8-letter words containing c, i, n, g
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- chidings — Plural form of chiding.
- chignons — Plural form of chignon.
- childing — bearing a child; pregnant
- chilling — If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening.
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- chin-wag — to engage in informal or idle conversation; chat or gossip
- chinghai — Qinghai
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chinking — a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass.
- chinning — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- chipping — a short chirping or squeaking cry.
- chirping — high pitched, repeated noises
- chirring — Present participle of chirr.
- chitting — Present participle of chit.
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- chocking — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
- chomping — Present participle of chomp.
- chongjin — a port in E North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Pop: 603 000 (2005 est)
- choosing — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chopping — to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often followed by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree.
- chording — the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chucking — Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck.
- chuffing — (intensifier)
- chugging — a large gulp or swallow: He finished his beer in two chugs.
- chumming — cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
- chumping — the act of collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day
- chunking — the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- churning — Churning water is moving about violently.
- churring — to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
- cinching — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- cingulum — a girdle-like part, such as the ridge round the base of a tooth or the band of fibres connecting parts of the cerebrum
- circling — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- clacking — Present participle of clack.
- cladding — Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive.
- claiming — to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one's right to: to claim payment for services.
- clamming — Present participle of clam.
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- clanging — a clanging sound.
- clanking — a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other: the clank of chains; the clank of an iron gate slamming shut.
- clapping — to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval: She clapped her hands in appreciation.
- clarting — Present participle of clart.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- classing — Present participle of class.