8-letter words containing g, c, t
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- gonocyte — an oocyte or spermatocyte
- gonoduct — a duct leading from a gonad to the exterior, through which gametes pass
- granitic — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- gravitic — Of or pertaining to gravity. (Archaic/rare, gravitational is more common, still seen though in compounds like magnetogravitic.).
- gretchen — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- gritrock — Gritstone.
- grutches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- gunstock — the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- hitching — Present participle of hitch.
- hutching — Present participle of hutch.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- inciting — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- inticing — Present participle of intice.
- ketching — Present participle of ketch.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- lignitic — Containing or resembling lignite.
- liturgic — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- logicist — (philosophy) An adherent of logicism.
- logistic — of or relating to logistic.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- magmatic — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- mcteague — a novel (1899) by Frank Norris.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- mitching — Present participle of mitch.
- mulcting — Present participle of mulct.
- neglects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neglect.
- negritic — of or relating to blacks or to the Negritos.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- notching — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- noticing — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- octangle — octangular.
- orgastic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- otologic — Synonym of otological.
- pigstick — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pinchgut — someone who does not give other people enough food
- pitching — any of various dark, tenacious, and viscous substances for caulking and paving, consisting of the residue of the distillation of coal tar or wood tar.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.