8-letter words containing e, l, g, i, a
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- ngaliema — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- oligemia — Alt form olig\u00e6mia.
- paneling — a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- pearling — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- pedaling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pelagial — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- pelagian — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- philabeg — filibeg.
- pig lead — lead molded in pigs.
- pillaged — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- pleading — the act of a person who pleads.
- pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- pleating — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- re-align — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- regalian — of or relating to regalia or royalty
- regaling — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- relacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- relaying — re-lay.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- semigala — an event similar to a gala but on a lesser scale; an occasion that is festive but not to the degree of a gala
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shigella — any of several rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- signable — suitable for signing, as in being satisfactory, appropriate, or complete: a signable legislative bill.
- 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.
- singable — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- slippage — an act or instance of slipping.
- spillage — the act or process of spilling.