8-letter words containing a, g, e, n, t
- denegate — (obsolete, transitive) To deny.
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- detangle — to remove tangles from (hair)
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- earthing — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- eastings — Plural form of easting.
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elongate — Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
- emigrant — A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- enacting — Present participle of enact.
- enargite — a sulphide of copper and arsenic
- engrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft.
- entangle — Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
- equating — Present participle of equate.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- estrange — Cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienate.
- etailing — Etailing is the business of selling products on the Internet.
- étranger — a foreigner
- exacting — Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
- exalting — Present participle of exalt.
- exigeant — exacting
- faceting — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- feasting — Present participle of feast.
- fontange — Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- fragment — fragmentation
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- gahnites — Plural form of gahnite.
- galatine — galantine.
- galenite — a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- gangetic — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- gangster — a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- gantlets — Plural form of gantlet.
- gantline — a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- garments — Plural form of garment.
- gastness — terror or fright.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- gauntest — Superlative form of gaunt.
- gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- gazement — a stare; look; view
- gelatine — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- gelatins — Plural form of gelatin.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- geminate — Also, geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.
- generant — something that generates