8-letter words containing n, i, g
- cracking — You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- crafting — an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill: the craft of a mason.
- cramming — intensive study, esp in order to pass an exam
- cramping — cramp iron.
- cranking — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crapping — (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creeping — (of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws out roots at intervals
- cresting — an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
- cribbing — the action of one that cribs
- crimping — Compress (something) into small folds or ridges.
- cringing — servile; obsequious
- cringles — Plural form of cringle.
- crisping — Present participle of crisp.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- cruising — Present participle of cruise.
- crumbing — Present participle of crumb.
- crunking — Present participle of crunk.
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- crusting — Present participle of crust.
- cryingly — exceptionally or markedly
- cuddling — Present participle of cuddle.
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- cumbungi — any of various tall Australian marsh plants of the genus Typha
- cummings — Edward Estlin (ˈɛstlɪn), (preferred typographical representation of name e. e. cummings). 1894–1962, US poet
- curating — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curdling — Present participle of curdle.
- currying — to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
- cuttings — Cuttings are small pieces of rock removed by the drill bit.
- cuttling — to fold (cloth) face to face after finishing.
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- d region — the lowest region of the ionosphere, extending from a height of about 60 kilometres to about 90 kilometres: contains a low concentration of free electrons and reflects low-frequency radio waves
- dabbling — the fact of being involved in an activity in a frivolous or superficial way
- daddling — Present participle of daddle.
- daggling — Present participle of daggle.