8-letter words containing c, a, g, i
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gw-basic — (language) An early version of MS-BASIC.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- haggadic — a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- highjack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
- ice ages — (often initial capital letters) the glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene Epoch.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- isagogic — introductory, especially to the interpretation of the Bible.
- isogamic — isogamous
- jackling — the winning of the ball, by the defender's team, after a tackle and before a ruck has formed
- jickajog — a jogging or rolling motion
- jig back — an inclined cable tramway with two cars that are connected in such a way that as one goes up the other comes down.
- ka-ching — expressing sth moneymaking
- knacking — Present participle of knack.
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- lancings — Plural form of lancing.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- legacies — Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- ligeance — Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- linguica — a highly spiced Portuguese garlic sausage.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- magician — an entertainer who is skilled in producing illusion by sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; conjurer.
- magickal — Involving, or pertaining to, magick (in modern occultism).
- magicked — Simple past tense and past participle of magic.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- magmatic — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- magnific — magnificent; imposing.
- manacing — Present participle of manace.
- manganic — of or containing manganese, especially in the trivalent state.
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- margaric — pearly; resembling a pearl.
- mascagni — Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- menacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- mucilage — any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- nanching — a port in and the capital of Jiangsu province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: a former capital of China.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- nonmagic — Not magic; nonmagical.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.