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Definition: Handling |
HandlingNoun1. Manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something. 2. The action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of the hands. 3. The management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners" or "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "handling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Mechanical Engineering | The whole of the manipulations carried out in using a machine. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: HandlingSynonyms: manipulation (n), treatment (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm not handling the money, driving the car and talking on the phone all at the same time (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) Galbraith is handling it in New Delhi (Thirteen Days; writing credit: Ernest R. May; Philip D. Zelikow) This time I have really got it. I have re-mastered the art of handling hecklers (The Muppet Show; writing credit: Joseph A. Bailey; Jack Burns) The Russians say they are handling it. (The Peacemaker; writing credit: Leslie Cockburn; Andrew Cockburn) But at least twenty-three percent of that will be returned to you, the taxpaying citizen -- minus of course state surcharges, subsidies, handling taxes, and dealer's prep (The Wizard of Speed and Time; writing credit: Mike Jittlov) | |
Lyrics | Your money should be handling ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child) | |
Clever | It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Albatross Water Handling (1965) Part 2: Winter Operations Ground Handling of Aircraft (1958) Grain Handling in Canada (1955) Part 4: Handle with Care: From Compound to Aircraft Aviation Fuel Handling (1954) Handling (1946) | |
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Shown are laboratory technicians, under sterile conditions processing antibiotics that are active against cancer. They are totally enclosed in protective clothing to keep them from exposure to the possible carcinogenicity of the elements they are handling. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is transmitted to humans by a rodent flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, or by handling infected animals. This technician is examining a flea under the microscope. Credit: CDC. | ||
Yersinia (Pasteurella) pestis causes plague in animals and humans. People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium, or by handling an infected animal. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | NOAA Launch 1255 with crane for handling current buoys and meters Launch 1255 worked with FERREL in Penobscot Bay. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | |
![]() | Divers training in handling a disabled dry suit diver. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Securing cover for TIROS V satellite prior to launching. Lettering on nose cone reads: CAUTION EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ARE SET IN THIS VEHICLE CONSULT DIRECTIONS BEFORE HANDLING. The bulbous nose fairing protected the satellite during its ride through the atmosphere into space. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
![]() | Electronic gear at Wallops Island for handling satellite data and communications communications. Credit: NOAA in Space. | ![]() | Wearing gloves, mask and other protection are part of handling farm chemicals safely. Credit: Tim McCabe. |
![]() | Piglets are one of the main subjects of ARS animal behaviorists. These scientists study behavior of pigs and cows 'round the clock with the goal of improving animal handling practices to reduce stress on animals and lower production costs. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ![]() | Building their own freezing facilities inside their lab, ARS scientists experimented with every step in the process, from selection of the variety grown to harvesting, handling, blanching, freezing, packaging, storing, and transporting products to market. What these scientists learned helped immeasurably to ensure the survival and growth of the U.S. frozen food industry. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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Henry David Thoreau | The finest qualities in our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. |
Randolph S. Bourne | Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Commission shall in general have wide latitude as to its control and handling of the whole reparation problem as dealt with in this Part of the present Treaty and shall have authority to interpret its provisions. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The rough movements of the man handling him, the coolness of the night, and breathing the fresh air freely, had roused him from his lethargy |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use proper food handling techniques. (references) | |
