8-letter words containing c, i, n, g
- coiffing — coiffure (defs 1, 3).
- coinages — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- coloring — The coloring of something is the color or colors that it is.
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- comeling — (obsolete) A comer; (person) an arrival.
- comingle — Alternative spelling of commingle.
- conching — Present participle of conch.
- congaing — Present participle of conga.
- congenic — (of inbred animal cells) genetically identical except for a single gene locus
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- conkling — Roscoe, 1829–88, U.S. lawyer and politician: senator 1867–81.
- consigne — (military) A countersign; a watchword.
- cooingly — In a cooing way.
- coolings — Plural form of cooling.
- coopting — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- corkwing — a greenish or bluish European fish of the wrasse family, Ctenolabrus melops
- corpsing — Present participle of corpse.
- corrigan — Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
- cosigned — Simple past tense and past participle of cosign.
- cosigner — a cosignatory
- costings — Plural form of costing.
- cotingid — (zoology) Any member of the Cotingidae.
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- counting — Not counting a particular thing means not including that thing. Counting a particular thing means including that thing.
- coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- coveying — Present participle of covey.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowlings — Plural form of cowling.
- cozening — Present participle of cozen.
- crabbing — Informal. an ill-tempered or grouchy person.
- cracking — You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- crafting — an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill: the craft of a mason.
- cramming — intensive study, esp in order to pass an exam
- cramping — cramp iron.
- cranking — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crapping — (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.