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Definition: Sparkling |
SparklingAdjective1. Shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes". 2. Marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders". 3. Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water". 4. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term". Noun1. A rapid change in brightness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sparkling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: SparklingSynonyms: aglitter(p) (adj), bubbling (adj), effervescent (adj), fulgid (adj), glinting (adj), glistering (adj), glittering (adj), glittery (adj), scintillant (adj), scintillating (adj), sparkling(a) (adj), sparkly (adj), scintillation (n), twinkle (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: still (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Brilliant, shining; beamy, beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek. |
Bubble | Adjective: bubbling. Verb: frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, up. |
Cheerfulness | Adjective: cheerful; happy; cheery, cheerly; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty, jaunty, canty; hedonic; riant; sprightly, sprightful; spry; spirited, spiritful; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive. |
Excitation | Adjective: excited; Verb: wrought up, up the qui vive, astir, sparkling; in a quiver; in a fever, in a ferment, in a blaze, in a state of excitement; in hysterics; black in the face, overwrought, tense, taught, on a razor's edge; hot, red-hot, flushed, feverish; all of a twitter, in a pucker; with quivering lips, with tears in one's eyes. |
Pleasure | With a joyful face, with sparkling eyes. |
Vigor | Spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing; pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy,spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing; pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical; sententious. |
Wit | Adjective: witty, attic; quick-witted, nimble-witted; smart; jocular, jocose, humorous; facetious, waggish, whimsical; kidding, joking, puckish; playful; merry and wise; pleasant, sprightly, light, spirituel, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato; comic. |
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Crosswords: Sparkling |
| English words defined with "sparkling": Ball vein, bespangle, Brillante, bubbly ♦ champagne, champagne cup, cold duck ♦ Deflagrable, Deflagrate ♦ Emication ♦ glisten, glister, glitter ♦ May wine ♦ noneffervescent ♦ Outsparkle ♦ scintilla, scintillation, sparkle, Sparkling synchysis, spritzer, still ♦ twinkling ♦ Vichy water, Vouvray. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sparkling": Attic Salt ♦ champagne method ♦ dama bianca, Devil ♦ E 290, expedition liqueur ♦ FERMENTER, WINE, Foods and Wines, Fountain ♦ Jamshid' ♦ liqueur d'expédition ♦ MACROBIAN, madama ♦ polver d'oro ♦ Rosaline ♦ sorbitol, Sparkling Heat, sparkling wine in stacks ♦ Teakettle, tinsel yarn, turntable for bottles of sparkling wine. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sparkling": Favillous. (references) |
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Screenplays | The future lay sparkling ahead, and we thought we would know each other forever (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) Sparkling Muscatel (The Muppet Movie; writing credit: Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl) Otherwise it's sparkling white wine (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) Oh how I've missed your sparkling personality (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) Two hours of sparkling entertainment, spread out over a four-hour show (The 51st Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Buz Kohan) | |
Lyrics | Silver moon's sparkling (Kiss Me; performing artist: Sixpence None The Richer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sparkling Cyanide (1983) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The sparkling comedy, Thoroughbred by Ralph Lumley. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Sparkling water" by Nik Frey Commentary: "Fresh sparkling water ..." | "Wash" by Megan Brock Commentary: "Sparkling clean." |
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 | Volt; voltage; electricity; spark; atom; beam; fire; flare; flicker; gleam; glint; glitter; glow; hint; jot; nucleus; ray; scintilla; scintillation; scrap; sparkle; spit; trace; vestige; dangerous; glitter; glint; sparkle; sparkling. | | Effervescent; airy; boiling; bouncy; bubbling; bubbly; carbonated; elastic; expansive; fermenting; fizzy; foaming; foamy; frothing; frothy; resilient; sparkling; volatile; fizzing; fizz. |
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Henry Ward Beecher | Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Again, if he would give his nuts for a piece of metal, pleased with its colour; or exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparkling pebble or a diamond, and keep those by him all his life he invaded not the right of others, he might heap up as much of these durable things as he pleased; the exceeding of the bounds of his just property not lying in the largeness of his possession, but the perishing of any thing uselesly in it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | His lady greeted him with some of her sparkling vivacity |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | She looked four or five years older than Bruno, but she had the same rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes, and the same wealth of curly brown hair |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He comes to the attack, no lost feints, a pliant wrist, sparkling play, a flash, step exact, and ripostes mathematical |
