| FASTENING | • fastening v. Present participle of fasten. • fastening n. A hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together; fastener. • FASTENING n. something that secures. |
| HASTENING | • hastening v. Present participle of hasten. • hastening n. The act of speeding up; a growing faster. • HASTEN v. to hurry, also HASTE. |
| LISTENING | • listening adj. Of something or someone that listens. • listening adj. Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear. • listening adj. Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds. |
| CHASTENING | • chastening v. Present participle of chasten. • chastening n. The act by which somebody is chastened. • CHASTEN v. to chastise. |
| GLISTENING | • glistening v. Present participle of glisten. • glistening n. The appearance of something that glistens. • glistening n. (Optics) A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens. |
| GUESTENING | • guestening v. Present participle of guesten. • GUESTEN v. (obsolete) to stay as a guest. |
| MOISTENING | • moistening v. Present participle of moisten. • moistening n. The act of making something moist. • MOISTEN v. to make or become moist. |
| CHRISTENING | • christening n. The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name. • christening n. Any instance of someone’s or something’s being christened. • christening v. Present participle of christen. |
| REFASTENING | • refastening v. Present participle of refasten. • REFASTEN v. to fasten again. |
| RELISTENING | • relistening v. Present participle of relisten. • RELISTEN v. to listen again. |
| UNFASTENING | • unfastening v. Present participle of unfasten. • UNFASTEN v. to release from a fastening. |
| UNLISTENING | • unlistening adj. Not listening. • UNLISTENING adj. not listening. |
| REMOISTENING | • remoistening v. Present participle of remoisten. • REMOISTEN v. to moisten again. |
| PREMOISTENING | • premoistening v. Present participle of premoisten. • PREMOISTEN v. to moisten beforehand. |
| RECHRISTENING | • rechristening v. Present participle of rechristen. • rechristening n. A second or subsequent christening. • RECHRISTEN v. to christen again. |
| UNCHRISTENING | • unchristening v. Present participle of unchristen. • UNCHRISTEN v. to render unchristian. |