8-letter words containing c, s, g
- cuttings — Cuttings are small pieces of rock removed by the drill bit.
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- deckings — Plural form of decking.
- digicams — Plural form of digicam.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- eclogues — a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.
- egg case — Entomology. ootheca.
- egoistic — Egoistical.
- encasing — Present participle of encase.
- ergastic — consisting of the non-living by-products of protoplasmic activity
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- etchings — Plural form of etching.
- 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.
- excising — Present participle of excise.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- fasching — a carnival celebration that precedes Lent in German-speaking countries and communities; Shrovetide.
- fescuing — Present participle of fescue.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- forcings — Plural form of forcing.
- gaiseric — Genseric.
- gamecast — the broadcast of a team sport game.
- gas coal — a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.
- gascogne — Gascony
- gastrick — Obsolete form of gastric.
- gearcase — a protective casing for the gear mechanism of a vehicle or piece of machinery
- gelastic — Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- generics — Plural form of generic.
- genetics — Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- genseric — a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.
- geodesic — Also, geodesical. pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces, in which geodesic lines take the place of the straight lines of plane geometry.
- geoducks — Plural form of geoduck.
- georgics — Plural form of georgic.
- geschrei — a yell; shout.
- get sick — fall ill, become unwell
- gimmicks — Plural form of gimmick.
- glaciers — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glitches — A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment.