8-letter words containing a, n, g, i, o
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- negation — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- nonimage — That which is not an image.
- nonmagic — Not magic; nonmagical.
- notating — to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation: The book describes how to notate music for instruments and voice.
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- okinagan — a member of a North American Indian people living in the Okanagan River valley in British Columbia and Washington
- oogonial — Of or pertaining to an oogonium.
- oracling — Present participle of oracle.
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- organise — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organist — a person who plays the organ.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organoid — Resembling an organ of the body.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- paignton — a town and resort in SW England, in Devon: administratively part of Torbay since 1968
- pangolin — any mammal of the order Pholidota, of Africa and tropical Asia, having a covering of broad, overlapping, horny scales and feeding on ants and termites.
- pignolia — a pine nut, the edible seed of the nut pine
- pinotage — a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- poignant — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
- qianlong — Ch'ien Lung.
- rangiora — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Brachyglottis repanda, of New Zealand, having large ovate leaves and small greenish-white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigatoni — a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- roarming — severe
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- rogation — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- rotating — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- seagoing — designed or fit for going to sea, as a vessel.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- signoria — the government of an Italian city-state
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- stoating — the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- taglioni — Marie. 1804–84, Italian ballet dancer, whose romantic style greatly influenced ballet in the 19th century
- taizhong — Taichung.
- toadying — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- toasting — the act of raising a toast