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Definition: Footing |
FootingNoun1. Status with respect to the relations between people or groups: "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing". 2. A relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing" or "he worked on an interim basis". 3. A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "footing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building | Concrete base on which a foundation sits. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | A wide layer of load-bearing material laid at the bottom of a wall or column so as to distribute its pressure more widely over the foundation. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The lower portion of a foundation which is wider than the foundation itself in order that the load of the building be distributed to a larger surface than that of the building itself. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | The starting point of a weave. This is seen in illustration A and B which are said to be plain weaves'on opposite tab'. Tab is probably derived from, 'tabby', especially when used in relation to plain weave. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Footing He is on good footing with the world. He stands well with the world. This is a French phrase, Être sur un grand pied dans le monde. "Grand pied" means "large foot," and the allusion is to the time of Henry VIII., when the rank of a man was designated by the size of his shoe - the higher the rank the larger the shoe. The proverb would be more correctly rendered, "He has a large foot in society." To pay your footing. To give money for drink when you first enter on a trade. Entry money for being allowed to put your foot in the premises occupied by fellow-craftsmen. This word is called foot-ale by ancient writers. (See Garnish.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. A relatively shallow foundation by which concentrated loads of a structure are distributed directly to the supporting soil or rock through an enlargement of the base of a column or wall. Its ratio of base width to depth of foundation commonly exceeds unity. CF:pier b. The characteristics of the material directly beneath the base of a drill tripod, a derrick, or mast uprights. Also, the material placed undersuch members to produce a firm base on which they may be set. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FootingSynonyms: basis (n), foothold (n), ground (n), terms (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Base | Noun: base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, mopboard; bedrock, hardpan; foundation; (support); substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck; footing, ground work, basis; hold, bilge. |
Circumstance | Noun: circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status. |
Expenditure | Payment; pay; (remuneration); bribe; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation;. |
Situation | Noun: situation, position, locality, locale, status, footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose. |
Term | Noun: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Footing |
| English words defined with "footing": Balance sheet ♦ familiar, Free school ♦ Gliddery ♦ intimate ♦ precarious ♦ Scarcement ♦ Trode. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "footing": Adfiliate, Adfiliation, Antelope, ANTENNA INSTALLER, SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ♦ BELL REAMER ♦ dry mining ♦ FOUNDATION-DRILL OPERATOR ♦ Hold Hard ♦ Knights of the Thistle ♦ POURED-CONCRETE-WALL TECHNICIAN, pretest ♦ SIZAR, SWIMMING POOL INSTALLER-AND-SERVICER, symmetric sampling. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Footing" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (forage), Spanish (jog, jogging, running). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Drag-net fishing in the Neuse River, North Carolina; "Footing up the net" Drawing by H. W. Elliott. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | On an equal footing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | All aerodromes in Germany open to national public traffic shall be open for the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers, and in any such aerodrome such aircraft shall be treated on a footing of equality with German aircraft as regards charges of every description, including charges for landing and accommodation. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But I fear Medicine stands on a different footing. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The bottom of the gulch leveled off, and the footing was sand |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As of July - August 2000, the legislation allowed foreign companies to operate in the Ukrainian telecom market on an equal footing with Ukrainian companies. (references) | |
The exchange of data among firms, customers and suppliers represents a $7 billion market in France, which places France on an equal footing with its European neighbors. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Russia | For example, of particular concern, were the clauses calling for an "increase in propaganda activity to counter the negative effects of the dissemination of misinformation about the internal policies of the Russian state"; and "clarification of the status of foreign journalists and media outlets" working in the country, in order to "place them on an equal footing with the domestic media." The concentration of ownership of major media organizations--already a serious threat to editorial independence in 1999--increased during the year. (references) |
Economic History | Slovenia | On the whole, no conflicts mar relations with neighbors, which are on a sound footing. (references) |
Croatia | For large purchases, foreign competitors compete on an equal footing with local firms. (references) | |
