8-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- smishing — the practice of using fraudulent text messages to extract financial data from users for purposes of identity theft
- smithing — a worker in metal.
- smocking — a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
- smogging — smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- smudging — a dirty mark or smear.
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- snacking — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- snagging — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- snapping — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- sneaking — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneering — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- sniffing — to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
- sniggler — to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
- snobling — a little snob
- snogging — to kiss and cuddle.
- snooping — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
- snorting — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
- snubbing — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
- snuffing — to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).
- snuggies — warm knitted underwear, especially long underpants, for women or children.
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- softling — a weakling or something which has a soft nature
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- solingen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- song hit — a song, usually a pop song, which is well known and which sold well when released. Also called a hit or a hit song.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- spacings — an act of someone or something that spaces.
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spalling — a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spamming — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
- spanking — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- spanning — the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended.
- sparling — the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
- sparring — a motion of sparring.
- spawning — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spazzing — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- 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.