8-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- sirening — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sizzling — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- skeeting — to spit (saliva or a mouthful of other liquid) from the mouth, especially between the teeth.
- skidding — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- skilling — skillion.
- skimming — an act or instance of skimming.
- skinking — (of liquor, soup, etc.) watery; diluted or thin.
- skinning — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- skipping — to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- skirling — the sound of a bagpipe.
- skirting — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skulking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- slacking — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slagging — Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- slamming — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- slanging — very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- slangish — rather slangy
- slanting — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- slashing — a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- slatting — a slap; a sharp blow.
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- sledding — a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sledging — the activity of travelling across snow on a sledge
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleeting — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sleeving — the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- slimming — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- slinging — a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- slinking — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- sloe gin — a cordial or liqueur made from gin flavored with sloes.
- slogging — to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
- slopping — to spill or splash (liquid).
- sloshing — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- slotting — a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sludging — intravascular slowing or clumping of red blood cells.
- sluffing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slugging — a hard blow or hit, especially with a fist or baseball bat.
- sluicing — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumming — Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slumping — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- smacking — smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smirking — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
- smirting — the activity of flirting between smokers who are smoking cigarettes outside a no-smoking office, pub, etc