8-letter words containing i, g, n, o
- gridiron — a football field.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- grind on — If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- groaning — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- groening — Matt(hew). born 1954, US cartoonist and writer, creator and producer of The Simpsons television series from 1989
- groining — Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grokking — to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
- grooming — a bridegroom.
- grooving — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- grossing — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grouping — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- growings — Plural form of growing.
- growling — Producing a growl.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gunpoint — the point or aim of a gun.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- holloing — Present participle of hollo.
- homaging — Present participle of homage.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- honoring — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- houghing — Scot. hock1 (defs 1, 2).
- hounding — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- howlings — Plural form of howling.