Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 34 compound words that contain forming. The most common are listed below. Open forming in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- habit-formingAddictive; likely to cause dependence or recurrence of use.
- cold formingwork hardening
- colony-forming unitA progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.
- acid-formingYielding an acid when dissolved in water or in chemical reaction; acidic.
- back-formingpresent participle and gerund of back-form
- character-formingSynonym of character-building: Improving a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.
- pre-formingpresent participle and gerund of pre-form
- re-formingpresent participle and gerund of re-form
- star-formingDescribing a region of space in which new stars are being formed
- skin forming alloyAn alloy that has a narrow solidification range, usually less than 50 °C.
- colony-forming unitsplural of colony-forming unit: A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.
- orbital formingOrbital riveting.
- skin forming alloysplural of skin forming alloy: An alloy that has a narrow solidification range, usually less than 50 °C.
Compound words 34
- beamformingA technique by which the phase and amplitude of transmitted signals are modified, by a feedback process, in order to improve transmission speed.
- hydroformingA cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means of high-pressure hydraulic fluid
- metalformingThe industrial process of creating metal objects through stamping, spinning, fabrication, etc.
- oreformingThe process of forming an ore.
- sporeformingThat forms spores.
- bondformingThat forms a bond.
- pairformingThe formation of a pair (of particles etc) with release or absorption of energy
- superformingA hot metal forming process that uses similar principles to thermoforming plastics, where a sheet of material is heated and forced onto a male or female superform using air pressure.
- performingpresent participle and gerund of perform
- transformingpresent participle and gerund of transform