Sometimes he or she needs help handling problems. (references) | ||
Wear gloves when handling potentially infected animals. (references) | ||
Business | In the draperies market, there are two ways of handling stock. (references) | |
And spare parts for all materials handling equipment and machines. (references) | ||
The handling fee usually amounts to about 2 to 3 percent of that value. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | Some police officers have completed training on procedures for handling cases of child abuse and juvenile delinquency. (references) |
Japan | Child protection centers also received 18,800 reports of abuse in the year ending in April, an increase of 17 percent since 1990. A 1999 report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare warned that, since caseloads at counseling centers nearly doubled from 1988-96, cuts in funding by local governments to centers handling child abuse cases were exacerbating the problem. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Sweden | A 1999 law criminalizes the possession and handling of child pornography. (references) |
Economic History | Yemen | Handling these issues will require a deft political touch. (references) |
New Zealand | The mechanism for handling disputes is the judicial system. (references) | |
Maldives | The port's annual handling capacity is approximately 200,000 tons. (references) | |
Human Rights | Oman | Police handling of arrests and detentions constitutes incommunicado detention in some instances. (references) |
Mexico | The report also criticized the absence of due process in the handling of the cases of the 130 detained. (references) | |
Eritrea | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Local Governments jointly are responsible for handling human rights inquiries. (references) | |
Minorities | Netherlands | In 2000 the Chief Public Prosecutor set up the National Expertise Center on Discrimination to improve the prosecution's handling of discrimination cases. (references) |
India | In November an unofficial probe team criticized police handling of the communal violence in Malegaon and stated that rumors spread by political parties and communal organizations were responsible for the spread of the rioting. (references) | |
Political Economy | Malawi | The police are known to beat and otherwise abuse detainees and to use excessive force in handling criminal suspects. (references) |
Political Rights | Hong Kong | The Councils had been the subject of widespread public criticism for their poor handling of the Avian Flu, the Red Tide, and other public health issues for which they were responsible. (references) |
Belarus | The OSCE/ODIHR report found that the voting procedures, including mobile ballot boxes, early voting procedures, and handling of voting lists, provided several possible avenues for vote manipulation. (references) | |
Albania | The OSCE's ODIHR, which observed the elections, noted that there was progress in the areas of election administration, media coverage, and campaign conduct; however, ODIHR's final report noted that the election process was "protracted, uncertain, and fragmented." It also noted some serious irregularities in the voting process, including ballot box stuffing; fraud in a limited number of constituencies; political pressure exercised at times that compromised the performance of the Central Elections Commission (CEC); inadequate handling of key elections complaints by the CEC; police interference in a limited number of instances; and a dubious appeals process, particularly with regard to the Constitutional Court. (references) | |
Trade | Venezuela | All imports are assessed a one percent customs handling charge. (references) |
Switzerland | Special conditions may be imposed for customs handling and supervision. (references) | |
Venezuela | The one percent customs handling charge must be paid and is not reimbursable. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | The main problem is paperwork-related delays caused by the monopolistic customs and freight handling system. (references) |
Austria | Prompt handling of correspondence is much appreciated and helps to compensate for the distance between the two countries. (references) | |
Qatar | Doha International Airport is used by 20 international passenger airlines and is capable of handling large amounts of airfreight. (references) | |
Women | Nepal | These cells include female officers who receive special training in handling victims of domestic violence. (references) |
Costa Rica | The authorities have incorporated training on handling domestic violence cases into the basic training course for new police personnel. (references) | |
