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Definition: Picking |
PickingNoun1. The quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years". 2. The act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "picking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Separation of particles from the surface of paper or board during manufacture or printing as the result of tensile forces acting on the surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Operation performed between mine and mill in which waste rock, wood, detritus, steel (tramp iron), or any specially separated mineral is removed from the run-of-mine ore material by hand sorting. Usually done during transit of material on belt conveyors, preferably after very large lumps and smalls have been screened off and the ore to be picked has been sufficiently washed to display a true surface. Also done on a picking table, a rotating circular disc around which hand sorters stand or sit to remove part of the ore fed radially from a central point. Picking can also be mechanized b. The falling of particles from a mine roof about to collapse. c. Extracting over a prolonged period an undue proportion of the richest ore from a mine, thus lowering the average grade of the remaining ore reserves; "picking the eyes out" of a mine.d. Rough sorting of ore. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | PICKING. Pilfering, petty larceny. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lock picking is the art of unlocking a lock without its intended key. Locksmiths are trained in lock picking. The tools for lock picking are usually different for each type of lock and can sometimes be improvised from common items, such as hair pins or safety pins. Some people enjoy picking locks because it has hack value and doing so is fun to them.Usually it is possible to bypass a lock without picking it. Most common locks can be quickly and easily opened using a drill, bolt cutters, or a hydraulic jack, or the hasp, door, or fixture they are attached to can be cut or broken. A lock that offers high resistance to picking does not necessarily make unauthorized access more difficult, but it will make surreptitious unauthorized access more difficult. Locks are often used in combination with alarms to provide layered security.
Note: the possession of lock-picking implements may be illegal in some jurisdictions. Wikipedia does not give legal advice.
Techniques to pick different types of locks
Pin tumbler locks
Pin tumbler lock: A tension wrench (or torque wrench) is used to apply a torque to the cylinder, while a lock pick (or picklock) is used to push individual pins up until that they are flush with the shear line. As each pin is manipulated to its correct height, the cylinder will turn fractionally causing another pin to bind. The pins will not bind simultaneously because they will not be aligned perfectly with the axis of the cylinder. Once all of the pins are flush with the shear line, the tension wrench can be turned fully to open the lock.
Raking or scrubbing a pin tumbler lock is usually done before individual pins are pushed up. While applying torque with the tension wrench, a lock pick with a wide tip is placed at the back of the lock and quickly slid outwards with upward pressure so all the pins are pushed up. Raking may allow some of the pins to be flush with the shear line and can make the job easier.
Some pin tumbler locks have special pins, with serrations, mushroom heads, or spool shapes, that make lock picking more difficult by causing the pins to bind in locations other than their correct ones.
Another technique, often the fastest, uses a vibration pick or gun, which sharply strikes all the bottom pins simultaneously while light torque is applied; like a cue ball, the energy is transmitted through to the top pins, which fly to the top of their well. This momentarily creates a large space between the two pins.
To defend against these attacks, high-security locks use a sidebar, which engages from another axis and also prevents the lock from turning. Medeco does this by requiring the pins to be rotated to a correct position, as well as moved to their correct height. Other brands put the sidebar cuts in the side of the key.
Pin tumbler locks are sometimes arranged in groups, where each lock in the group can be opened by either a master key, which will open any lock in the group, or a specific change key, which will open only that one lock. This is done by using pins with more than two parts, so that it will shear at more than one position. In poorly supervised areas, those who have access to a door which is unlocked or for which they have a legitimate key can remove the lock from the door and disassemble it to determine the master keying pattern.
Tubular locks
A tubular lock pick is used to keep the pins from moving once they have been picked until all have been picked.
Combination locks
Cheap combination padlocks can be opened using a thin metal piece slid between the body and shackle. More expensive ones require the lock-picker to find the combination to the lock. The exact technique to do can differ and some manufacturers, such as Master Lock, make this process very time-consuming on their latest models.
Warded locks
With a warded pick, warded locks are probably the easiest type of lock to pick. Warded picks have basic shapes that fit many types of warded locks. They are inserted into the key hole and slowly turned until the lock opens.
External Links
- MIT guide to lock-picking by 'Ted the Tool'
- Lock Picking 101 Discussion Forum on and about Lock Picking
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lock picking."
