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8-letter words containing r, e, i, g

  • ringwise — (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
  • riveting — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
  • rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
  • roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • roger ii — 1095–1154, Norman king of Sicily (1130–54). His court was an intellectual centre for Muslim and Christian scholars
  • routeing — (networking)   (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
  • roweling — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
  • rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
  • salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
  • salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
  • scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
  • scriggle — to wriggle
  • scroggie — having scrogs upon it
  • scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
  • sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
  • seigneur — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
  • seignior — a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
  • seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
  • shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
  • sheering — to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
  • sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
  • signieur — a lord
  • signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
  • sirening — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
  • sneering — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
  • sniggler — to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
  • sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
  • spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
  • sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
  • springed — a snare for catching small game.
  • springer — a person or thing that springs.
  • squirage — squires considered as a whole group
  • steering — Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip: He got a good steer about finding the right job.
  • sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
  • sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
  • strigate — (of animals) streaked with different colours
  • strigine — of or like an owl
  • strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
  • stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
  • stringer — a person or thing that strings.
  • swingers — a person or thing that swings.
  • synergic — the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.; synergism.
  • synergid — one of two small cells that lie inside the embryo sac of a flowering plant and nourish the ovum.
  • syringes — a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
  • tabering — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
  • tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
  • telergic — relating to telergy
  • teraglin — an edible marine fish, Zeluco atelodus, of Australia which has fine scales and is blue in colour
  • the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed
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