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Economic History | Jamaica | Sparkling wines currently face a 30 percent CET plus an ASD of 34 percent and an SCT of 14.5 percent. (references) |
Jamaica | The United States competes with Chile and France for sparkling wines and with France, Italy and Canada for other wines. (references) | |
Moldova | Grapes are collected from 170 thousand hectares of vineyards, an area broadly the same size as Bordeaux in France, but capable of producing a full range of red, white, and sparkling wines. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | On some sorts of wine (champagne, sparkling wine) rates were lowered. (references) |
Barbados | Examples of excise tax rates are as follows: Sparkling Wine US$1.75 per liter. (references) | |
Moldova | The imports and sales of vodka, liqueurs and other alcoholic drink; grape, fruit and berry wine; sparkling wine; brandy and cognac; tobacco products, coffee, perfumes and furs are allowed by customs and fiscal bodies if they were marked with excise stamps during their production. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Local and imported bottled water, both still and sparkling, is available, as are locally produced wine and beer. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is abundantly supplied with examples, from Methuselah to Old Parr, but some notable instances of longevity are less well known. A Calabrian peasant named Coloni, born in 1753, lived so long that he had what he considered a glimpse of the dawn of universal peace. Scanavius relates that he knew an archbishop who was so old that he could remember a time when he did not deserve hanging. In 1566 a linen draper of Bristol, England, declared that he had lived five hundred years, and that in all that time he had never told a lie. There are instances of longevity (macrobiosis) in our own country. Senator Chauncey Depew is old enough to know better. The editor of The American, a newspaper in New York City, has a memory that goes back to the time when he was a rascal, but not to the fact. The President of the United States was born so long ago that many of the friends of his youth have risen to high political and military preferment without the assistance of personal merit. The verses following were written by a macrobian: When I was young the world was fair And amiable and sunny. A brightness was in all the air, In all the waters, honey. The jokes were fine and funny, The statesmen honest in their views, And in their lives, as well, And when you heard a bit of news 'Twas true enough to tell. Men were not ranting, shouting, reeking, Nor women "generally speaking." The Summer then was long indeed: It lasted one whole season! The sparkling Winter gave no heed When ordered by Unreason To bring the early peas on. Now, where the dickens is the sense In calling that a year Which does no more than just commence Before the end is near? When I was young the year extended From month to month until it ended. I know not why the world has changed To something dark and dreary, And everything is now arranged To make a fellow weary. The Weather Man -- I fear he Has much to do with it, for, sure, The air is not the same: It chokes you when it is impure, When pure it makes you lame. With windows closed you are asthmatic; Open, neuralgic or sciatic. Well, I suppose this new regime Of dun degeneration Seems eviler than it would seem To a better observation, And has for compensation Some blessings in a deep disguise Which mortal sight has failed To pierce, although to angels' eyes They're visible unveiled. If Age is such a boon, good land! He's costumed by a master hand! Venable Strigg |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | A sparkling economy spurs initiatives, sunrise industries, and makes older ones more competitive. |
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| "Sparkling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 63.10% of the time. "Sparkling" is used about 355 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) | 63.1% | 224 | 20,130 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 32.11% | 114 | 30,294 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.66% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.13% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 355 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sparkling": be sparkling clean ♦ pages sparkling with wit ♦ sparkling dust ♦ sparkling synchysis ♦ sparkling water ♦ sparkling wine ♦ sparkling wine in stacks ♦ turntable for bottles of sparkling wine ♦ with sparkling eyes. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "sparkling": metal-sparkling, semi-sparkling, semi-sparkling, sun-sparkling. | |
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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 "sparkling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | xixëllues (starry, twinkling), xixëllim (glitter, scintillation, sparkle, twinkle), i shkëlqyeshëm (de luxe, fulgent, gilded, glistening, grand, luminous, magnificent, Orient, refulgent, resplendent, slick). (various references) | |
Arabic | فائر (ebullient), متلألئ (dazzling, gleamy, glistening, glittering, radiant, shimmering, shining), متألق (aglitter, bright, brilliant, effulgent, glorious, luminescent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, staring), لامع (blazing, bright, brilliant, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glistering, glittering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, outstanding, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shining, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkle, star, staring), رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | газиран (fizzy), блестящ (agleam, bright, brilliant, flaring, fulgent, garish, gay, glistening, imperial, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, oriental, pyrotechnic, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, shining, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, superb, vivid), пенлив (brisk, effervescent, foamy, frothy, lathery, spumous, spumy, yeasty), искрящ (effervescent). (various references) | |
