8-letter words containing c, n, g
- congrats — congratulations
- congratz — (Internet slang) congratulations.
- congreet — (of two or more people) to greet one another
- congress — Congress is the elected group of politicians that is responsible for making the law in the United States. It consists of two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- congreve — William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
- conjugal — Conjugal means relating to marriage or a married couple's relationship , especially their sexual relationship.
- conkling — Roscoe, 1829–88, U.S. lawyer and politician: senator 1867–81.
- consigne — (military) A countersign; a watchword.
- contango — (formerly, on the London Stock Exchange) postponement of payment for and delivery of stock from one account day to the next
- converge — If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions.
- cooingly — In a cooing way.
- cool:gen — Advantage Gen
- coolings — Plural form of cooling.
- coon dog — any dog trained to hunt raccoons.
- coopting — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- coregent — a joint regent
- corkwing — a greenish or bluish European fish of the wrasse family, Ctenolabrus melops
- corn dog — a frankfurter coated in cornmeal batter before frying
- cornflag — a gladiolus, any iridaceous plant of the genus Gladiolus
- 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.
- cow dung — cow manure
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowlings — Plural form of cowling.
- cozenage — the practice of cozening.
- 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.
- cragsman — a rock climber
- cragsmen — Plural form of cragsman.
- 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.
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.