7-letter words containing n, i, g, e
- leasing — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leaving — something that is left; residue.
- leching — to behave like a lecher (often followed by for or after).
- ledging — a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- leering — to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
- legging — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- leggins — Plural form of leggin.
- legions — Plural form of legion.
- legnica — a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- legumin — a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
- lekking — a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- lemming — any of various small, mouselike rodents of the genera Lemmus, Myopus, and Dicrostonyx, of far northern regions, as L. lemmus, of Norway, Sweden, etc., noted for periodic mass migrations that sometimes result in mass drownings.
- lending — That lends.
- lensing — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lentigo — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lessing — Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
- letting — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- levying — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- li peng — born 1928, Chinese Communist politician: premier (1988–98)
- lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lignane — (organic compound) The hydrocarbon formed by joining two propylbenzene residues at the \u03b2-carbon atom of the propyl side chain; this structure is the basis of all lignans.
- lignite — a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- lignose — an explosive compound composed of nitroglycerin and wood fibre
- linages — Plural form of linage.
- lineage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- lingoes — Plural form of lingo.
- linguae — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- linkage — the act of linking; state or manner of being linked.
- logined — the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- logline — a synopsis of a script or screenplay
- longies — long underwear, especially for winter use.
- lucigen — a lamp that burns oil mixed with hot air
- luening — Otto, 1900–1996, U.S. composer, conductor, and flutist.
- makeing — Misspelling of making.
- mealing — Present participle of meal.
- meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- mearing — forming a boundary or mere
- meawing — Present participle of meaw.
- meeping — Present participle of meep.
- meeting — an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
- meighen — Arthur, 1874–1960, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1920–21, 1926.
- meinong — Alexius [ah-lek-see-oo s] /ɑˈlɛk si ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1853–1920, Austrian psychologist and philosopher.
- melding — a blend.
- melling — to beat with a mallet; hammer.
- melting — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- memling — Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), c1430–94? German painter of the Flemish school.
- memoing — Present participle of memo.
- mendigo — a beggar or vagrant
- mending — the act of mending; repair or improvement.