Synonym: PickingSynonym: pick (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm picking out a thermos for you. (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) Probably in a parking lot somewhere picking his nose (PCU; writing credit: Adam Leff; Zak Penn) He would have his hoes out in the field picking his cotton for him, he didn't have to do a goddamn thing (Dead Presidents; writing credit: Allen Hughes; Albert Hughes) When Congress voted to cut airport appropriations, you never even sent in a letter of protest. And where were you when the airlines and the pilots and the rest of us werewere pleading forfor more airports and better traffic control? You were picking out the colors in the ladies' lounge (Airport; writing credit: Arthur Hailey; George Seaton) Space Ghost, I'm picking up four unidentified heat sources on my monitor screen (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin) | |
Lyrics | And I'ts very slowly picking me apart (Lately; performing artist: Jodeci) Picking up every last crumb (Optimistic; performing artist: Radiohead) Got his guitar picking thumb (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash) Is he picking you up after school today ("Leader of the Pack"; performing artist: The Shangri-Las) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Picking on George (1927) Lock Picking (2003) Picking Up Girls (1994) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Two young women can be seen behind some plant leaves. They seem to be picking some berries on a sunny day. These women are members of a larger Mormon family who are being studied for their low rate of cancer deaths. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Various members of a family can be seen in a garden setting picking beans. In the background a farm house and the mountains can be seen. It is a summer day. These people are members of a large Mormon family who are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Picking up pilot and radio operator from recon airplane off Oahu Plane ran out of fuel and landed on water searching for Japanese fleet Picked up by EXPLORER 3 days after Pearl Harbor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The bow of the SURVEYOR - picking its way through the ice. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | The NOAA Ship SURVEYOR picking its way through the ice. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Boat picking its way through an ice berg field. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Picking oysters by hand at low tide. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Commander F. D. Moran flying Bell UH-1H picking up camp site equipment off SURVEYOR. Augustine Volcano in background. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | Picking okra at day break on the Miller farm near Macon, MS. Credit: USDA. |  | Judy M iller picking okra at day break on the Miller farm near Macon, MS. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Kerala Tea Field" by Sam Dhargalkar Commentary: "Workers in a plantation picking tea leaves. Taken in November 2002 in the mountains of Kerala - a southern state in India." | "Vroom2" by Megan Brock Commentary: "I'm not very good at picking out what exactly is useful. But I do think this could of some help." |
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 | Solo mandolin excerpt demonstrating various picking techniques. | | Picking a banjo string. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Joanna Lumley | To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The dog came racing back to where I stood, but found an unexpected difficulty in picking up the things it had come for. |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | We would love to stay and help, shouted Ford, picking his way over the mangled debris, "only we're not going to." |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Cranly, leaning against a pillar, was picking his teeth with a sharpened match, listening to some companions |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They crawled over the ground, laying the track and rolling on it and picking it up. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Yet we should oftener look over the tafferel of our craft, like curious passengers, and not make the voyage like stupid sailors picking oakum |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Neighbors may be able to help by picking up groceries for you when they do their own shopping. (references) | |
Improvements in hygiene for vegetables and fruit picking and packing may prevent shigellosis caused by contaminated produce. (references) | ||
To help prevent tick bites, people entering tick-infested areas should walk in the center of trails to avoid picking up ticks from overhanging grass and brush. (references) | ||
Business | Distribution via e-commerce is slowly picking up for home textiles. (references) | |
The number of in-country flights has been picking up and the train stations that dot the country provide sufficient access to nearly all cities. (references) | ||
Although the overall economy is picking up, the apparel market is rather flat. Wholesalers, importers and retailers do not want to carry much inventory. (references) | ||
Economic History | West Bank | Other local companies are also picking up on this new trend. (references) |