Chinese | 闪耀 (Glistened, Glistening, Sparkled), 皦 (bright). (various references) | |
Czech | zářivý (bright, brilliant, effulgent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent), zářící (fulgent, gleaming, starry), třpytící se, jiskrný (sparkish), jiskřivý, jiskřící, briliantní, šumivý (bubbly, effervescent, fizzy, gassy). (various references) | |
Danish | spumantefabrik (sparkling wine factory), mousserende vine vandret lagret (sparkling wine in stacks), mousserende vin og Hedvin (Aromatic Wines, Committee of the European Economic Communities for the Industry and Trade in Wines, Sparkling Wines and Liqueur), mousserende vin (sparkling wine), mousserende kvalitetsvin (quality sparkling wine), mousserende drik (carbonate, carbonated beverage, effervescing drink, sparkling drink), mousserende cider (sparkling cider), mousserende aeblevin (sparkling cider), mineralvand med brus (sparkling mineral water), drik med brus (carbonate, carbonated beverage, effervescing drink, sparkling drink), Det europaeiske oekonomiske faellesskabs udvalg for industrierne for og handelen med vin (Aromatic Wines, Committee of the European Economic Communities for the Industry and Trade in Wines, Sparkling Wines and Liqueur), carboniseret drik (carbonate, carbonated beverage, effervescing drink, sparkling drink), aromatiseret vin (Aromatic Wines, Committee of the European Economic Communities for the Industry and Trade in Wines, Sparkling Wines and Liqueur). (various references) | |
Dutch | schuimend (effervescent), schuimachtig (effervescent), mousserend (effervescent). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ŝaŭma (effervescent). (various references) | |
Finnish | säkenöivä, kuohuva (bubbling, foaming), kuohuttaa (bubbling, foaming), kuohus (bubbling, foaming). (various references) | |
French | scintillement, pétillant, mousseux, brillant, étincelant, éclatant (sparkle, splendit). (various references) | |
German | funkelnd (blazing, coruscating, gemmy, gleaming, glittering, scintillating). (various references) | |
Greek | σπινθηρισμόσ (sparkle), σπινθηροβόλοσ (scintillating), λάμπων (ablaze, aglow, alight, effulgent, incandescent, lucent, refulgent, shiny, spangly, splendent), αστραφτερός (gleaming, glistening, radiant), αφρώδησ (barmy, foamy, frothy, lathery, souffle, spumous, spumy, surfy, yeasty), αφρώδης (frothy). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוגז (carbonated), מבעבע (bubbly, vesicant, vesicatory), מבריק (brilliant, glossy, glowing, lustrous, shining, shiny, spick and span, vivid, whizz), תוסס (bubbly, effervescent, fermenting, fizzy, sparkle), התנוצצות (gleaming, glittering), רשוף. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szikrázó (a-sparkle, coruscating, starry). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gemilang (bright, brilliant, glittering, overwhelming, shining), bergermelapan (be gleaming). (various references) | |
Italian | spumante (bubbly, champagne, fizz, sparkling wine, up), sfavillante, scintillio (glittering, twinkle, twinkling), scintillante (lambent, scintilating, shimmering, twinkling), effervescente (bubbly, effervescent, fizzy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 喜びに輝く目 (eyes sparkling with joy), スナック麺 (circlip, snack noodle, snake, snake dance, snakeskin, snap, snap ring, snapshot, snatch, sneak in, sneak out, sneak preview, sneaker, snob, snobbism, snooker, snoopy, snorkel, snow, snow boat, snow gun, snow mobile, snow surfing, snow tire, spark, spark plug, sparkling wine, sparring, sparring partner, spatula, sperm bank, spice, spider, spike, spike heel, spiked shoes, spiker, spiky cut, spiral, spurt, spy, studded snow tire). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スパークリングワイン (sparkling wine), よろこびにかがやくめ (eyes sparkling with joy). (various references) | |
Korean | 번쩍임 (flashing). (various references) | |
Manx | loanragh, drillinagh (sparking). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arklingspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | reluzente (polished, sheeny, shining, shiny, spick and span, splendent), espumante (blithering, brisk, fizzy, foamy, gassy, hot-air), cintilante (agleam, brisk, flaring, flashy, lambent, shining, shiny), cintilação (effulgence, flashing, flicker, glint, glisten, glitter, lambency, scintillation, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling), brilhante (ablaze, agleam, bright, brilliant, champion, clear, diamond, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, fulgent, gay, glaring, glowing, lambent, light, lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, lustrous, orient, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendent, starry, top-hole, vivid). (various references) | |
Romanian | spumos (barmy, brisk, foamy, frothy, lathery, scummy, yeasty), scãpãrãtor (gleaming, gleamy, scintillating), scânteietor (brilliant, flash, flashing, glittering, starry), lucitor (bright, expressive, flaming, lustrous, shining), licãrire (blink, glance, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glitter, Ray, shimmer, spark, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) | |
Russian | сверкающий (agleam, fiery, glistening, lambent, splendent), сверкать;искрить искрение искрящийся, шипучий (effervescent, effervesence, fizzy). (various references) | |