Nicaragua | Those cases that actually reached the courts usually resulted in not guilty verdicts due to judicial inexperience with, and lack of legal training related to, proper judicial handling of such violence. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | The Prosecutor's Office is handling 38 cases against unionists, 19 cases were in the investigatory phase at year's end. (references) |
Bulgaria | The AAF reported handling 228 cases of returned victims of trafficking in women from January to August, out of a total of 1,427 clients. (references) | |
Lithuania | In July the Government approved regulations on workers' safety when handling chemical substances and substances causing cancer and mutations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | Vermont Governor and Democrat presidential hopeful Howard Dean has urged Democrats to stop attempts to make the Bush administration's handling of intelligence a political issue. |
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| "Handling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 59.62% of the time. "Handling" is used about 1,885 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) | 59.62% | 1,124 | 6,783 |
| Noun (singular) | 36.99% | 697 | 9,565 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.64% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.48% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (common) | 0.26% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,885 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "handling". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Chemosh | N/A | Biblical | Handling |
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Expressions using "handling": air handling ♦ aircraft handling agent ♦ automated data handling ♦ cargo handling ♦ cargo handling equipment ♦ constraint Handling In Prolog ♦ container special handling order message ♦ currency handling machine ♦ Erika Claims Handling Office ♦ error detection and handling ♦ fibre rope handling gear ♦ Food Handling ♦ ground handling ♦ Handling (Psychology) ♦ handling a machine ♦ handling charge ♦ handling charges ♦ handling cost ♦ handling expenses ♦ handling fee ♦ handling of message ♦ handling stolen data ♦ handling stolen goods ♦ manual handling tasks ♦ materials handling ♦ message Handling System ♦ navigation simulator,ship handling simulator ♦ paper handling ♦ ship manoeuvring and handling ♦ shipping and handling ♦ shipping and handling fee ♦ Specimen Handling ♦ traffic handling ♦ washing requiring careful handling. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "handling": handling-others. | |
Ending with "handling": data-handling, idea-handling, information-handling. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "handling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | trajtim (approach, coverage, transaction, treatment, usage), të lëvizurit me dorë, reagim (feedback, reaction, rebound, response), prekje (affection, contact, feeling, fingering, palpation, Tig, touch, touching), manovrim (maneuver, manoeuvre, ploy). (various references) | |
Arabic | معاملة (dealing with, processing, treatment, working), معالجة (curing, medication, remediation, therapy, treating, treatment), نقل (alien, alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, tote, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), تدبير (arrangement, concoction, disposal, economy, management, providence, thrift). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | управляване (management, manipulation, steerage, steering, trust), справяне (management, reference, shifting), работене, третиране (deal), отнасяне (behavior, behaviour, do, treatment, usage), маневриране, манипулация (manipulation, operation, treatment), манипулиране (management, manipulation), боравене. (various references) | |
Chinese | 处置 (Disposal, handled). (various references) | |
Czech | zacházení (treatment, usage). (various references) | |
Danish | haandtering, håndtering (manipulation), transport inden for virksomheden, maskinbetjening (handling a machine, machine operation, operation, working, working with a machine), godsbehandling. (various references) | |
Dutch | hanteren (handle, manipulate), handling, manipulatie (manipulation), laden en lossen, intern transport, goederenomslag, behandeling (treatment), bediening (administration of the last sacraments, attendance, service, waiting). (various references) | |
Finnish | käsittely (discussion, management, reading, treatment). (various references) | |
French | maniement (handling a machine), traitement, manipulation (shipping and handling). (various references) | |
German | handhabung (implementation, management, operation, working), behandlung (attention, care, deal, dealing, management, medication, processing, reatment, session, therapy, treatment, usage), Bedienung (attendance, crew, operating, operation, service, service charge, sevice, staff, waiting, waitress). (various references) | |
