8-letter words containing l, e, g, i, s
- shelving — material for shelves.
- shieling — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shigella — any of several rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shingles — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
- sideling — sidelong or sideways; obliquely.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- sighless — without uttering a sigh
- sighlike — resembling a sigh
- signable — suitable for signing, as in being satisfactory, appropriate, or complete: a signable legislative bill.
- signaled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signless — without a sign or sign-board
- singable — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- 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.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slippage — an act or instance of slipping.
- sloe gin — a cordial or liqueur made from gin flavored with sloes.
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- sniggler — to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
- solfeggi — a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
- solingen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- spelling — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- spillage — the act or process of spilling.
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- squiggle — a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
- squilgee — squeegee.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steeling — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- stillage — a low platform on which goods are stored in a warehouse or factory to keep them off the floor, to aid in handling, etc. Compare skid (def 3).
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- twigless — having no twigs
- ugliness — very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- villages — The, a city in central Oklahoma.
- weigelas — Plural form of weigela.
- weldings — Plural form of welding.
- welshing — Present participle of welsh.
- westling — (obsolete) A westerner.
- wigglers — Plural form of wiggler.
- wingless — having no wings.
- wiseling — someone who claims to be wise; a wiseacre
- wriggles — Plural form of wriggle.
- yelpings — Plural form of yelping.