8-letter words containing i, s, g, o
- 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.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- solfeggi — a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
- solidago — any plant of the chiefly American genus Solidago, which includes the goldenrods: family Asteraceae (composites)
- solingen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- solpugid — sun spider.
- 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.
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- sponging — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- spoofing — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spooning — a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- spotting — the hobby of watching for and noting particular examples of something, such as birds, numbers or types of trains, buses, etc
- spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- squiggol — Bird-Meertens Formalism
- 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.
- strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- swoffing — the sport of saltwater fly-fishing
- swooning — to faint; lose consciousness.