| CHIRLING | • chirling v. Present participle of chirl. • CHIRL v. (Scots) to emit a low sound, to warble. |
| DEARLING | • dearling n. Alternative form of darling. • DEARLING n. (Spenser) a much loved person, also DARLING. |
| GNARLING | • gnarling v. Present participle of gnarl. • GNARL v. to twist into a state of deformity, also KNARL. |
| KNURLING | • knurling v. Present participle of knurl. • knurling n. A knurled pattern. • KNURLING n. a moulding of ornamental knobs. |
| PEARLING | • pearling v. Present participle of pearl. • pearling n. The process by which grain is pearled. • pearling n. The voyage of hunting for pearls. |
| SKIRLING | • skirling v. Present participle of skirl. • skirling n. (UK, dialect) A small trout or salmon. • skirling n. (Northern England and Scotland) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. |
| SNARLING | • snarling adj. Growling, having a snarl. • snarling n. The act of producing a snarl or growl. • snarling v. Present participle of snarl. |
| SPARLING | • sparling n. The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). • sparling n. A young salmon. • sparling n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A tern. |
| SPERLING | • sperling n. (UK, archaic, dialect) A smelt; a sparling. • sperling n. (US, archaic, dialect) A young herring. • SPERLING n. a kind of fish, the smelt, also SPARLING, SPIRLING. |
| SPIRLING | • spirling n. (UK, dialect) sparling. • SPIRLING n. a kind of fish, aka smelt, also SPARLING, SPERLING. |
| SPURLING | • spurling n. (Obsolete, UK, dialect) A tern. • Spurling prop.n. A surname. • SPURLING n. a tern. |
| STARLING | • starling n. A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds. • starling n. A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge. • starling n. A California fish, the rock trout (Hexagrammos), especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, the boregat or bodieron. |
| STERLING | • sterling n. The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound. • sterling n. Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925. • sterling n. Sterling silver, or articles made from this material. |
| SWIRLING | • swirling adj. That swirls. • swirling n. A pattern or motion that swirls. • swirling v. Present participle of swirl. |
| THIRLING | • thirling n. The act of boring or perforating. • thirling n. (Coal-mining) Same as thirl. • thirling n. (Northern England, mining) In lead-mining, a mark indicating the termination of a set or pitch. |
| TWIRLING | • twirling v. Present participle of twirl. • twirling n. The motion of something that twirls. • TWIRL v. to rotate rapidly. |
| WHIRLING | • whirling v. Present participle of whirl. • whirling n. The action of the verb to whirl. • whirling adj. That whirls or whirl. |
| WHORLING | • whorling v. Present participle of whorl. • WHORL v. to move in a twisted or convoluted fashion. |
| YEARLING | • yearling n. An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old). • yearling n. A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st. • yearling n. (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy. |