8-letter words containing e, i, g, n, d
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drearing — sorrow; grief
- dredging — Present participle of dredge.
- dressing — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- duelling — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- duetting — turn-taking by two birds in the execution of a song pattern.
- dukeling — an inferior or minor duke
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- edginess — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- emending — Present participle of emend.
- 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.
- endowing — Present participle of endow.
- enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.
- engadine — the upper part of the valley of the River Inn in Switzerland, in Graubünden canton: tourist and winter sports centre
- engirdle — Surround; encircle.
- enridged — ridged
- euglenid — A kind of flagellate distinguished mainly by the presence of a pellicle composed of proteinaceous strips underneath the cell membrane, supported by dorsal and ventral microtubules.
- exceding — Present participle of excede.
- exciding — Present participle of excide.
- feedings — Plural form of feeding.
- fielding — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- fiending — Satan; the devil.
- finagled — Simple past tense and past participle of finagle.
- fingered — having fingers, especially of a specified kind or number (often used in combination): a five-fingered glove.
- fledging — to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- gardenia — any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- gardiner — Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
- gassendi — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist.
- geldings — Plural form of gelding.
- geminids — a collection of meteors making up a meteor shower (Gem·inid me·teor show·er) visible around December 13, having its apparent origin in the constellation Gemini.
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- gingered — Spiced with ginger.
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- grievand — One who is the object of a formal grievance.
- grinders — Plural form of grinder.
- grindery — a workshop for grinding edge tools.
- grundies — men's underpants
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity