8-letter words containing i, g, p
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spelling — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- spenting — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- sphinges — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- sphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- spiffing — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spillage — the act or process of spilling.
- spimming — a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spingarn — Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- spinning — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spitting — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- splicing — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- splining — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- sponging — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- spoofing — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spooning — a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- spotting — the hobby of watching for and noting particular examples of something, such as birds, numbers or types of trains, buses, etc
- spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springal — a young man
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- spritzig — (of wine) sparkling
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- spy ring — a group of spies operating covertly together
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- steeping — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
- stepping — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stooping — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- stopping — the act of stopping.
- striping — a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing: the stripes of a zebra.
- stumping — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swapping — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- swooping — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tempting — that tempts; enticing or inviting.
- thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
- tie plug — a wooden plug driven into the hole left in a tie when a spike has been withdrawn.