8-letter words containing c, s, g
- glooscap — (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero
- glucides — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- glycosyl — (biochemistry) Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- glyptics — the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.
- gneissic — a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- gracchus — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- gracilis — a muscle in the inner side of the thigh, the action of which assists in drawing the legs inward and in bending the knee.
- gracioso — a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- grackles — Plural form of grackle.
- graecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- grimaces — Make a grimace.
- grinches — Plural form of grinch.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- grutches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- gunstock — the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.
- gw-basic — (language) An early version of MS-BASIC.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- ice ages — (often initial capital letters) the glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene Epoch.
- icebergs — Plural form of iceberg.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- incising — Present participle of incise.
- incusing — Present participle of incuse.
- isagogic — introductory, especially to the interpretation of the Bible.
- isogamic — isogamous
- isogenic — (of organisms) having the same or closely similar genotypes.
- isogonic — having or pertaining to equal angles.
- jacklegs — Plural form of jackleg.
- kingcups — Plural form of kingcup.
- lancings — Plural form of lancing.
- legacies — Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- lickings — Plural form of licking.