8-letter words containing g, e, t, i, n
- greenlit — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greeting — the act or words of a person who greets.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- gripenet — [IBM] A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's internal VNET system, deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be taboo in more formal channels.
- guesting — Present participle of guest.
- gwinnett — Button, 1735?–77, American Revolutionary leader, born in England.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- ideating — to form an idea, thought, or image of.
- ignatiev — Count Nikolai Pavlovich. 1832–1908, Russian diplomat and politician. As ambassador to Turkey (1864–77), he negotiated the Treaty of San Stefano (1878) ending the Russo-Turkish War
- indagate — to investigate; research.
- indigent — lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
- indigest — (obsolete) crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ingested — Simple past tense and past participle of ingest.
- ingrates — Plural form of ingrate.
- initgame — (games) /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] An IRC version of the venerable trivia game "20 questions", in which one user changes his nick to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next. As a courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a 4-letter hint of the form sex, nationality, life-status, reality-status. For example, MAAR means "Male, American, Alive, Real" (as opposed to "fictional"). Initgame can be surprisingly addictive. See also hing.
- intangle — Archaic form of entangle.
- integers — Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
- integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- integrin — (biochemistry) Any of many heterodimeric transmembrane proteins that function as receptors in communication between cells.
- interage — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
- intering — Present participle of inter.
- intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- irangate — a political scandal of 1986 in the United States involving the illegal sale of arms to Iran in return for the release of US hostages held there, and the use of the profits to funds Contra rebels in Nicaragua
- ketching — Present participle of ketch.
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- knighted — a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
- leftwing — Alternative spelling of left-wing.
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lettings — Plural form of letting.
- liegnitz — German name of Legnica.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligement — Obsolete form of ledgment.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lignites — Plural form of lignite.
- lingster — an interpreter
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- mangiest — Superlative form of mangy.
- meetings — Plural form of meeting.
- meriting — Present participle of merit.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metering — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.