6-letter words containing i, g, n
- hering — Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- hewing — to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- hexing — Present participle of hex.
- hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
- hiking — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
- hinged — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- hinger — a tool for making hinges
- hinges — Plural form of hinge.
- hingis — Martina, born 1980, Swiss tennis player, born in Slovakia.
- hiring — Present participle of hire.
- hiving — a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- hoeing — a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hoggin — a finely sifted gravel containing enough clay binder for it to be used in its natural form for making paths or roads
- hoking — to alter or manipulate so as to give a deceptively or superficially improved quality or value (usually followed by up): a political speech hoked up with phony statistics.
- holing — Present participle of hole.
- homing — of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products.
- honing — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hoping — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
- hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- hoving — Present participle of hove.
- hoying — Present participle of hoy.
- hsiang — a Chinese language spoken in Hunan province in southern China.
- hyping — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- ichang — Wade-Giles. Yichang.
- icings — Plural form of icing.
- idling — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- ignaro — an ignoramus
- ignify — (obsolete) To form into fire.
- ignite — to set on fire; kindle.
- ignomy — Obsolete spelling of ignominy.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ignote — (obsolete) unknown.
- iguana — a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- iligan — a city in the Philippines, a port on the N coast of Mindanao. Pop: 306 000 (2005 est)
- imagin — Obsolete form of imagine.
- imogen — a female given name.
- imping — a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- inanga — a common type of New Zealand grass tree, Dracophyllum longifolium
- incage — encage.
- incog. — incognito
- indign — Archaic. unworthy.
- indigo — a blue dye obtained from various plants, especially of the genus Indigofera, or manufactured synthetically.
- ingate — gate1 (def 15).
- ingenu — a male ingenue
- ingest — to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingine — genius; natural talent; ingenium
- ingirt — (obsolete) surrounded, encircled.
- ingmar — a male given name.
- ingots — Plural form of ingot.