8-letter words containing g, e, l, i
- mislodge — to lodge or accommodate wrongly
- modeling — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- mucilage — any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- needling — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- negligee — a dressing gown or robe, usually of sheer fabric and having soft, flowing lines, worn by women.
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- neologic — neologism.
- nestling — a young bird not yet old enough to leave the nest.
- netlingo — (computing) An on-line dictionary of more than 3000 terms, started in 1995 and updated monthly. NetLingo contains simple explanations and comprehensive coverage, including chat acronyms and smilies. It is also available in dead tree form.
- nettling — Present participle of nettle.
- newsgirl — a girl who sells or delivers newspapers.
- ngaliema — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
- nibelung — any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligees — Plural form of obligee.
- oldening — Present participle of olden.
- oligemia — Alt form olig\u00e6mia.
- oligomer — a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- on-glide — a transitional sound produced by the vocal organs in moving from an inactive position or a previous sound to the articulatory position necessary for producing a following sound. Compare off-glide (def 1).
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- paneling — a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- 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).
- pebbling — a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
- pedaling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- peddling — trifling; paltry; piddling.
- peelings — Peelings are pieces of skin removed from vegetables and fruit.
- pelagial — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- pelagian — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- peopling — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- philabeg — filibeg.
- philibeg — the kilt or pleated skirt worn by Scottish Highlanders.
- pig lead — lead molded in pigs.
- pillaged — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- 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.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- plingnet — UUCPNET. See also pling.
- popeling — a deputy or supporter of the Pope
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
- quelling — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.