Belgium | However, figures show that industrial output began growing again in 1997. Despite growth picking up again from 1997 through 2000, a slowdown reflecting the reduced rate of forecast growth in the EU and U.S. is expected in 2001 and 2002. (references) | |
Egypt | Vocational training in health technology is rapidly picking momentum by providing medical and technical programs to train medical technicians and assistants. (references) | |
Human Rights | Algeria | On November 14, a bomb set by terrorists near a footpath seriously wounded a woman picking olives. (references) |
Kenya | Police from the arresting location are responsible for serving court summons and for picking up remandees from the prison each time the courts hear their cases. (references) | |
Minorities | Dominican Republic | Police regulations threaten those offering transportation to illegal immigrants with confiscation of their vehicles and have discouraged taxi and bus drivers from picking up dark-skinned persons. (references) |
Trade | New Zealand | New Zealand Customs allows importers a deferred payment plan whereby they can pay within 6-8 weeks of picking up the goods. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mozambique | Employers normally pay children on a piecework basis for such work, which principally involves picking cotton or tea leaves. (references) |
Brazil | The program focused on removing children from work activities considered to be among the most hazardous by the Government, such as charcoal production, sugar cane harvesting, horticulture, brickmaking, mining, trash picking, shoe shining, and street peddling. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with. |
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| "Picking" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.32% of the time. "Picking" is used about 1,902 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) | 98.32% | 1,870 | 4,560 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.95% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.53% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.21% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,902 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "picking" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Picking | Last name | 170 | 45,902 |
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| Country | Name |
| Spain | Grupo Picking Pack SA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "picking": by a cock picking up grains ♦ fruit picking season ♦ picking after the main harvest ♦ picking and stealing ♦ picking boxes ♦ picking out ♦ picking peg ♦ picking season ♦ picking up ♦ pocket picking ♦ seize the first opportunity for picking a quarrel. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "picking": picking-up. | |
Ending with "picking": nit-picking. | |
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| 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 "picking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vjedhje (abduction, burglary, larceny, lift, peculation, pinch, rapine, robbery, steal, stealing, stealth, theft, thievery, trousering), mbledhje (accumulation, addition, assemblage, assembly, clearing, collection, congregation, contraction, convocation, council, erection, furl, gathering, Ingathering, meeting, muster, proceedings, rally, reaping, retraction, round up, session, shrinkage, sitting, squat, summation, turn out). (various references) | |
Arabic | إختيار (chosen, draft, election, option, pick, sampler, selection, volition). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | копаене (dig, excavation, hoe-work), бране на плодове, беритба на плодове, подбиране на думи. (various references) | |
Chinese | 采摘 (Picked, pickings). (various references) | |
Czech | vybírání (collection, levy). (various references) | |
Danish | plukning (lifting, plucking), picking, udbedring af tæpper, skudføring under vævning, samling (collection), optagning (lifting, withdrawal), opsamling (assembling, collection, lifting), oprivning (plucking, ripping, scarification, scarifying), opløftning, hævning (elevation, jacking up, lifting, raising, upheaval, uplift, uplift (of the earth's crust)). (various references) | |
Dutch | plukken (collect, gather, pick, pick up, pluck, tear off), winnen (dig up, earn, excavate, gain, grub, win), verzamelen (collect, gather, pick up), stoppen (block, cease, clog, come to a halt, constipate, fill, fill in, fill up, halt, lay down, mend, patch, patch up, place, plug up, put, put down, stop, stop up), spreiden (lay out, spread, spread out), reinigen (clean, cleanse, make clean, purge), oprapen (get, lay hold of, pick, pick up, pluck, take), ophalen (inhale, lever, lift, meet, pick up, raise, take up), openen (open, open up), inslaan (catch, hit, run across, strike). (various references) | |
Finnish | nukkautuminen (pick, plucking). (various references) | |
French | peluchage, sélection, ramassage (pick up), levage, duitage, cueillette, choix (pick), choisissage, butinage, battage-nappage, battage (piling), arrachage. (various references) | |
German | pflückend (culling), herausgreifend, abpflückend. (various references) | |
