8-letter words containing c, i, n, g
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- cantigny — a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
- cantling — a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- carangid — any marine percoid fish of the family Carangidae, having a compressed body and deeply forked tail. The group includes the jacks, horse mackerel, pompano, and pilot fish
- cardigan — A cardigan is a knitted woollen sweater that you can fasten at the front with buttons or a zip.
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carrying — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carvings — Plural form of carving.
- castings — Plural form of casting.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- catching — If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- ceilings — Plural form of ceiling.
- centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
- chaffing — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- chainage — a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
- chaining — Present participle of chain.
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- champing — to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently: The horses champed the oats.
- chancing — the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
- changing — not remaining the same; transient
- chanking — to eat noisily or greedily.
- channing — ˈWilliam Ellery (ˈɛləri ) ; elˈərē) 1780-1842; U.S. Unitarian leader & social critic
- chanting — Say or shout repeatedly in a sing-song tone.
- chapping — Present participle of chap.
- charging — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.
- charring — Present participle of char.
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chasings — a design chased on metal.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chatting — Present participle of chat.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory
- cheeking — Present participle of cheek.
- cheeping — Present participle of cheep.
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- chekiang — Zhejiang