7-letter words containing a, n, g, s
- naggers — nag1 (def 5).
- naggish — tending to nag; somewhat nagging.
- nashgab — chatter; insolent talk
- negates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of negate.
- ningsia — a former province in NW China, now part of Inner Mongolia.
- nogales — a town in S Arizona.
- nonages — Plural form of nonage.
- nosebag — feed bag (def 1).
- nosegay — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nougats — Plural form of nougat.
- onagers — Plural form of onager.
- onsager — Lars, 1903–76, U.S. chemist, born in Norway: Nobel prize 1968.
- onstage — on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): The director shouted, “Onstage, everybody!”.
- oranges — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- outsang — simple past tense of outsing.
- parsing — parser
- passing — going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day.
- pasting — a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- phasing — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- quangos — Plural form of quango.
- raising — an increase in amount, as of wages: a raise in pay.
- rasping — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- ratings — figures based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
- ravings — If you describe what someone says or writes as their ravings, you mean that it makes no sense because they are mad or very ill.
- sabbing — the act of engaging in direct action to prevent a targeted activity, esp fox hunting
- sacking — the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.
- sacring — the act or ritual of consecration, esp of the Eucharist or of a bishop
- sagaman — someone who recites sagas
- sagging — to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- saginaw — a port in E Michigan, on the Saginaw River.
- sagunto — a city in E Spain, N of Valencia: besieged by Hannibal 219–218 b.c.
- sailing — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- salting — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salving — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- sandage — Allan R(ex) 1926–2010, U.S. astronomer: codiscoverer of the first quasar 1961.
- sandbag — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- sandbug — mole crab.
- sandhog — a laborer who digs or works in sand.
- sanding — the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sangeet — (in India) a pre-wedding celebration
- sanghat — a fellowship or assembly, esp a local Sikh community or congregation
- sangoma — a witch doctor, healer, or herbalist
- sangria — an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- sangui- — blood
- sapling — a young tree.
- sapping — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- sarangi — (in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- sargent — Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- sarking — a timber or felt cladding placed over the rafters of a roof before the tiles or slates are fixed in place
- sassing — impudent or disrespectful back talk: Both parents refuse to take any sass from their kids.