Political Economy | BAHRAIN | U.S. products and services compete on an equal footing with those of other non-GCC foreign suppliers. (references) |
JAPAN | This time-consuming, two-step process is required to put them on equal footing with their Japanese counterparts. (references) | |
FINLAND | Foreign-owned companies are eligible for government incentives on an equal footing with Finnish-owned companies. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | But the papers which will be delivered to you disclose the critical footing on which we stand in regard to both those tribes, and it is with Congress to pronounce what shall be done. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Peace and intercourse with the other powers on the same coast continue on the footing on which they are established by treaty. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | With Great Britain our commercial intercourse rests on the same footing that it did at the last session. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Croix is placed on a more liberal footing than heretofore. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Footing" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.40% of the time. "Footing" is used about 349 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 91.4% | 319 | 16,154 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 8.6% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Total | 100.00% | 349 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "footing": be on a footing of equality wit ♦ be on equal footing with ♦ column footing ♦ Footing beam ♦ Footing course ♦ footing up ♦ get a firm footing ♦ get a footing in society ♦ keep footing ♦ keep one's footing ♦ loose one's footing ♦ mat footing ♦ miss one's footing ♦ on a footing with ♦ on a friendly footing ♦ on an equal footing ♦ peace footing ♦ put smb. on an equal footing with smb. ♦ regain one's footing ♦ To pay one's footing ♦ war footing. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "footing": hot-footing, wrong-footing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "footing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | themel (base, bedrock, foundation, foundations, groundwork, juice, quiddity, radical, reason, substratum, substructure), qëndrim (attitude, bearing, carriage, concernment, continuance, deportment, halt, indwelling, mien, notch, poise, port, pose, posture, stand, stay, stop, waiting), pozitë (beachhead, capacity, notch, position, ranking, side, site, stance, standing, status), pozicion i këmbëve, pikëmbështetje (foothold, fulcrum, hold), marrëdhënie miqësore (dealing), ecje (gait, going, motion, movement, pace, run, step, tread, walk, walking). (various references) | |
Arabic | منزلة وطيدة, موطئ قدم (foothold, toehold), موضع قدم, متوازن (balanced, equiponderant, stable), مشي, قدم المساواة, خطو (foot), أساس (armature, base, basis, bottom, crux, foundation, fundament, ground, grounding, grounds, pedestal, roadbed, rock, structure, subsoil, substratum, substructure), رسوخ القدمين. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стъпване, солидно положение, основа (accidence, alkali, base, basis, bed, foot, foundation, fundamental, grounding, groundwork, joint, lye, pedestal, radix, seat, seating, sole, staff, stem, substratum, substructure, theme, underpinning, warp, warp and woof), положение (aspect, capacity, circumstance, fettle, juncture, lay, place, placement, plight, point, position, posture, provision, set, set up, siege, situation, standing, state, train, way). (various references) | |
Chinese | 立足处 (foothold). (various references) | |
Czech | opora (anchor, backbone, bulwark, buttress, foothold, footling, pillar, prop, staff). (various references) | |
Danish | fundamentsplade (concrete slab foundations), udgangspunkt i en bindingspatron (tab), sokkel (base, cap, lamp cap, pedestal, plinth, skirting, toeboard). (various references) | |
Dutch | funderingsplaat, voetingmuur, voeting, uitgangspunt van bindingspatroon (tab), onderlegplaat. (various references) | |
Finnish | perustus (base, basis, foundation, groundwork), jalansija (foothold). (various references) | |
French | semelle (footer, footlid), prise de pied (foothold), position, garde d'équilibre, empattement talute, base (foundation). (various references) | |
German | fundament (base, element, foundation, grounding, groundwork, seating), sockel (base, foundation, holder, Mount, mounting, pedestal, pedestals, pillar, plinth, socket, socle, supporting base). (various references) | |
Greek | βάση (base, basis, bed, foot, foothold, ground, groundwork, mounting, pedestal). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "ריסת ר'ל (access, right of admission, toehold). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lábazat (feet, foot, leg, plinth), viszonyok (actualities, conjuncture), talpalatnyi hely (foothold, toehold), lábtartás, körülmények (circs, circumstances, conditions), belépés (access, admission, affiliation, coming-in, entrée, entrance, entry, incoming, ingoing), alapzat (base, bed, bottom, fundament, pedestal, plinth), alap (base, basis, bedrock, bottom, cause, chief, claim, foundation, foundations, fund, grounding, groundwork, main, Patten, principle, substrate, substructure), állapot (clean bill of health, condition, congelation, estate, fettle, kilter, morbidity, nick, plight, posture, repair, stage, state, status, trim). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tumpu (foothold, springboard). (various references) | |
Italian | soletta di fondazione, punto d'appoggio (foothold), posizione (arrangement, attitude, bearing, bearings, emplacement, function, job, layout, lead, level, lie, location, place, position, posture, ranking, setting, situation, stall, stand, standing, state, surroundings), condizioni (circumstances, environment, situation, terms), base (base, basic, basis, foot, foundation, ground, groundwork, plinth, scaffolding, standard, station, stock), basamento (base, basement), appoggio (abutment, advocacy, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, countenance, endorsement, indorsation, indorsement, prop, purchase, rest, support). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 足 (foothold, scaffold). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あしば (foothold, scaffold). (various references) | |
