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Definition: Tenting |
TentingNoun1. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tenting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | A printed board fabrication method of covering over plated through holes and the surrounding conductive pattern with a resist, usually dry film. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A closely woven, plain-weave cloth, usually made from cotton or linen yarns, similar to canvas. The terms canvas and duck have become almost generic and are usually, qualified by terms that indicate the use of the cloth, e. g. Royal Navy canvas, artist's canvas, duck suiting, belting duck. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TentingSynonyms: bivouacking (n), camping (n), encampment (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Tenting in the Adirondacks.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tenting | 24 |
tenting termite | 16 |
house tenting | 4 |
tipi tenting | 3 |
tenting window | 3 |
in maine tenting | 3 |
maine tenting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tenting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | tentingteknik, sejldug (canvas, cotton duck, duck, tent fabric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tenting-techniek, zeildoek (canvas, cotton duck, duck, oilcloth, tent fabric), bedekken (blinding, cover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | reiän peittäminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | toile lourde (tent fabric), toile tente (tent fabric), tissu pour bâches (tent fabric), obturation des trous avec une épargne photosensible solide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Tenting-Technik, Kanevas (canevas, canvas, duck, loosely woven backing, scrim, tent fabric), Canevas (canevas, canvas, duck, loosely woven backing, scrim, tent fabric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | τεχνική tenting. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "א"ל" (covering with tents, sheltering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tela olona (canvas, cotton duck, duck, Duck Flax, tent fabric), tecnica tenting. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entingtay método de la carpa. (various references) maskning (colour masking, go-slow, go-slow strike, mask, masking, masking process, Mike, slowdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "tenting": contenting, discontenting, patenting. (additional references) | |
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"Tenting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: teating, tenain, tenten, tention, Tientsins, tintin, tintings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tenting" (pronounced te"nting) |
| 5 | -e" n t i ng | cementing, circumventing, consenting, denting, dissenting, fermenting, inventing, lamenting, misrepresenting, presenting, preventing, reinventing, relenting, renting, representing, resenting, unrelenting, venting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | accenting, accounting, amounting, appointing, augmenting, blunting, bunting, chanting, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, counting, daunting, decanting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, documenting, enchanting, experimenting, fainting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, glinting, granting, grunting, haunting, hinting, hunting, implanting, implementing, imprinting, minting, mounting, painting, panting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, planting, pointing, printing, ranting, recanting, recounting, repainting, replanting, reprinting, shunting, slanting, sprinting, squinting, supplanting, supplementing, surmounting, tainting, taunting, tormenting, transplanting, unstinting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: netting. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-n-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: intent. | |
-2 letters: tinge. | |
-3 letters: gent, gien, nett, nine, nite, tent, tine, ting, tint. | |
-4 letters: eng, gen, get, gie, gin, git, inn, net, nit, teg, ten, tet, tie, tin, tit. | |
-5 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-n-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: nettings, nettling. | |
+2 letters: attending, battening, entitling, fattening, inletting, insetting, kittening, nattering, negotiant, patenting, rattening, retinting, stringent, tautening, telneting, tenanting, tentering, unsetting. | |
+3 letters: antedating, astringent, beknotting, catenating, contenting, contesting, contingent, detonating, dipnetting, englutting, entreating, entrusting, entwisting, extincting, flattening, gantleting, integument, intreating, mignonette, negotiants, nonbetting, patterning, reknitting, sonnetting, stoutening, tangential, telnetting, tetanising, tetanizing, tightening, tormenting, trinketing, unsettling, vignetting. | |
+4 letters: alternating, anteverting, astringents, attenuating, bayonetting, benefitting, coattending, contingents, enfettering, eventuating, extenuating, festinating, fittingness, gauntleting, gillnetting, integrating, integration, integuments, intelligent, interacting, interesting, itinerating, jettisoning, mignonettes, negotiating, negotiation, ontogenetic, orientating, patternings, penetrating, petitioning, reattaining, rebuttoning, reinstating, stenotyping, straitening, stringently, terminating, teutonizing, threatening, transecting, trapnesting, unbefitting, unfettering, unremitting, untethering, ventilating. | |
+5 letters: accentuating, antiestrogen, antigenicity, antimagnetic, astringently, augmentation, commentating, conglutinate, constringent, contingently, disentitling, entertaining, entreatingly, exenterating, integrations, intenerating, intercepting, intercutting, interdicting, interjecting, intermitting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, intersegment, intertilling, intertwining, intransigent, introjecting, introverting, menstruating, negotiations, nonfattening, nonstrategic, pigmentation, potentiating, recontacting, reinitiating, repatterning, retightening, segmentation, stonecutting, tangentially, transfecting, trendsetting, trustingness, turpentining, uncluttering, undercutting, underletting, understating, unflattering, unhesitating, unintegrated, unsettlingly. | |
| 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 65 6E 74 69 6E 67 |
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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)- . -. - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e n t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006E 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)54718086758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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