8-letter words containing c, i, n, g
- 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.
- miscegen — a person of mixed race
- mitching — Present participle of mitch.
- mongolic — Mongolian (def 4).
- mooching — Present participle of mooch.
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mulching — (agriculture) Used for applying a mulch.
- mulcting — Present participle of mulct.
- munching — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- muscling — Present participle of muscle.
- musicing — The art or process of making music.
- myogenic — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- nanching — a port in and the capital of Jiangsu province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: a former capital of China.
- negritic — of or relating to blacks or to the Negritos.
- neologic — neologism.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- noncling — having little or no tendency to stick to an object, surface, etc., as by static electricity.
- nonlogic — That which is not logic.
- nonmagic — Not magic; nonmagical.
- notching — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- noticing — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- occuring — Misspelling of occurring, the present participle of occur.
- oncoming — approaching; nearing: the oncoming train; the oncoming holiday season.
- oracling — Present participle of oracle.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- orogenic — (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
- pangamic — relating to pangamy
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- peiching — Beijing.
- pickings — the act of a person or thing that picks.
- pickling — a cucumber that has been preserved in brine, vinegar, or the like.
- piercing — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pinchbug — a stag beetle
- pinchgut — someone who does not give other people enough food
- pitching — any of various dark, tenacious, and viscous substances for caulking and paving, consisting of the residue of the distillation of coal tar or wood tar.
- placings — The placings in a competition are the relative positions of the competitors at the end or at a particular stage of the competition.
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- 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
- pouching — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- prancing — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- pricking — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- psyching — psych1 .
- punching — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.