Greek | συλλογή (assortment, collection, collection of, compilation, corpus, set). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחיאה (clapping), נקרנות (carping, censoriousness), נקר (pecking). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szedés (at press, harvest, keyboarding, matter, setting, typesetting), megválogatás, kicsipkedés, feltörés (chamber, eruption, forcing, rise, upsurge). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pemungutan (adoption, collection, harvest), pemetikan (gathering). (various references) | |
Italian | strappo (infringement, jerk, lift, pluck, pull, rip, split, sprain, strain, tear, tug, wrench), selezione (choice, cull, screening, selection), scelta (alternative, bet, choice, cull, election, option, pick, selection), rammendatura (darning), raccolta del sale, raccolta (collection, gathering, harvesting, raising, resum, round up, summary), cernita (selection, sorting). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ピストン輸送 (ice axe, period, periodic, PHS portable phone, piccolo, pick, pickoff play, pickup service, pilaf, pile, Pilgrim Fathers, pill, pilling, pipette, piranha, pit, pit stop, pitch, pitcher, pitcher's mound, pitching, pitching machine, pitchout, Pithecanthropus erectus, pivot, pizza, pizzicato, Pulitzer, pure, pure malt, puree, purist, Puritan, pyramid, pyramid selling, pyrine, shuttle, splashing sound, stilt), 採取 (collecting, harvesting), 採取 (collecting, harvesting), 摘取 (plucking up). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ピッキング , さいしゅ (collecting, creditor, harvesting, head priest of the Ise Shrine, master of religious ceremonies, priest), てきしゅ (enemy, plucking up, rival). (various references) | |
Korean | 채집 (pickings). (various references) | |
Manx | speeyney ollan (picking wool), smeyrey (picking berries, stain), smeireeagh (picking berries), pluggey blaaghyn (picking flowers), gaddeeys (larceny, poaching, pocket picking, thieving), crimmey craue (picking a bone). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ickingpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | colheita (crop, harvest home, harvesting, kirn). (various references) | |
Romanian | sãpare (dig, digging, hoeing), resturi (draff, garbage, Grout, jetsam, leavings, litter, odd-come-shorts, odds and ends, offal, parings, refuse, remain, remains, remnants, rubbish, scrap, scraps, tailings, wreck), ciubucuri. (various references) | |
Russian | разборка (decapsulation, dismantling, resolution, stripping, take down, taking apart), выбирать выбор (select, selecting), воровство (larceny, stealing, stealings, theft, thievery), ощипывание. (various references) | |
Scottish | fasgaidh (a picking or cleansing off of vermin. See faisg. fasgnadh). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prebiranje, kopanje (digging), kljucanje, biranje (dialing), berba (harvest). (various references) | |
Spanish | selección (choice, selection). (various references) | |
Swedish | att ta. (various references) | |
Turkish | toplama (addition, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregation, casting-up, catchment, collecting, collection, concentration, congregation, convention, cull, gathering, gleanings, grouping, rallying, roundup, summation), aşırma (crib, passing over, petty larceny, picking and stealing, theft). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сортування (assortment, batching, classification, garble, gradation, separation, sorting, triage), розбирання (demolition, dismantling), злодійкуватий (furtive, light fingered), збирання (aggregation, assemblage, canvass, collection, compilation, cumulation, gathering, levy, plucking). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiền diêm thuốc (pourboire), tiền đãi ngoài, sự móc túi (filching), sự cuốc, sự đào (dig, digging, excavation), đồ thừa hưởng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "picking": pickings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "picking": fingerpicking, handpicking, nitpicking, unpicking. (additional references) | |
Words containing "picking": fingerpickings. (additional references) | |
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"Picking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: packin, piacciono, piccian, Piccin, pickins, pickni, piekins, piking, pitkins, Puccaugg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "picking" (pronounced pi"king) |
| 4 | -i" k i ng | clicking, flicking, kicking, licking, sticking, ticking, tricking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | antismoking, aching, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking, yanking. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-i-k-n-p" | |
-1 letter: piking. | |
-2 letters: icing, piing. | |
-3 letters: gink, king, nick, pick, piki, ping, pink. | |
-4 letters: cig, gin, gip, ick, ink, kin, kip, nip, pic, pig, pin. | |
-5 letters: in, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-i-k-n-p" | |
+1 letter: pickings, pickling, pricking. | |
+2 letters: panicking, pickaxing, picketing, prickings, prickling, unpicking. | |
+3 letters: fingerpick, nitpicking, physicking, pickeering, picnicking. | |
+4 letters: fingerpicks, handpicking, kinescoping, pigsticking, pinpricking, politicking, stockpiling. | |
+5 letters: fingerpicked, mispackaging, pickabacking, piggybacking, pitchforking, placekicking, shipwrecking. | |
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