8-letter words containing d, g
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- sheepdog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- sick-dog — a calm and unruffled person
- sideling — sidelong or sideways; obliquely.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- signaled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- skidding — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- sled dog — a dog trained to pull a sled, usually working in a team.
- sledding — a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sledging — the activity of travelling across snow on a sledge
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- sloughed — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- sludging — intravascular slowing or clumping of red blood cells.
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- sluggard — a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smudging — a dirty mark or smear.
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- solidago — any plant of the chiefly American genus Solidago, which includes the goldenrods: family Asteraceae (composites)
- solpugid — sun spider.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- staggard — a four-year-old male red deer.
- standing — rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community.
- steading — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- stegodon — any extinct elephantlike mammal of the genus Stegodon, from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, usually considered to be directly ancestral to the modern elephant.
- striding — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- studding — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- studying — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- subduing — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- svedberg — The(odor) [tey-oh-dawr] /ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1884–1971, Swedish chemist: Nobel prize 1926.
- synergid — one of two small cells that lie inside the embryo sac of a flowering plant and nourish the ovum.
- tagboard — a strong cardboard suitable for tags or posters.
- targeted — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- teenaged — Teenaged people are aged between thirteen and nineteen.
- the aged — old people