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Showing words for TUNNELING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Tunneling

tunneling

8 Letter Words for Tunneling

glutenin

7 Letter Words for Tunneling

eluting, gunline, linguet, lunting, nunting, tunning

6 Letter Words for Tunneling

engilt, englut, gentil, gilten, ginnel, ginnet, ginnle, glutei, gluten, glutin, gunite, gunnel, gunnen, ineunt, ingent, ingenu, inglut, ingnue, inguen, intune, linget, linnet, linten, luiten, lungen, lungie, lutein, luting, ningle, nunlet, tingle, tinnen, tuning, tunnel, ungelt, unlent, unline, untile, untine

5 Letter Words for Tunneling

elint, engin, enlit, ennui, genin, genit, gilet, gleit, glenn, glent, glint, glute, guile, guilt, gunne, ingle, inglu, inlet, innet, intel, intnl, intue, legin, legit, lenin, lenti, lieut, ligne, linen, linge, lunet, lunge, lungi, nguni, nintu, ninut, nunni, tengu, tennu, tinge, unget, uninn, unite, unlet, unlie, unlit, unnet, untie, until, untin, utile

4 Letter Words for Tunneling

engl, etui, gein, geit, genl, gent, genu, gien, gile, gilt, ginn, gite, glei, glen, glit, glue, glut, gneu, gule, gult, gunl, iglu, inne, intl, itel, leng, lent, lien, lieu, lige, line, ling, linn, lint, lite, litu, luge, luit, lune, lung, lunn, lunt, lute, nein, neti, neut, nile, nine, nung, tegu, teil, teli, teng, tien, tige, tile, tine, ting, tule, tune, tung, ugli, ungt, unie, unit, util

3 Letter Words for Tunneling

eli, elt, eng, enl, gel, gen, get, gie, gin, git, glt, gnu, gte, gue, gui, gul, gun, gut, ign, ile, ing, inn, int, leg, lei, let, leu, lie, lig, lin, lit, lue, lug, lut, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nil, nit, nne, nul, nun, nut, teg, tel, ten, tgn, tie, tig, til, tin, tiu, tln, tng, tue, tug, tui, tun, ugt, uit, ule, ult, ung, uni, unl, unn, ute, uti

Definitions for Tunneling

[1] an underground passage.
[2] a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under an obstruction, as a city, mountain, river, harbor, or the like.
[3] an approximately horizontal gallery or corridor in a mine.
[4] the burrow of an animal.
[5] Dialect . a funnel.
[6] to construct a passageway through or under: to tunnel a mountain.
[7] to make or excavate (a tunnel or underground passage): to tunnel a passage under a river.
[8] to move or proceed by or as if by boring a tunnel: The river tunneled its way through the mountain.
[9] to pierce or hollow out, as with tunnels.
[10] to make a tunnel or tunnels: to tunnel through the Alps.
[11] Physics . a quantum-mechanical process by which a particle can pass through a potential energy barrier that is higher than the energy of the particle: first postulated to explain the escape of alpha particles from atomic nuclei.
[12] an underground passageway, esp one for trains or cars that passes under a mountain, river, or a congested urban area
[13] any passage or channel through or under something
[14] a dialect word for funnel
[15] obsolete the flue of a chimney
[16] (tr) to make or force (a way) through or under (something) to tunnel a hole in the wall ; to tunnel the cliff
[17] (intr; foll by through, under, etc ) to make or force a way (through or under something) he tunnelled through the bracken
[18] physics the phenomenon in which an object, usually an elementary particle, tunnels through a potential barrier even though it does not have sufficient energy to surmount the barrier. It is explained by wave mechanics and is the cause of alpha decay, field emission, and certain conduction processes in semiconductors

Words related to Tunneling

tunnelshaft, mine, subway, hole, pit, channel, underpass, burrow, adit, tube, drift, passage, crosscut, penetrate, sap, excavate, undermine

Words nearby Tunneling

tunneltunisian, tunja, tunka, tunker, tunnage, tunnel, tunnel diode, tunnel disease, tunnel effect, tunnel of love, tunnel vision

Origin of Tunneling

effectFirst recorded in 1930–35

Other words from Tunneling

tun·nel·er ; especially British , tun·nel·ler , noun
tun·nel·like , adjective
sub·tun·nel , noun
un·tun·neled , adjective
un·tun·nelled , adjective

Word origin for Tunneling

C15: from Old French tonel cask, from tonne tun, from Medieval Latin tonna barrel, of Celtic origin

Synonyms for Tunneling

channel, hole, mine, pit, shaft, subway, underpass, adit, burrow, crosscut, drift, passage, tube, crawl space, crawlway, hole in the wall