8-letter words containing g, e, t, n
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
- changeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'change'.
- changteh — Changde
- chantage — the use of threats to extort money; blackmail
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chengteh — Chengde
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- cleating — a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support: He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.
- clefting — (medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- congreet — (of two or more people) to greet one another
- coregent — a joint regent
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- cresting — an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- cytogeny — (biology) cell production or development; cytogenesis.
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debiting — the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debuting — a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- decating — a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.
- deighton — Len. born 1929, British thriller writer. His books include The Ipcress File (1962), Bomber (1970), and the trilogy Berlin Game, Mexico Set, and London Match (1983–85)
- deleting — Present participle of delete.
- deligent — Archaic spelling of diligent.
- demoting — Present participle of demote.
- denegate — (obsolete, transitive) To deny.
- denoting — to be a mark or sign of; indicate: A fever often denotes an infection.
- deputing — Present participle of depute.
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- detangle — to remove tangles from (hair)
- detoxing — Present participle of detox.
- devoting — to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.: to devote one's time to reading.
- dignitie — Obsolete spelling of dignity.
- diligent — constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.
- dingiest — Superlative form of dingy.
- dirigent — directing
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- duetting — turn-taking by two birds in the execution of a song pattern.
- e-voting — electronic voting.
- earthing — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- eastings — Plural form of easting.
- ectogeny — the effect of pollination and fertilization on the tissues of a plant
- edgerton — Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.