8-letter words containing i, s, g, o, n
- egestion — the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- enginous — ingenious or clever
- exposing — Present participle of expose.
- flossing — The act of removing food and plaque from one's teeth using dental floss.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- foisting — Present participle of foist.
- foldings — Plural form of folding.
- footings — Plural form of footing.
- forcings — Plural form of forcing.
- foreigns — Plural form of foreign.
- forgings — Plural form of forging.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- fungoids — Plural form of fungoid.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gastonia — a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- gelsolin — an actin-binding protein that modulates actin filament length and gelation, influencing cell locomotion and structure, endocytosis, etc.
- geminous — found in pairs
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- ghosting — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gigatons — Plural form of gigaton.
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- ginkgoes — Plural form of ginkgo.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- glossing — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gooiness — the quality of being gooey
- goriness — covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- goslings — Plural form of gosling.
- gospodin — a title of respect corresponding to Mr.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- grossing — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- growings — Plural form of growing.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- howlings — Plural form of howling.