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Definitions: Tasting |
TastingNoun1. A small amount (especially of food or wine). 2. A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting". 3. Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tasting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | Operation which involves perceiving, analysing and judging the organoleptic attributes of a product, particularly the olfactory, gustatory, tactile and kinaesthetic attributes of a food product. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Determining the quality and characteristics of wine by means of the organs of taste and smell. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TastingSynonyms: degustation (n), relishing (n), savoring (n), savouring (n), taste (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pleasure | A wilderness of sweets; "I wish you all the joy that you can wish"; jour de ma vie; "joy ruled the day and love the night"; "joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt"; "oh happiness, our being's end and aim!"; "there is a pleasure that is born of pain"; "throned on highest bliss"; vedi Napoli e poi muori; zwischen Freud und Leid ist die Brucke nicht weit. |
Taste | Tasting; degustation, gustation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tasting |
| English words defined with "tasting": acetose, acetous, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, alliaceous, Araucaria bidwillii, arginine ♦ bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree ♦ ceremony, chalybeate, citrange ♦ Delibation, durian ♦ finish, fruity ♦ garlicky ♦ kai apple ♦ lemonlike, lemony ♦ moldiness, mustiness ♦ Pregustant, Pregustation, Prelibation ♦ smoky, sourish ♦ tangy, tart, Tea taster ♦ vinegary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tasting": Beautiful, Beautifully ♦ Fustian Words ♦ Gooseberries ♦ pearl wine., perl wine, petillant wine ♦ QUALITY-CONTROL TECHNICIAN ♦ Stone Soup ♦ Water Tasting like Wine. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tasting": Pregustation. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm dating a guy with the funkiest tasting spunk. (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tasting Reality (1999) The Tasting (1991) | |
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 | Co-owner of Charleston Tea Plantation in SC., prepares teas leaves for tasting.Credit: USDA. |  | Tasting.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Friedrich Nietzsche | All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting. |
Henry Fielding | Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity. |
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Health | A white, odorless, bitter tasting crystalline powder that can be easily dissolved in water or alcohol. (references) | |
Or a person may detect a foul odor or taste from a substance that is normally pleasant smelling or tasting. (references) | ||
The complicated processes of smelling and tasting begin when tiny molecules released by the substances around us stimulate special cells in the nose, mouth, or throat. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tasting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 81.21% of the time. "Tasting" is used about 149 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) | 81.21% | 121 | 29,211 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.09% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.68% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.34% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 149 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tasting": tasting glass ♦ wine tasting. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "tasting": bitter-tasting, foul-tasting, fresh-tasting, great-tasting, rich-tasting, sweet-tasting, wine-tasting. | |
| 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 |
wine tasting | 367 |
tasting temecula wine | 56 |
cum tasting | 42 |
tasting | 39 |
california wine tasting | 23 |
napa wine tasting | 22 |
napa valley wine tasting | 20 |
beverage institute tasting | 18 |
american institute tasting | 15 |
beer tasting | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tasting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | provë (assay, audition, averment, demonstration, evidence, experiment, fact, fitting, flier, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, taste, test, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness), digustim. (various references) | |
Arabic | حلو المذاق (savor, savour), تذوق (reload, savor, savour, taste). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вкусване, опитване (bid, sampling, try), дегустиране (sampling). (various references) | |
Chinese | "尝 (Tasted). (various references) | |
Czech | ochutnávání, degustace (gustation), chutnající, chutnání. (various references) | |
Danish | vinsmagning, smagning. (various references) | |
Dutch | proeven van wijn, proeven (gustation, mouthwash, taste, to mouthwash). (various references) | |
Finnish | tasting, viinipruuvi, viinin maistelu, viinin arvostelu, maistaminen. (various references) | |
French | dégustation. (various references) | |
German | schmeckend (smacking). (various references) | |
Greek | πρόγευση (foretaste), δοκιμή (essay, fitting, noviciate, proof, rehearsal, test, testing, trial, try, try out, tryout), δοκιμασία (burn in, burn-in, crucible, ordeal, probation, proof, stress, trial, tribulation, tryingness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל'ימ" (dram, draught, nip, nourishment, sip, sipping, swallow, taste), טעימ" (taste). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ízlelés (gustation, sense of taste, taste). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cicipan (sample for tasting). (various references) | |
Italian | degustazione, assaggio (sample, taste). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 味見 (sampling). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あじみ (sampling). (various references) | |
Manx | am- (bad tasting). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astingtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | prova (attestation, competition, confirmation, evidence, examination, experiment, fitting, investigation, proof, rehearsal, sense of taste, sensory analysis, sensory evaluation, sensory test, shew, shibboleth, show, sign, slip, taste, taste panel, taste test, test, testimony, testing, token, trace, trial, try, try out, voucher, warrant), desgustação. (various references) | |
Romanian | gustare (collation, gustation, lunch, refection, refreshment, relish, snack, tuck in). (various references) | |
Russian | кусочек (bit, cantlet, morsel, nub, nubble, wad), проба (analysis, assay, audition, essay, plate-mark, prill, probe, proof, purity, reaction, sample, sampling, specimen, standard, test, try out, tryout, try-out). (various references) | |
Scottish | blasad (a taste). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gustiranje. (various references) | |
Spanish | saboreo, gustando, degustación, cata. (various references) | |
Swedish | vinprovning (wine tasting). (various references) | |
Turkish | tatma (degustation, gustation, gustatory). (various references) | |
Ukranian | ковток (draught, drink, gulp, mouthful, potation, pull, sip, swallow), випробування (approof, assay, check out, examination, novitiate, probation, proof, sampling, test, testing, trial, try), проба (alloy, analysis, approof, audition, countersign, hallmark, novitiate, plate-mark, proof, proving, taste, try out). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gustu, gustus, gustusque. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 2, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | WV de egeusato o arcitriklinoV to udwr oinon gegenhmenon kai ouk hdei poqen estin oi de diakonoi hdeisan oi hntlhkoteV to udwr fwnei ton numfion o arcitriklinoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut autem gustavit architriclinus aquam vinum factam et non sciebat unde esset ministri autem sciebant qui haurierant aquam vocat sponsum architriclinus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða se drihte ealder þæs wines on-byrgde.þe of þam wætere ge-worðanwæs; he nyste hwanen hyt com. þa þenassoðlice wisten þe þæt water hloden. Sedrihte ealdor clipende (sic) þanne bridgumen |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne the architriclyn hadde tastid the watir maad wiyn, and wiste not wherof it was, but the mynystris wisten that drowen the watir, the architriclyn clepith the spouse, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned vnto wyne and knewe not whence it was (but the ministres which drue the water knew). He called the brydegrome |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was; (but the servants who drew the water knew) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man, |
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| Language | John Chapter 2, Verse 9 |
| Bulgarian | 'секи човек слага първо доброто вино, и по-долното след като се понапият; ти си задържал доброто вино до сега. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa natilawan sa punoan sa kombira ang tubig nga nahimo nang bino, ug kay wala man siya masayud diin kini gikan (bisan tuod nasayud niini ang mga sulogoon nga nanagkabo sa tubig), ang punoan sa kombira mitawag sa bana |
| Chinese | 管 筵 席 的 嘗 了 那 水 變 的 ' 、 並 不 知 " 是 那 裡 來 的 、 只 有 舀 水 的 " 人 知 " ． 管 筵 席 的 便 叫 新 郎 來 、 |
| Croatian | Kad okusi vodu što posta vinom, a nije znao odakle je - znale su sluge koje zagrabiše vodu - ravnatelj stola pozove zaruènika |
| Danish | Men da Køgemesteren smagte Vandet, som var blevet Vin, og ikke vidste, hvorfra det kom (men Tjenerne, som havde øst Vandet, vidste det), kalder Køgemesteren på Brudgommen og siger til ham: |
| Dutch | Als nu de hofmeester het water, dat wijn geworden was, geproefd had (en hij wist niet, van waar de wijn was; maar de dienaren, die het water geschept hadden, wisten het), zo riep de hofmeester den bruidegom. |
| Finnish | Mutta kun edeskäypä maistoi vettä, joka oli muuttunut viiniksi, eikä tiennyt, mistä se oli tullut - mutta palvelijat, jotka veden olivat ammentaneet, tiesivät sen - kutsui edeskäypä yljän |
