8-letter words containing c, n, g
- decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
- deciding — powerfully and finally influencing a decision; decisive
- deckings — Plural form of decking.
- decoding — the act or the process of converting something from a coded form into a normal form
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- decrying — Present participle of decry.
- deducing — Present participle of deduce.
- defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- dickling — (vulgar, slang) A penis before circumcision.
- diogenic — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- ditching — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- duckling — a young duck.
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- ectogeny — the effect of pollination and fertilization on the tissues of a plant
- ecycling — the process of recycling electronic equipment or components
- effacing — Present participle of efface.
- ejecting — Present participle of eject.
- electing — Present participle of elect.
- elegance — The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner; style.
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- emceeing — Present participle of emcee.
- enacting — Present participle of enact.
- encasing — Present participle of encase.
- encharge — (obsolete, transitive) To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
- encoding — (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- encoring — Present participle of encore.
- enticing — Attractive or tempting; alluring.
- epigenic — of or pertaining to the theory of epigenesis
- epigonic — of an epigone
- erecting — Present participle of erect.
- eructing — Present participle of eruct.
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- etchings — Plural form of etching.
- euchring — Present participle of euchre.
- eugenics — The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.
- evicting — Present participle of evict.
- evincing — Present participle of evince.
- exacting — Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
- exceding — Present participle of excede.
- exchange — Give something and receive something of the same kind in return.
- exciding — Present participle of excide.
- excising — Present participle of excise.
- exciting — Causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- execting — Present participle of exect.
- exigence — Exigency.
- exigency — An urgent need or demand.