8-letter words containing l, o, n, g, i
- glorying — Present participle of glory.
- 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.
- gloxinia — any of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, especially S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluonium — glueball.
- glyconic — (of a line of verse) consisting of three trochees and one dactyl
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- goatling — a young goat
- gobbling — Present participle of gobble.
- goggling — Present participle of goggle.
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- googling — Present participle of google.
- goslings — Plural form of gosling.
- grillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- growling — Producing a growl.
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- holloing — Present participle of hollo.
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- 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.
- intaglio — incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
- isogonal — equiangular; isogonic.
- joggling — Present participle of joggle.
- jokingly — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- jollying — Present participle of jolly.
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- kaoliang — a variety of grain sorghum.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- knolling — Present participle of knoll.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lassoing — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- legioned — arranged in legions
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- liaodong — a peninsula in NE China, extending S into the Yellow Sea.
- liaoning — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- ligroine — a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
- lilongwe — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.