8-letter words containing g, r, a, n, i
- spingarn — Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- springal — a young man
- srinagar — Also, Cashmere. a former princely state in SW Asia, adjacent to India, Pakistan, Sinkiang, and Tibet: sovereignty in dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
- starling — a pointed cluster of pilings for protecting a bridge pier from drifting ice, debris, etc.
- starring — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- starving — very hungry
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- strafing — an act or instance of strafing
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
- tabering — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tarrying — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- teraglin — an edible marine fish, Zeluco atelodus, of Australia which has fine scales and is blue in colour
- thrawing — British Dialect. to throw.
- tigrinya — a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- traiking — to become ill or lose one's good health.
- trailing — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tramming — trammel (def 3).
- tramping — the act of tramping.
- trancing — a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- transing — to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
- trapping — traps, Informal. personal belongings; baggage.
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- trawling — fishing using a trawl net or trawl line
- triangle — a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- trigonal — of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- uncaring — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- undaring — lacking a sense of adventure
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- varginha — a city in E Brazil.
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
- vintager — a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- virginal — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin: virginal purity.
- virginia — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- wafering — Present participle of wafer.
- wagering — Present participle of wager.
- warbling — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- warnings — Plural form of warning.
- watering — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- wharfing — Wharfs collectively.
- wing bar — a line of contrasting color along the coverts of a bird's wing.
- wracking — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- wrapping — something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: an evening wrap.
- wreaking — to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.