8-letter words containing g, e, t, n
- figments — Plural form of figment.
- fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- fontange — Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- fragment — fragmentation
- 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.
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- 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.
- gangster — a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- gantlets — Plural form of gantlet.
- 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.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- garments — Plural form of garment.
- gastness — terror or fright.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- gauntest — Superlative form of gaunt.
- gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- gazement — a stare; look; view
- 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.
- gemstone — a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
- generant — something that generates
- generate — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- 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.
- genotype — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gentians — Plural form of gentian.
- gentiles — Plural form of gentile.
- gentilic — Tribal or national.
- gentlest — kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- 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.
- geognost — a student of, or expert in, geognosy
- gerontic — geriatric.