9-letter words containing a, n, g, i
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- chinkiang — Older Spelling. Zhenjiang.
- chu kiang — Zhu Jiang.
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- clamoring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
- clearings — Plural form of clearing.
- clearwing — any moth of the family Sesiidae (or Aegeriidae), characterized by the absence of scales from the greater part of the wings. They are day-flying and some, such as the hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis), resemble wasps and other hymenopterans
- clientage — a body of clients; clientele.
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- coccygian — of or relating to the coccyx
- cockaigne — an imaginary land of luxury and idleness
- cognation — relationship by descent from the same ancestor or source
- cognisant — a frequent misspelling of cognizant.
- cognizant — If someone is cognizant of something, they are aware of it or understand it.
- cognomina — Plural form of cognomen.
- collaging — Present participle of collage.
- collaring — Present participle of collar.
- collating — to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- collegian — a current member of a college; student
- combating — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- compagnie — company.
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- congenial — friendly, pleasant, or agreeable
- conjugial — A form of \"conjugal\" used by Swedenborg and his followers, used to distinguish their ideas about marital relations.
- contagion — Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
- contagium — the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease
- copacking — The manufacture and packaging of a product under contract to a client (and having the client's name/brand on the packaging).
- corniglia — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- corrading — Present participle of corrade.
- corraling — Present participle of corral.
- cottaging — Cottaging is homosexual activity between men in public toilets.
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- crackling — the crisp browned skin of roast pork
- craigavon — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 57 685 (2001). Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- crusading — campaigning
- daggering — A type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancer simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
- dagnabbit — (US, euphemistic, dated) goddamnit.
- damasking — Present participle of damask.