8-letter words containing e, r, i, g, n
- nigerien — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nighters — Plural form of nighter.
- nitrogen — a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- norridge — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- offering — an act or instance of offering: an offer of help.
- ordering — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- organdie — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- organise — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- orogenic — (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- overking — a supreme king
- overwing — to fly above
- 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).
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- perigyny — Botany. a perigynous condition.
- 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.
- petering — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- piercing — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pig fern — giant bracken
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- 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.
- queering — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- querying — a question; an inquiry.
- racinage — decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- ratingen — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia in W central Germany, N of Dusseldorf.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- re-align — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- re-begin — to begin (something) again
- re-given — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- reaginic — relating to or caused by a reagin, or functioning as a reagin
- reassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- recaning — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- receding — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- red wing — (Tantangamini) c1750–c1825, Sioux leader.
- redesign — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- reducing — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- reedling — the bearded tit.
- reengine — to equip with a new engine or engines, as an aircraft.
- refining — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.