8-letter words containing g, e, i, s
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- earnings — money earned; wages; profits.
- earrings — Plural form of earring.
- earywigs — Plural form of earywig.
- eastings — Plural form of easting.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- edginess — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- effigies — Plural form of effigy.
- effusing — Present participle of effuse.
- egestion — the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- eggwhisk — A kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire used to beat eggs.
- eglomise — the technique of gilding the back of a sheet of glass
- egoistic — Egoistical.
- egotists — Plural form of egotist.
- eighties — Plural form of eighty.
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- elegists — Plural form of elegist.
- elegizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elegize.
- encasing — Present participle of encase.
- energies — Plural form of energy.
- energise — Alternative form of energize.
- enginers — Plural form of enginer.
- enginous — ingenious or clever
- engrails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrail.
- enlights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlight.
- ensilage — The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
- ensuring — Present participle of ensure.
- envisage — Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
- envyings — Plural form of envying.
- epigeous — epigeal
- epigrams — Plural form of epigram.
- ergastic — consisting of the non-living by-products of protoplasmic activity
- ergotism — Poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- espiègle — playful
- essaying — Present participle of essay.
- etchings — Plural form of etching.
- eugenics — The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.
- eugenism — the practice or advocacy of eugenics
- eugenist — An advocate or supporter of eugenics. (from 20th c.).
- eulogies — Plural form of eulogy.
- eulogise — To praise, celebrate or pay homage to someone, especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.
- eulogism — (rare) eulogistic language.
- eulogist — A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
- evenings — Plural form of evening.
- excising — Present participle of excise.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- exegesis — Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.
- exigents — Plural form of exigent.
- exiguous — Very small in size or amount.