8-letter words containing p, a, g, i
- equipage — The equipment for a particular purpose.
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flapping — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- frapping — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- gallipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
- game pie — a savoury pie made from game or hunted animals
- ganapati — (Hinduism) Lord of the demigods attending on Shiva. An epithet of Ganesha.
- gap-fill — In language teaching, a gap-fill test is an exercise in which words are removed from a text and replaced with spaces. The learner has to fill each space with the missing word or a suitable word.
- gapingly — In a gaping way.
- gas pipe — a metal pipe used to supply a building with gas
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- genipaps — Plural form of genipap.
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gigaflop — gigaflops
- glamping — Informal. the activity of camping with some of the comforts and luxuries of home: Imagine glamping in a carpeted tent with a comfy queen-size bed.
- grampian — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grampies — Plural form of grampy.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- graphium — a writing stylus
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- grid map — a map on which a network of horizontal and vertical lines are superimposed, for locating points
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- hairgrip — A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- impaling — Present participle of impale.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- knapping — Present participle of knap.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- lard pig — a large type of pig used principally for lard
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- malpighi — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- mappings — Plural form of mapping.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- paganini — Niccolò [nik-uh-loh;; Italian neek-kaw-law] /ˈnɪk əˌloʊ;; Italian ˌnik kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1784–1840, Italian composer and violinist.
- paganism — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- paganist — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- paganize — to make pagan.