| French | Quand l`ordonnateur du repas eut goûté l`eau changée en vin, -ne sachant d`où venait ce vin, tandis que les serviteurs, qui avaient puisé l`eau, le savaient bien, -il appela l`époux, |
| German | Als aber der Speisemeister kostete den Wein, der Wasser gewesen war, und wußte nicht, woher er kam (die Diener aber wußten's, die das Wasser geschöpft hatten), ruft der Speisemeister den Bräutigam |
| Haitian Creole | Chèf kanbiz la goute dlo ki te tounen diven an. Li pa t' konnen ki bò diven sa a te soti. (Men, domestik yo ki te pran dlo a te konnen.) Li rele nonm ki t'ap marye a, |
| Hungarian | A mint pedig megízlelé a násznagy a borrá lett vizet, és nem tudja vala, honnét van, (de a szolgák tudták, a kik a vizet merítik vala), szólítá a násznagy a võlegényt, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan ia mencicipi air yang sudah berubah menjadi anggur. (Ia tidak tahu dari mana anggur itu, hanya pelayan-pelayan yang menuang air itu saja yang tahu.) Maka pemimpin pesta itu mendekati pengantin laki-laki, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah dikecap oleh kepala perjamuan akan air yang sudah jadi anggur itu (tiada diketahuinya, dari mana datangnya, tetapi ketahuanlah pada segala pelayan, yang mencedokkan air itu), maka kepala perjamuan itu pun memanggil mempelai laki-laki, |
| Italian | E come ebbe assaggiato l'acqua diventata vino, il maestro di tavola, che non sapeva di dove venisse (ma lo sapevano i servi che avevano attinto l'acqua), chiamò lo sposo |
| Korean | 연 회 장 은 물 로 된 포 도 주 를 맛 보 어 "" 서 났 " 지 알 지 못 하 되 물 온 하 인 " 은 알 " 라 연 회 장 이 랑 을 불 러 |
| Latvian | Bet, kad galdzinis nogarðoja ûdeni, tas bija pârvçrsts vînâ. Nezinâdams, no kurienes tas (kamçr apkalpotâji, kas smçla ûdeni, to zinâja), galdzinis aicinâja lîgavaini. |
| Maori | A, no ka whakamatau te rangatira o te hakari i te wai i whakawainatia, a kihai i mohio no hea ranei; ko nga pononga ia i utuhia ai te wai i mohio; ka karanga te rangatira o te hakari ki te tane marena hou, |
| Modern Greek | Καθως δε ο αρχιτρικλινος εγευθη το υδωρ εις οινον μεταβεβλημενον και δεν ηξευρε ποθεν ειναι, οι υπηρεται ομως ηξευρον οι αντλησαντες το υδωρ φωναζει τον νυμφιον ο αρχιτρικλινος |
| Norwegian | Men da kjøkemesteren smakte vannet som var blitt til vin, og ikke visste hvor den kom fra - men tjenerne som hadde øst vannet, de visste det - da kalte kjøkemesteren på brudgommen og sa til ham: |
| Portuguese | Quando o mestre-sala provou a água tornada em vinho, não sabendo donde era, se bem que o sabiam os serventes que tinham tirado a água, chamou o mestre-sala ao noivo |
| Rumanian | Nunul, dupqce a gustat apa fqcutq vin, -el nu wtia de unde vine vinul acesta (slugile knsq, cari scoseserq apa, wtiau), -a chemat pe mire, |
| Shuar | Jista chicharusha nu umutai ajasun Nekáprámiayi. Yaraatainmaya yumi jusamun nekaachmai niisha tura umutai ajamau jusaru ásar nékarmai. Jista chicharusha nuwatun untsuk |
| Spanish | y cuando el encargado del banquete probó el agua ya hecha vino, y no sabía de dónde venía (aunque los sirvientes que habían sacado el agua sí lo sabían), llamó al novio |
| Swahili | Mkuu wa karamu alipoonja hayo maji, kumbe yalikuwa yamegeuka kuwa divai. Yeye hakujua ilikotoka, (lakini wale watumishi waliochota maji walijua). Mkuu wa karamu akamwita bwana arusi, |
| Swedish | Och övertjänaren smakade på vattnet, som nu hade blivit vin; och han visste icke varifrån det hade kommit, vilket däremot tjänarna visste, de som hade öst upp vattnet. Då kallade övertjänaren på brudgummen. |
| Thai | เมื่อเจ้า าพชิมน้ำที่กลายเป็นน้ำองุ่นแล้ว และไม่รู้ว่ามาจากไหน (แต่คนใช้ที่ตักน้ำนั้นรู้) เจ้า าพจึงเรียกเจ้าบ่าวมา |
| Ukrainian | Як весільний же староста скуштував воду, що сталась вином, а він не знав, звідки воно, знали ж слуги, що води наливали, то староста кличе тоді молодого |
| Uma | Topohawa' toei mpemita ue to rakeni-ki. Bela-pi ue nonto, mobali' -mi mewali ue anggur. Aga uma-hawo na'incai kangkaiapa-na, muntu' topobago-wadi to mpo'inca. Ka'oti-na mpemita ue anggur toe, mekio' -i mpokio' topemua', |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "tasting": distasting, foretasting, pretasting, retasting. (additional references) | |
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"Tasting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Astengo, asting, Kasting, tarting, tasteing, tatin, tating, Tausinga, tauting, tesing, testen, testin, testinj, testting, tsting, tysetting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tasting" (pronounced tā"sting) |
| 5 | -ā" s t i ng | Hasting, lambasting, pasting, wasting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, hoisting, hosting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, persisting, posting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, roasting, rusting, suggesting, testing, thrusting, toasting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, 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, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, 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, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, 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, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: stating. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-n-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: gainst, giants, sating, taints, tanist, titans. | |
-2 letters: agist, angst, antis, gains, gaits, giant, gnats, saint, satin, staig, stain, stang, sting, stint, tains, taint, tangs, tings, tints, titan. | |
-3 letters: agin, ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, gain, gait, gast, gats, gins, gist, gits, gnat, nags, nits, sain, sang, sati, sign, sing, snag, snit, stag, stat, tags, tain, tang, tans, tats, ting, tins, tint, tits. | |
-4 letters: ain, ais, ait, ani, ant, att, gan, gas, gat, gin, git, ins, its, nag, nit, sag, sat, sin, sit, tag, tan, tas, tat, tin, tis, tit. | |
-5 letters: ag, ai, an, as, at, in, is, it, na, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-n-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: battings, estating, mattings, scatting, slatting, spatting, starting, swatting, tangiest, tattings, toasting. | |
+2 letters: attesting, gestating, gestation, gnathites, gnattiest, gustation, instating, instigate, litigants, rattlings, restating, retasting, satiating, situating, slattings, splatting, squatting, startling, striating, tangliest, twangiest, unstating. | |
+3 letters: agitations, anastigmat, antagonist, argentites, astricting, astringent, bassetting, castrating, distasting, estimating, estivating, estreating, gestations, gustations, guttations, hesitating, instigated, instigates, instigator, integrates, interstage, intrigants, lustrating, magnetites, misstating, naughtiest, negativist, negotiants, negotiates, nightstand, nostalgist, outfasting, outlasting, outskating, outstaring, outstating, outstaying, outtasking, outwasting, postdating, postmating, pretasting, registrant, restarting, sanitating, saturating, scattering, shattering, smattering, spattering, spectating, sprattling, stagnating, stagnation, stationing, straighten, stringhalt, tetanising, totalising, transiting, upstarting, wadsetting. | |
+4 letters: abstracting, abstricting, aestivating, alightments, anastigmats, antagonists, anthologist, astringents, babysitting, castigating, castigation, coattesting, cogitations, contrasting, degustation, devastating, distracting, festinating, foretasting, frustrating, fungistatic, fustigating, fustigation, geobotanist, gestational, gesticulant, heartstring, ingratiates, instigating, instigation, instigative, instigators, integrators, intergrafts, intriguants, investigate, latchstring, litigations, masticating, misstarting, mistreating, mitigations, negativists, negotiators, nightstands, nostalgists, outboasting, outfeasting, outsmarting, outstanding, outstarting, overstating, pacesetting, patternings, postulating, prostrating, protagonist, registrants, reinstating, rusticating, scatterings, smatterings, spaghettini, splattering, squattering, stagflation, stagnations, stalemating, startlingly, stimulating, stipulating, stocktaking, straightens, straighting, straitening, stratifying, stringhalts, subtotaling, subtracting, syntagmatic, tantalising, tapestrying, telecasting, tobogganist, transacting, transecting, translating, transmuting, trapnesting, travestying, typecasting, unstartling, vegetations. | |
+5 letters: agglutinates, airtightness, anastigmatic, antagonistic, anthologists, antiestrogen, antihuntings, apostatising, apostatizing, astringently, auscultating, bespattering, castigations, constipating, degustations, disintegrate, dissertating, earsplitting, fustigations, gastightness, gastronomist, gastrulating, gastrulation, geobotanists, glutathiones, gratulations, gravitations, haircuttings, heartstrings, hesitatingly, illustrating, ingratitudes, ingurgitates, instigations, integrations, interrogates, intransigent, investigated, investigates, investigator, kickstarting, latchstrings, masturbating, menstruating, multitasking, negativistic, negativities, negotiations, nematologist, nonstrategic, photostating, protagonists, reestimating, registration, reintegrates, renegotiates, scatteringly, segmentation, shatteringly, snapshotting, spaghettinis, stagflations, stigmatizing, stocktakings, straightened, straightener, straightness, strategizing, stridulating, stringhalted, subtotalling, tessellating, tobogganists, transfecting, transmigrate, transmitting, transporting, trapshooting, traumatising, triangulates, understating, unhesitating, vinaigrettes, wainscotting, witenagemots, withstanding. | |
| 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)54 61 73 74 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)01010100 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a s t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0073 0074 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)54678586758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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