8-letter words containing i, g, n, o
- cosigned — Simple past tense and past participle of cosign.
- cosigner — a cosignatory
- costings — Plural form of costing.
- cotingid — (zoology) Any member of the Cotingidae.
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- counting — Not counting a particular thing means not including that thing. Counting a particular thing means including that thing.
- coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- coveying — Present participle of covey.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowlings — Plural form of cowling.
- cozening — Present participle of cozen.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- d region — the lowest region of the ionosphere, extending from a height of about 60 kilometres to about 90 kilometres: contains a low concentration of free electrons and reflects low-frequency radio waves
- deboning — to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone: Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.
- decoding — the act or the process of converting something from a coded form into a normal form
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- 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)
- demoting — Present participle of demote.
- denoting — to be a mark or sign of; indicate: A fever often denotes an infection.
- deposing — Present participle of depose.
- 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.
- diagnose — If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. If an illness or problem is diagnosed, it is identified.
- diagonal — A diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one corner of a square across to the opposite corner.
- dig into — to penetrate by or as by digging
- digitron — a type of tube, for displaying information, having a common anode and several cathodes shaped in the form of characters, which can be lit by a glow discharge
- dingdong — Alternative spelling of ding-dong.
- diogenes — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- diogenic — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.
- dipthong — Obsolete spelling of diphthong.
- disloign — to put at a distance
- dittoing — Present participle of ditto.
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- dog iron — an andiron.
- dog nail — a nail having a head projecting to one side.