangliosides, glycerinated, goaltendings, grandiflorae, highhandedly, interlarding, laryngitides, legerdemains, lifeguarding, marginalized, misleadingly, overhandling, overpedaling, pedestalling, philandering, plantigrades, redisplaying, regionalized, revalidating, singularized, slaveholding, speedballing, stringhalted, triangulated, unbridgeable, underlapping, underplaying, undervaluing, unglamorized. | |
| 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)44 65 61 6C 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)01000100 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e a l i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0061 006C 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)38716778758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. |
