8-letter words containing g, a, i, n, e
- finagled — Simple past tense and past participle of finagle.
- finagler — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- finagles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finagle.
- firefang — combustion taking place in compost due to the heat produced by decomposition
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- freaking — a fleck or streak of color.
- gahnites — Plural form of gahnite.
- gainless — unprofitable.
- galatine — galantine.
- galenism — the medical system or principles of Galen.
- galenite — a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- galenoid — relating to or resembling galena
- galilean — of or relating to Galilee.
- gaminess — the taste or odor of game, especially when slightly tainted.
- gangetic — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- ganglier — Comparative form of gangly.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gantline — a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- 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.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gassendi — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- gavarnie — a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 feet (422 meters) high.
- gearings — Plural form of gearing.
- gelatine — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- gelatins — Plural form of gelatin.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- geminate — Also, geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.
- geminian — a person born under the sign of Gemini, usually between May 21st and June 20th.
- genially — characterized by genius.
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- genipaps — Plural form of genipap.
- genitals — Synonym of genitalia.
- gentians — Plural form of gentian.
- georgian — of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
- georgina — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- germaine — a female given name.
- germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- germanic — of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
- giantess — an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- gingivae — gum2 (def 1).
- glargine — (medicine) A form of slow-release insulin.
- glassine — a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.