7-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- maringa — a city in S Brazil.
- marking — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- marling — small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- marring — to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- marting — Present participle of mart.
- mearing — forming a boundary or mere
- merging — Present participle of merge.
- merling — a fish, Merlangius merlangus or Gadus merlangus
- migrant — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- mingers — Plural form of minger.
- mingler — to become mixed, blended, or united.
- mitring — to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
- mooring — the act of mooring.
- moringa — Any of several trees, of genus Moringa, that grow in tropical and subtropical India and Africa.
- morling — Alternative form of mortling.
- morning — the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- mridang — Alternative form of mridangam (Indian drum).
- murking — Present participle of murk.
- myringa — the eardrum
- nearing — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- negrito — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- negroid — Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- negroni — a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- nerfing — Present participle of nerf.
- nerving — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- niagara — a river on the boundary between W New York and Ontario, Canada, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. 34 miles (55 km) long.
- nigeria — a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- niggard — an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- niggers — Plural form of nigger.
- niggler — to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
- nighter — (only in combinations) Someone or something who does something for a certain number of nights.
- nigrify — to blacken.
- noriega — Manuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
- norming — Present participle of norm.
- nurling — to make knurls or ridges on.
- nursing — a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- ochring — to color or mark with ocher.
- ogonori — An edible seaweed (Gracilaria spp.).
- onigiri — A rice ball.
- orating — Present participle of orate.
- organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- origins — Plural form of origin.
- outgrin — to exceed in grinning
- outring — to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- overing — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- pairing — a coupling.
- parging — a thin coat of plaster or mortar for giving a relatively smooth surface to rough masonry or for sealing it against moisture.
- parking — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- parling — talk; parley.
- parring — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.