8-letter words containing g, o, i, n, t
- jottings — Plural form of jotting.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kingston — an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
- knotting — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- kotowing — Present participle of kotow.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- long tin — a tall long loaf of bread
- longlist — A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- lootings — Plural form of looting.
- mitogens — Plural form of mitogen.
- mortling — wool obtained from dead sheep.
- motoring — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- mottling — to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- mounting — A backing, setting, or support for something.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- negation — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- netlingo — (computing) An on-line dictionary of more than 3000 terms, started in 1995 and updated monthly. NetLingo contains simple explanations and comprehensive coverage, including chat acronyms and smilies. It is also available in dead tree form.
- nightowl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nitrogen — a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nointing — Present participle of noint.
- nonguilt — the state of being innocent or not guilty
- northing — northward movement or deviation.
- notating — to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation: The book describes how to notate music for instruments and voice.
- notching — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- nothings — Plural form of nothing.
- noticing — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- omitting — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- on sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- orbiting — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- organist — a person who plays the organ.
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- outdoing — Present participle of outdo.
- outfling — (intransitive) To fling outward.
- outgoing — going out; departing: outgoing trains.
- outlying — lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- outnight — to mention nights more often than
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- outsings — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsing.