8-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- stilting — one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stingily — reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He's a stingy old miser.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- stinking — that smells foul; foul-smelling.
- stirling — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stirring — rousing, exciting, or thrilling: a stirring speech.
- stoating — the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- stocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stonking — of exceptional size or quality
- stooking — shock2 (def 1).
- stooling — a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- stooping — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- stoozing — the practice of borrowing money at low interest for investment in a high-interest account
- stopping — the act of stopping.
- storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- storting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- strafing — an act or instance of strafing
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- striding — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- strigine — of or like an owl
- striking — Military. describing a fighter-bomber aircraft designed to carry large payloads at high speeds and low altitudes and also to engage in air-to-air combat.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- stringer — a person or thing that strings.
- 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.
- striving — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.
- studding — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- studying — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stuffing — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- 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.
- stunning — causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.
- stunting — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- stymying — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- subduing — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sun king — ("the Great"; "the Sun King") 1638–1715, king of France 1643–1715 (son of Louis XIII).
- sun sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun moves for approximately 30 days each year as the signs rotate through the heavens along the elliptic.
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- swagging — Slang. plunder; booty. money; valuables. free merchandise distributed as part of the promotion of a product, company, etc. self-confidence and personal style as shown by one's appearance and demeanor: the top ten athletes with the most swag. schwag (def 1).
- swaining — courtship
- 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.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swatting — to hit; slap; smack.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- sweeting — a sweet variety of apple.