8-letter words containing a, m, g, s
- moorages — Plural form of moorage.
- moss hag — an area, pit, or hole from which peat has been dug.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- musk bag — the musk-secreting gland of a male musk deer.
- mustangs — Plural form of mustang.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- myalgias — pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
- nametags — Plural form of nametag.
- nerdgasm — a feeling of intense excitement felt by someone considered to be a nerd, esp. when caused by something relating to his or her leisure interests such as a new piece of technology, computer game, science fiction film, etc.
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- oogamous — one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- orgasmed — Simple past tense and past participle of orgasm.
- orgasmic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- paganism — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- ramsgate — a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- sagamore — (among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.
- samarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- sangamon — the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.
- saramago — José [zhoo-ze] /ʒʊˈzɛ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2010, Portuguese journalist, playwright, and novelist: Nobel prize 1998.
- savagism — barbarism; savagery.
- scamming — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scamping — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- semarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- semigala — an event similar to a gala but on a lesser scale; an occasion that is festive but not to the degree of a gala
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- sigmatic — characterized by a Greek letter sigma or a Roman S added to a word or stem
- skiagram — a picture made by outlining and shading a subject's shadow.
- slamming — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- smacking — smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
- smallage — the celery, Apium graveolens, especially in its wild state.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- somegate — in some manner
- sonogram — the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
- spamming — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- stalagma — a stalagmite
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- stigmata — a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- stumpage — standing timber with reference to its value.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.