noun. A sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.

noun. The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.

noun. The action of counting or ordering with numbers.

verb. Present participle of number.

noun. a numbered list

"By climbing trees they had had a fairly good view of the herd, which they described as numbering several large tuskers, a great many cows and calves, and full-grown bulls whose ivory would be worth having."

list  listing  

lumbering  slumbering  

accounting  assimilating  census  comprising  computation  

number