8-letter words containing i, g, p
- polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
- polliwog — a tadpole.
- popeling — a deputy or supporter of the Pope
- pork pig — a pig, typically of a lean type, bred and used principally for pork
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- porridgy — resembling the taste, texture, or appearance of porridge
- posingly — in a posing manner
- positing — to place, put, or set.
- pouching — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- praising — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prancing — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- pranking — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- preening — (of animals, especially birds) to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with the beak or tongue: The peacock preened itself on the lawn.
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- preimage — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- prepping — preparatory school.
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- prestige — reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- preweigh — to weigh beforehand
- pricking — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- priggery — the conduct or character of a prig.
- priggish — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- priggism — priggish character or ideas; priggishness.
- prilling — Prilling is a process in which a melted substance is sprayed against upward-flowing air in a tower to form solid particles.
- primming — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- primping — to dress or adorn with care.
- printing — the state of being printed.
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- progeria — a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
- proggins — a university proctor
- proofing — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propping — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- pryingly — in a prying manner
- psyching — psych1 .
- puddling — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- pug mill — a mill for grinding and mixing materials, as clay or the ingredients of cement, to a desired condition.
- pugilism — the art or practice of fighting with the fists; boxing.
- pugilist — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pulingly — in a complaining manner
- pumpking — pumpkin
- punching — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
- purfling — to finish with an ornamental border.
- pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.