Greek | μεταχείριση (deal, treatment, usage, use). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תפעול (operation, working), טפול (attendance, care, maintenance, nursing, treatment). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kezelés (attendance, conditioning, course, cure, curing, fingering, maintenance, management, manipulation, running, to premise, treatment, usage). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penanganan. (various references) | |
Italian | maneggio (intrigue, management, manege, molding, moulding, plot, riding school, scheme, use), manipolazione (adulteration, falsification, fiddling, gerrymander, manipulation). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ハンセン病 (employee of a messenger or delivery service, Hamburg, Hamburg steak, hamburger, hammer, hammock, hand, hand carrier, hand lotion, handbag, hand-ball, handbook, handcart, Handelsblatt, handicap, handicraft, hand-knit, handle, handler, handlift, handmade, handout, handshake, handwork, handy, handy mook, humble, hunt, hunter, hunter killer, hunting, hunting cap, Hunting World, leprosy, manual forklift, oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop, pallet jack, steering wheel), 手捌き (manipulation), 手数 (labor, number of moves, trouble), "縦 (control, management), "縦 (control, management, manipulation), 取扱い (management, service, treatment), 取扱 (management, service, treatment), 取り扱い (management, service, treatment), 取り扱い (management, service, treatment), 取り扱 (management, service, treatment). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ハンドリング , そうじゅう (control, management, manipulation), とりあつかい (management, service, treatment), てすう (labor, trouble), てさばき (manipulation). (various references) | |
Korean | 취급. (various references) | |
Manx | stiurey (captain as team; guidance, captain; guidance, command, control, controllability, direct, direction, guide, handle, helm, lead, manage, manipulate, manipulation, navigate, navigation, pilot, piloting, regulate, regulation, rudder, steer, steering, superintendence, supervise, supervision), obbraghey (act, action, behaviour, behaviour of machines, crew, cultivate, elaboration, employment, exercise, forge, function, handle, influence, labour, motion, operate, operation, performance, ply, process, start, wangle; persuance, work, work up, wreak). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andlinghay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trato (address, intercourse, processing, tract, trading, treatment, usage), tratamento (cure, curing, dressing, processing, remedy, treatment, usage), operação de uma máquina (handling a machine, machine operation, operation, working, working with a machine), operação (agency, operation, run, surgical operation), movimentação de materiais (materials handling), movimentação (drive), manuseio (manipulation), manobra (evolution, maneuver, manipulation, manoeuvre, roll, shunt), manipulao, manejo (fingering, management, maneuver, manoeuvre). (various references) | |
Romanian | tratament (cure, iatrogenic, medicine, regimen, treatment). (various references) | |
Russian | управление (administration, conduct, control, control of, direction, governance, government, guidance, management, office, operation, run, steerage, steering, stewardship, superintendence), разделывание, трактовка, владение мячом, обслуживание (maintenance, serv service, service, service of, upkeep), обращение (address, allocution, circulation, circulations, conversion, harangue, man-handling, manipulation, resort, treatment, usage), обрабатывать обработка (hosting), обхождение (circumvention, deal, treatment), маневрирование, манипулирование (manipulation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rukovanje (grip, guidance, guide, handshake, handshaking, manipulation, operation, ordering). (various references) | |
Spanish | manipulación (manipulation), manejo (control, driving, horsemanship, management, operation, running, usage, use). (various references) | |
Swedish | hantering (dealing, management, occupation, operation, trade), hanterande (manipulation). (various references) | |
Turkish | tedavi (cure, healer, remedy, therapy, treatment), kullanma (driving, exercise, exploitation, imposition, operating, operation, tenure, usage, use, using, utilization, wear), idare (admin, administration, chancellery, conduct, control, disposition, dominion, economy, government, helm, management, mastery, regimen, rein, rule, ruling, sparing, steerage, steering, stewardship, supervision, sway, thrift, wire), dokunma (contact, don't touch, feeling, hands off, palpation, tact, tactile, tactual, touch, touching), dağıtım (circulation, deploy, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, distributing, distribution, distributive, dividing, division, repartition), bakım (aspect, attendance, attention, care, custody, keep, keeping, maintenance, nurse, nurseling, nursing, nursling, nurture, overhaul, point of view, regard, respect, upkeep, way), ambalajlama. