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Showing words for RECOILING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Recoiling

recoiling

8 Letter Words for Recoiling

clergion, clingier, ericolin, ligroine, religion, reoiling

7 Letter Words for Recoiling

ceiling, cieling, clinger, coiling, coreign, cringle, gironic, glirine, ironice, leiring, licorne, ligroin, lingier, oneiric, reicing, religio, roiling

6 Letter Words for Recoiling

cering, cineol, cingle, cloine, cloner, coelin, coigne, coiler, coiner, coling, conger, congii, coriin, coring, cornel, crinel, cringe, cronel, cronie, eloign, enclog, encoil, enolic, eringo, girnel, girnie, gloire, gorlin, ignore, inlier, irenic, ironic, legion, lering, licorn, lienic, lienor, linger, linier, loeing, logier, longer, loring, neroli, nigori, nirlie, noiler, norice, oilier, oiling, oilrig, oniric, orcein, orcine, origin, recoil, recoin, region, relong, ricine, ricing, riglin, rigole, riling, ringle

5 Letter Words for Recoiling

ceili, ceorl, cerin, cinel, cirio, cline, cling, clone, clong, cogie, coign, coing, colen, colin, coner, conge, conli, corge, corgi, corni, crile, crine, crone, eloin, elong, enoil, eolic, ergon, ering, genic, genii, genio, genro, giron, gleir, glore, goier, goner, gorce, goric, greco, grein, grice, groin, grone, iceni, icier, icing, ileon, ilion, incle, incog, incor, inger, ingle, inorg, inrol, ionic, iring, irone, legin, liger, ligne, liner, linge, lingo, linie, logic, logie, login, loire, loner, longe, loren, loric, necro, negro, nerol, nicer, nicol, niger, noire, noreg, norge, norie, ogler, oiler, oleic, olein, oncer, orcin, orgic, oriel, recon, regin, reign, relic, relig, renig, reoil, ricin, rigel, rigil, rigol, ringe

4 Letter Words for Recoiling

ceil, cern, cero, ciel, cine, cion, cire, cirl, cleg, clin, clio, clog, clon, coil, coin, coir, cole, coli, cone, cong, coni, core, corn, crig, crin, ecol, econ, egol, encl, engl, engr, enol, eorl, ergo, eric, erin, geic, gein, geir, genl, geol, gien, gile, gilo, gire, giri, girl, girn, giro, glei, glen, glor, goel, goen, goer, gole, goli, gone, gore, gren, grin, icer, icon, incl, incr, ingo, inro, iron, leir, leng, leno, leon, lice, lien, lier, lige, liin, line, ling, lino, lion, lire, liri, loci, locn, loge, loin, loir, lone, long, lore, lori, lorn, nice, nile, niog, nirl, noel, noil, noir, nole, nore, nori, oeci, ogle, ogre, once, oner, orig, orle, rego, rein, reno, rgen, rice, riel, rile, rine, ring, roil, roin, role, rone, rong

3 Letter Words for Recoiling

cel, cen, ceo, cer, cie, cig, cir, cli, clo, clr, cog, col, con, cor, crl, cro, ecg, eco, ego, eir, eli, enc, eng, enl, eon, erg, ern, gel, gen, geo, ger, gie, gin, gio, goi, gol, gon, gor, gro, ice, ign, ile, ilo, inc, ing, ion, ire, leg, lei, leo, ler, lie, lig, lin, lir, lnr, loc, loe, log, lor, nco, neg, nei, neo, nie, nig, nil, nog, nol, nor, oer, oie, oii, oil, ole, one, oni, orc, ore, org, orl, rec, reg, rei, rel, rie, rig, rin, rio, rle, roc, roe, rog, roi, ron

Definitions for Recoiling

[1] to coil again.
[2] to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
[3] to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm.
[4] to spring or come back; react (usually followed by on or upon ): Plots frequently recoil upon the plotters.
[5] Physics . (of an atom, a nucleus, or a particle) to undergo a change in momentum as a result either of a collision with an atom, a nucleus, or a particle or of the emission of a particle.
[6] an act of recoiling.
[7] the distance through which a weapon moves backward after discharging.
[8] to jerk back, as from an impact or violent thrust
[9] (often foll by from) to draw back in fear, horror, or disgust to recoil from the sight of blood
[10] (foll by on or upon ) to go wrong, esp so as to hurt the perpetrator
[11] (of a nucleus, atom, molecule, or elementary particle) to change momentum as a result of the emission of a photon or particle
[12] the backward movement of a gun when fired the distance moved
[13] the motion acquired by a particle as a result of its emission of a photon or other particle
[14] the act of recoiling

Words related to Recoiling

re-coilblanch, hesitate, balk, waver, cringe, tremble, blink, shudder, demur, backfire, reel, wince, flinch, dodge, swerve, withdraw, jerk, falter, spring, rebound

Words nearby Recoiling

re-coilre-, re-act, re-ally, re-cede, re-claim, re-coil, re-collect, re-collection, re-count, re-cover, re-create

Origin of Recoiling

1175–1225; Middle English recoilen, reculen (v.) < Old French reculer, equivalent to re- re- + -culer, verbal derivative of cul rump, buttocks; see culet

Words that may be confused with Recoiling

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, recoilre-coil, recoil

Other words from Recoiling

re·coil·ing·ly , adverb
non·re·coil , noun

Word origin for Recoiling

C13: from Old French reculer , from re- + cul rump, from Latin cūlus

Synonyms for Recoiling

backfire, balk, blanch, blink, cringe, demur, flinch, hesitate, reel, shudder, tremble, turn away, waver, wince, blench, carom, dodge, duck, falter, jerk, kick, quail, quake, react, rebound, resile, shake, shirk, shrink, spring, start, stick, stickle, swerve, withdraw, draw back, pull back, shy away, step back