8-letter words containing g, i, p
- expiring — Ending, terminating, dying.
- exposing — Present participle of expose.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- fireplug — fire hydrant.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flapping — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- flipping — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- flopping — Present participle of flop.
- fog drip — water falling to the ground from trees, especially conifers, that have collected the moisture from fog.
- frapping — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- gallipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
- game pie — a savoury pie made from game or hunted animals
- ganapati — (Hinduism) Lord of the demigods attending on Shiva. An epithet of Ganesha.
- gap-fill — In language teaching, a gap-fill test is an exercise in which words are removed from a text and replaced with spaces. The learner has to fill each space with the missing word or a suitable word.
- gapingly — In a gaping way.
- gas pipe — a metal pipe used to supply a building with gas
- gempylid — any of several fishes of the family Gempylidae, comprising the snake mackerels.
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- genipaps — Plural form of genipap.
- geoponic — of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- giftshop — a shop that sells items that are suitable for giving as presents
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gigaflop — gigaflops
- gipsying — Present participle of gipsy.
- glamping — Informal. the activity of camping with some of the comforts and luxuries of home: Imagine glamping in a carpeted tent with a comfy queen-size bed.
- gleipnir — a bond with magic properties, forged by elves, and used by the gods to bind Loki.
- glimpsed — a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
- glimpses — Plural form of glimpse.
- glomping — Present participle of glomp.
- glumpily — in a glumpy manner
- glumpish — glum
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- glyptics — the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.
- goopiest — Superlative form of goopy.
- gospodin — a title of respect corresponding to Mr.
- gossiped — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossiper — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossipry — Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
- grampian — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grampies — Plural form of grampy.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- graphium — a writing stylus
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- grepping — Present participle of grep.
- grid map — a map on which a network of horizontal and vertical lines are superimposed, for locating points
- 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.