8-letter words containing n, o, s, g
- jonesing — Present participle of jones.
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- jottings — Plural form of jotting.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- kampongs — Plural form of kampong.
- kingdoms — Plural form of kingdom.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kingston — an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
- langosta — spiny lobster.
- langston — John Mercer, 1829–97, U.S. public official, diplomat, and educator.
- lassoing — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- leghorns — Plural form of leghorn.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- lodgings — accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging.
- loggings — the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.
- long ess — a style of the letter s, suggesting a lowercase f in form, formerly common in handwriting and as a type character.
- longbows — Plural form of longbow.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- longings — Plural form of longing.
- longinus — Dionysius Cassius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.
- longlegs — A daddy longlegs.
- longlist — A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared.
- longness — (rare) length, lengthiness.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- longshot — Alternative spelling of long shot.
- longsome — tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- longways — longwise.
- longwise — lengthwise
- lootings — Plural form of looting.
- losingly — in a losing manner
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- lovesong — Alternative spelling of love song.
- lozenges — Plural form of lozenge.
- lungeous — (of a person) violent; rough.
- lysogens — Plural form of lysogen.
- lysogeny — the state of being lysogenic.
- magnetos — Plural form of magneto.
- masoning — Present participle of mason.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- megatons — Plural form of megaton.
- misdoing — A misdeed.
- misogyne — (rare) A misogynist.
- misogyny — hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women.
- mitogens — Plural form of mitogen.
- moldings — Plural form of molding.
- mongoose — a slender, ferretlike carnivore, Herpestes edwardsi, of India, that feeds on rodents, birds, and eggs, noted especially for its ability to kill cobras and other venomous snakes.