1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strain.

2. (a. & n.) from Strain.

bloat bloating bolting breaking point cautious clarification colature coloring confabulation corruption demurring destructive distillation diffident distension distillation distortion draining drudging edulcoration effusion elution elutriation equivocation essentialization exaggeration excretion exfiltration exhausting extraction extravasation extreme tension exudation false coloring false swearing falsification falsifying faltering fatiguesome fatiguing filtering filtration grinding grubbing grueling hardworking haul heave hesitant hesitating inflation jibbing killing laboring leaching lixiviation miscoloring misconstruction misdirection misinterpretation misrepresentation misstatement misuse ooze oozing overdistension overdrawing overexertion overexpansion overextension overstrain overstraining overstress overstretching overtaxing pegging percolating percolation perjury perversion plodding plugging prevarication pull punishing purification rack refinement riddling screening scrupling seep seepage separation shilly-shallying sieving sifting slanting slaving slogging snapping point spiritualization sticking stickling strain stress stress and strain stressful stressfulness stretch stretching striving struggling sublimation sweating swelling taxing tension tentative timid tiresome tiring toiling toilsome torturing transudation trying tug weariful wearing wearisome wearying weep weeping winnowing working