8-letter words containing e, a, g, n
- bretagne — Brittany2
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- campagne — a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
- canaigre — a dock, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the southern US, the root of which yields a substance used in tanning
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- carageen — carrageen
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- chainage — a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
- changers — Plural form of changer.
- changeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'change'.
- changeup — Alternative form of change-up.
- changteh — Changde
- chantage — the use of threats to extort money; blackmail
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- clangers — Plural form of clanger.
- cleaning — the act of removing dirt or something undesirable
- clearing — A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
- cleating — a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support: He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.
- cleaving — Present participle of cleave.
- coagency — a joint agency
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- cogenial — Alternative spelling of congenial.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- coinages — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- collagen — Collagen is a protein that is found in the bodies of people and animals. It is often used as an ingredient in cosmetics or is injected into the face in cosmetic surgery, in order to make the skin look younger.
- con game — a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler; a shortened form of confidence game
- congaree — river in S.C., joining the Wateree to form the Santee River: 52 mi (84 km)
- congeals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congeal.
- cozenage — the practice of cozening.
- cragsmen — Plural form of cragsman.
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- dagenham — part of the Greater London borough of Barking and Dagenham: engineering and chemicals
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dahlgren — John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.
- danegeld — the tax first levied in the late 9th century in Anglo-Saxon England to provide protection money for or to finance forces to oppose Viking invaders
- dangered — Simple past tense and past participle of danger.
- danglers — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- dealings — Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.