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | користування (occupation), володіння м'ячем, поводження (behavior, behaviour, usage). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | tactus, tractus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 4, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | All apeipameqa ta krupta thV aiscunhV mh peripatounteV en panourgia mhde dolounteV ton logon tou qeou alla th fanerwsei thV alhqeiaV sunistwnteV eautouV proV pasan suneidhsin anqrwpwn enwpion tou qeou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sed abdicamus occulta dedecoris non ambulantes in astutia neque adulterantes verbum Dei sed in manifestatione veritatis commendantes nosmet ipsos ad omnem conscientiam hominum coram Deo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Faile we not, but do we awei the preue thingis of schame, not walkinge in sutil gile, nether doynge auoutrye bi the word of God, but in schewynge of the treuthe comendynge vs silf to ech conscience of men bifor God. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But have cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftines nether corrupte we the worde of God: but walke in open trueth and reporte oure selves to every mannes conscience in the sight of God. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong. |
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| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 4, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Ug gisalikway namo ang mga paagi nga makauulaw ug sinuwitik; nagadumili kami sa pagbuhat sa lipatlipat o sa pagsambog sa pulong sa Dios, hinonoa, pinaagi sa dayag nga pagsulti sa kamatuoran, kami nagapaila sa among kaugalingon ngadto sa kaisipan sa tanang tawo diha sa atubangan sa Dios. |
| Croatian | Ali odrekosmo se sramotnoga prikrivanja: ne nastupamo lukavo niti izopaèujemo rijeè Božju, nego se objavljivanjem istine preporuèujemo svakoj savjesti ljudskoj pred Bogom. |
| Danish | men vi have frasagt os de skammelige Smugveje, så vi ikke vandre i Træskhed, ej heller forfalske Guds Ord, men ved Sandhedens Åbenbarelse anbefale os til alle Menneskers Samvittighed for Guds Åsyn. |
| Dutch | Maar wij hebben verworpen de bedekselen der schande, niet wandelende in arglistigheid, noch het Woord Gods vervalsende, maar door openbaring der waarheid onszelven aangenaam makende bij alle gewetens der mensen, in de tegenwoordigheid Gods. |
| Finnish | vaan olemme hyljänneet kaikki häpeälliset salatiet, niin ettemme vaella kavaluudessa emmekä väärennä Jumalan sanaa, vaan julkituomalla totuuden me suositamme itseämme jokaisen ihmisen omalletunnolle Jumalan edessä. |
| French | Nous rejetons les choses honteuses qui se font en secret, nous n`avons point une conduite astucieuse, et nous n`altérons point la parole de Dieu. Mais, en publiant la vérité, nous nous recommandons toute conscience d`homme devant Dieu. |
| German | sondern meiden auch heimliche Schande und gehen nicht mit Schalkheit um, fälschen auch nicht Gottes Wort; sondern mit Offenbarung der Wahrheit beweisen wir uns wohl an aller Menschen Gewissen vor Gott. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kami tidak memakai cara-cara gelap yang memalukan. Kami tidak mau bekerja dengan licik atau memutarbalikkan perkataan Allah. Kami melayani Allah dengan hati yang murni menurut kehendak-Nya. Sebab itu, kami harapkan semua orang menilai kami dengan baik di dalam hati nuraninya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | tetapi kami sudah membuangkan segala perkara tersembunyi yang mendatangkan malu, dan tiada kami melakukan diri dengan tipu daya atau memutarkan firman Allah, melainkan dengan menyatakan yang benar itu kami mengenalkan diri kami kepada perasaan hati orang sekalian di hadirat Allah. |
| Italian | al contrario, rifiutando le dissimulazioni vergognose, senza comportarci con astuzia né falsificando la parola di Dio, ma annunziando apertamente la verit , ci presentiamo davanti a ogni coscienza, al cospetto di Dio. |
| Maori | Engari kua whakarerea e matou nga mea huna o te whakama, kore ake matou e haere i runga i te tinihanga, kahore hoki e maminga ki te kupu a te Atua: ka waiho ia ko te whakapuakanga o te pono hei whakaatu i to matou pai ki te hinengaro tangata i te aroaro o te Atua. |
| Norwegian | men vi har sagt oss løs fra alle skammelige snikveier og farer ikke frem med list, heller ikke forfalsker vi Guds ord, men ved å kunngjøre sannheten anbefaler vi oss til alle menneskers samvittighet for Guds åsyn. |
| Rumanian | Ca unii, cari am lepqdat mewtewugirile ruwinoase wi ascunse, nu umblqm cu viclewug wi nu stricqm Cuvkntul lui Dumnezeu. Ci, prin arqtarea adevqrului, ne facem vrednici sq fim primiyi de orice cuget omenesc, knaintea lui Dumnezeu. |
