8-letter words containing e, n, g, i, p
- pershing — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- petdingo — (tool) An Estelle to C++ translator.
- petering — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- phengite — a type of transparent selenite
- piercing — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pig fern — giant bracken
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pinguefy — to make or become greasy or fat
- pinotage — a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage
- 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.
- pledging — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- plingnet — UUCPNET. See also pling.
- popeling — a deputy or supporter of the Pope
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- preening — (of animals, especially birds) to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with the beak or tongue: The peacock preened itself on the lawn.
- prepping — preparatory school.
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- repining — to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- respring — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spelling — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- spenting — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- sphinges — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- steeping — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
- stepping — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tempting — that tempts; enticing or inviting.
- whelping — Present participle of whelp.
- winnipeg — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- yelpings — Plural form of yelping.