8-letter words containing g, e, t, i, n
- fengtien — a former name of Shenyang.
- fetching — charming; captivating.
- fettling — state; condition: in fine fettle.
- figments — Plural form of figment.
- fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- fretting — to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- gahnites — Plural form of gahnite.
- galatine — galantine.
- galenite — a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- gangetic — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- 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.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- 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.
- genetics — Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
- genetive — Alternative spelling of genitive.
- genetrix — a female progenitor
- genitals — Synonym of genitalia.
- genitive — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call.
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- geniture — birth; generation.
- genizoth — Plural form of genizah.
- gentians — Plural form of gentian.
- gentiles — Plural form of gentile.
- gentilic — Tribal or national.
- gentling — Present participle of gentle.
- gentrice — gentility; high birth.
- gentries — Plural form of gentry.
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- gerontic — geriatric.
- get into — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gettings — Plural form of getting.
- giantess — an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- gill net — a curtainlike net, suspended vertically in the water, with meshes of such a size as to catch by the gills a fish that has thrust its head through.
- girgenti — former name of Agrigento.
- girtline — gantline.
- gitterns — Plural form of gittern.
- given to — past participle of give.
- glistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glisten.
- glutelin — any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
- glutenin — a simple protein of cereal grains that imparts adhesive properties to flour.
- gnathite — any of the mouth appendages of an insect or other arthropod.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- granites — Plural form of granite.
- gratinee — to cook (food) au gratin