| Shuar | Uuka Túratin ana Nuyá tura natsanmai ana nuyasha kanakmiaji. Anankatai tusar wekaatsuji. Tura Yus-Chichamjai nakuratsji. Etserkur aya Yus-Chicham tana Núchik étserji. Ashí aents nuna antukar, "nekas Núiti Yus-Chicham" tiarat tusar Túraji. Wi Tájana nuna Yus nékawai. |
| Swahili | Tumeyaacha kabisa mambo yote ya aibu na ya kisirisiri. Hatuishi tena kwa udanganyifu, wala kwa kulipotosha neno la Mungu; bali tunaudhihirisha ukweli kwa kuufanya ukweli, na hivyo kujiweka chini ya uamuzi wa dhamiri za watu mbele ya Mungu. |
| Swedish | Nej, vi hava frånsagt oss allt skamligt hemlighetsväsen och gå icke illfundigt till väga, ej heller förfalska vi Guds ord, utan framlägga öppet sanningen och anbefalla oss så, inför Gud, hos var människas samvete. |
| Uma | Kitadi-mi hawe'ea gau' to me'eai', uma ria to kiwunii', uma-kai mpobagiu doo, uma-kai mpohala'weo Lolita Alata'ala. Mpoparata-kai napa to makono hante kalonto' -lonto' -na, bona hawe'ea tauna mpangaku' kamakono-na kareba to kikeni. Alata'ala mpotiroi-kai! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "handling": handlings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "handling": ballhandling, manhandling, mishandling, overhandling, panhandling, rehandling, stickhandling. (additional references) | |
Words containing "handling": ballhandlings. (additional references) | |
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"Handling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: handelians, handeling, handleing, handring, Hendring, hindwing, hndling, Hundland, randling, Sandling, Shandling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "handling" (pronounced ha"ndling or ha"nduling) |
| 7 | h a" n d l i ng | mishandling. |
| 5 | -n d l i ng | foundling, groundling, kindling, panhandling, Pindling, rekindling, swindling, unbundling. |
| 4 | -d l i ng | cuddling, dawdling, fiddling, needling, Sandling, seedling, straddling, toddling, twiddling. |
| 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, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, 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, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
| 6 | -n d u l i ng | bundling, dwindling, fondling. |
| 5 | -d u l i ng | backpedaling, coddling, cradling, huddling, hurdling, idling, meddling, middling, modeling, muddling, paddling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, remodeling, saddling, yodeling. |
| 4 | -u l i ng | ambling, assembling, babbling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, bicycling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bungling, bustling, cackling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, circling, commingling, counseling, crippling, crumbling, cycling, dabbling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fumbling, funneling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, groveling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, hobbling, humbling, hustling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, labeling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, mingling, mislabeling, mottling, mumbling, muscling, nibbling, paneling, parceling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, raveling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, resembling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, rumbling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, squabbling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, stumbling, swiveling, tabling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, trembling, tripling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, warbling, wiggling, wobbling, wrangling, wrinkling. |
| 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, 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, sparkling, 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-d-g-h-i-l-n-n" | |
-1 letter: handing, landing. | |
-2 letters: hading, haling, inland, lading, ligand. | |
-3 letters: algid, algin, align, gland, halid, laigh, liang, ligan, linga, nidal. | |
-4 letters: agin, anil, dahl, dang, dhal, dial, ding, gadi, gain, gild, glad, glia, hail, hand, hang, hila, hind, laid, lain, land, lang, ling, linn, nail, nigh. | |
-5 letters: aid, ail, ain, and, ani, dag, dah, dal, dig. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-h-i-l-n-n" | |
+1 letter: handlings. | |
+2 letters: handseling, headlining, rehandling. | |
+3 letters: blandishing, chandelling, handholding, handrailing, handselling, landholding, manhandling, mishandling, panhandling. | |
+4 letters: ballhandling, handholdings, handrailings, hydroplaning, landholdings, overhandling, philandering. | |
+5 letters: admonishingly, ballhandlings, grandchildren, stickhandling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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