8-letter words containing i, g, n, t
- gill net — a curtainlike net, suspended vertically in the water, with meshes of such a size as to catch by the gills a fish that has thrust its head through.
- girgenti — former name of Agrigento.
- girthing — Present participle of girth.
- girtline — gantline.
- gitterns — Plural form of gittern.
- given to — past participle of give.
- glinting — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glisten.
- gloating — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- glutelin — any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
- glutenin — a simple protein of cereal grains that imparts adhesive properties to flour.
- glutting — Present participle of glut.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- gnathite — any of the mouth appendages of an insect or other arthropod.
- gnatling — a small gnat
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- goatling — a young goat
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- grafting — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- granitas — Plural form of granita.
- granites — Plural form of granite.
- granitic — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- granting — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- gratinee — to cook (food) au gratin
- gratings — Plural form of grating.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- greenlit — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greeting — the act or words of a person who greets.
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grifting — (sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- 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.
- gristing — grain to be ground.
- gritting — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- grunting — to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- guesting — Present participle of guest.
- guilting — the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gunfight — a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, especially a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West.
- gunflint — the flint in a flintlock.
- gunpoint — the point or aim of a gun.
- gunsight — A device on a gun that enables it to be aimed accurately.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- gwinnett — Button, 1735?–77, American Revolutionary leader, born in England.
- gyrating — Present participle of gyrate.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- habiting — Present participle of habit.