Korean | 발 밑. (various references) | |
Manx | undin (base, basis, footings, foundation, rock bottom). (various references) | |
Norwegian | fotfeste (foothold). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ootingfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fundamento (base, basement, bedrock, foundation, fundament, ground, grounding, groundwork, hornbook, pedestal, warrant, warranty), fundação (establishment, foundry, institution), situação segura, posição (billet, circumstances, condition, contradictory, design, diagram, emplacement, flag-station, level, lie, plan, plane, plant, ranking, see, set, situation, stance, station, status), ponto inicial de um debuxo (tab), condição (circumstances, clause, coefficient, condition, fig, kilter, kind, order, plight, posture, proviso, state, status, stipulation, terms), colocação dos pés, apoio para o pé (foothold, footrest). (various references) | |
Romanian | fixarea picioarelor într-un loc, sprijin pentru picioare, soclu (base, bed, bottom, dado, pedestal, socle, truss), situaţie (account, berth, billet, case, condition, eminence, location, position, posture, report, setting, site, situation, state), poziţie sigurã, grosimea bazei unui zid, calculare a totalului, bazã (alkali, base, bases, basis, bottom, foundation, foundation stone, ground, groundwork, measured mile, root, sole, support). (various references) | |
Russian | фундамент (base, basement, bed, bedding, bottom, foundation, groundwork, sole, substruction, substructure), взаимоотношения (mutual relations, rapport), опора;постинформация, опора для ноги (foothold), опора (anchorage, bearing, bracket, crutch, handhold, mainstay, prop, pylon, reliance, rock, seat, shore, staff, steadies, support, supporter, thrust), положение (condition, degree, fettle, lie, location, position, posture, site, situs, standing, state). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | položaj nogu, osnova (base, basis, bottom, foundation, grassroots, ground, plane, radix, stem, substruction, warp). (various references) | |
Spanish | fundamento (base, basing, basis, bedrock, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork). (various references) | |
Swedish | fundament (base, bed, foundation, fundation, pediment), fotfäste (foothold, toehold). (various references) | |
Turkish | yer (earth, geo-, Glebe, ground, ground-, locale, locality, location, locus, mother earth, pew, place, position, post, premises, quarter, room, seat, site, situation, situs, slot, space, spot, stand, standing, station, stead, terrain, terraneous, ubiety, where, whereabouts), tutunma noktası (foothold), temel (abecederian, back drop, backbone, basal, base, basic, basis, bed, bottom, bread and butter, constitutive, corner stone, elemental, elementary, fortification, foundation, fundament, fundamental, grass roots, ground, ground form, groundwork, guiding, hard pan, keystone, parent, pedestal, primary, principal, root, rudimental, rudimentary, socle, staple, substratum, substructure, underlying, working), esas (authentic, basal, base, basic, basis, beginnings, broad, central, constitutive, corner stone, element, elemental, essence, extract, fortification, foundation, fundamental, guiding, heartbeat, intrinsic, main, master, nub, parent, pith, pith and marrow, pivotal, postulate, principal, principle, quiddity, radical, staple, substance, sum, the merits, the nub, ultimate, underlying), durum (attitude, ball game, case, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, position, posture, repair, score, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, stand, state, state of affairs, status, trim, way), ayak basacak sağlam yer (foothold). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фундамент (base, basement, basis, bedding, bottom, foundation, ground, groundwork, substruction, substructure), вза"мовідносини, опора (anchorage, anchorage-ground, backing, bearer, buttress, cradle, crutch, holdfast, pillar, reliance, stay, steady, stilt, stock, support, tower), міцне становище (foothold). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vị trí chắc chắn (foothold), sự khâu b n chân cho bít tất, chân cột, chỗ để chân (foothold), cơ sở chắc chắn cơ sở quan hệ, bệ sự thay b n chân cho bít tất. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "footing": footings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "footing": flatfooting, hotfooting, outfooting, pussyfooting. (additional references) | |
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"Footing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fiiting, flooting, floting, foing, Fontin, fooding, foonting, footen, Fotini, fotting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "footing" (pronounced fuh"ting) |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-n-o-o-t" | |
-2 letters: gonif, gonof, ingot, tigon. | |
-3 letters: fino, foin, font, foot, gift, goof, goon, info, into, onto, ting, tong, toon. | |
-4 letters: fig, fin, fit, fog, fon, gin, git, goo, got, ion, nit, nog, noo, not, oft, oot, tin, tog, ton, too. | |
-5 letters: go, if, in, it, no, of, on, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: footings, footling. | |
+2 letters: outfoxing. | |
+3 letters: comforting, festooning, footnoting, hotfooting, outflowing, outfooling, outfooting. | |
+4 letters: confronting, flatfooting, forthcoming, foxtrotting, freebooting, outfrowning, postforming. | |
+5 letters: comfortingly, footfaulting, footslogging, foretokening, mothproofing, pussyfooting, rustproofing. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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