Scottish | draillsein (a sparkling light). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | varničav, penušav (barmy, foamy, frothy, nappy, scummy, spumous, spumy), koji varniči, blistav (agleam, fulgent, glaring, glistening, glittering, luminous, resplendent, shining, shiny, splendent). (various references) | |
Spanish | chispeante (coruscating, racy, scintillant, scintillating). (various references) | |
Swedish | pärlande (fizzy). (various references) | |
Turkish | zeki (apt, as fresh as paint, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clear, clever, cute, discerning, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, longheaded, luminous, neat, nifty, nimble-witted, penetrating, penetrative, perceptional, perspicacious, quick of comprehension, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, sapient, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, spiritual, subtile, subtle, understanding), parlayan (aglow, ardent, fiery, lambent, shining), parlama (deflagrate, deflagration, explosion, flare, flare up, flash, glaze, irradiance, shining, sparkle), parlak zekâlı (brilliant), parlak (aglow, ardent, bright, brightly, brilliant, clear, dazzling, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashily, flashy, fulgent, fulgurant, glace, glittering, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, illuminant, incandescent, irradiant, jazzy, lambent, live, lively, loud, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lustrous, meteoric, oriental, polished, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sleek, splendent, splendid, star, staring, starry, sunny, vivid), pırıl pırıl (ablaze, agleam, as fresh as paint, refulgent, shimmery, sleek, very clean), köpüren (boiling, bubling, effervescent, fizzy, foaming), köpüklü (barmy, beady, fizzy, foamy, frothy, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty), akıllı (all there, astute, brainy, clever, cute, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, smart, spiritual, understanding, well advised, wise), ışıl ışıl (ablaze, agleam, alight, ardent, brightly, brilliant, brilliantly, flaring, fresh, fulgurant, glaring, glaringly, glittering, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, sparklingly, starry). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яalpyldawuk (brilliant, shining). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | іскристий (bubbly, effervescent, scintillant, scintillating), ігристий, блискучий (brilliant, coruscating, crackajack, crackerjack, crackling, glossy, incandescent, lambent, luminous, lustrous, nitid, oriental, polished, quicksilver, radiant, resplendent, sensational, shining, showy, signal, splendent, splendid). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lấp lánh (coruscant, scintillating, winking), lóng lánh sủi tăm. (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | micans, micantes, micantis. (various references) |
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Words ending with "sparkling": outsparkling. (additional references) | |
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"Sparkling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Spratling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sparkling" (pronounced spÄ"rkling or spÄ"rkuling) |
| 4 | -k l i ng | buckling, chronicling, chuckling, crackling, duckling, heckling, inkling, pickling, rankling, sprinkling, strickling, suckling, swashbuckling, tackling, trickling, weakling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, 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, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, surveilling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
| 5 | -k u l i ng | bicycling, cackling, circling, cycling, encircling, recycling, tinkling, twinkling, wrinkling. |
| 4 | -u l i ng | ambling, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, bustling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, coddling, commingling, counseling, cradling, crippling, crumbling, dabbling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, dwindling, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fondling, fumbling, funneling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, groveling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, hobbling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, labeling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, meddling, middling, mingling, mislabeling, modeling, mottling, muddling, mumbling, muscling, nibbling, paddling, paneling, parceling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, raveling, redoubling, refueling, remodeling, resembling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, rumbling, saddling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, squabbling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, stumbling, swiveling, tabling, throttling, tingling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, trembling, tripling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, warbling, wiggling, wobbling, wrangling, yodeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, angling, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-k-l-n-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: graplins, parkings, sparking, sparling, springal. | |
-2 letters: graplin, lakings, lapsing, larking, palings, parings, parking, parling, parsing, rasping, sapling, slaking, sparing. | |
-3 letters: algins, aligns, argils, asking, gaskin, glairs, gnarls, grails, grains, kiangs, laking, lapins, lasing, liangs, ligans, lingas, paling, paring, plains, planks, plinks, prangs, pranks, prinks, raking, raping, rasing, signal, spinal, spiral, sprain, sprang, spring. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-k-l-n-p-r-s" | |
+3 letters: outsparkling. | |
+4 letters: sparkplugging. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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