8-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- resiting — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- respring — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- restring — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- resuming — to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- retiring — that retires.
- reveling — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- revering — to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- reviling — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- rewiring — the action or process of installing new electrical wiring
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- riddling — a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- ridgling — any male animal, especially a colt, with undescended testicles.
- riesling — Horticulture. a variety of grape. the vine bearing this grape, grown in Europe and California.
- riffling — a rapid, as in a stream.
- rig down — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigatoni — a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- righting — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- ring man — Printing. an operator of a ring machine.
- ring off — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- ring out — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- ring rot — a disease of potatoes, characterized by wilted foliage and rotting of the ring of vascular bundles in the tubers, caused by a bacterium, Corynebacterium sepedonicum.
- ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
- ringbark — girdle (def 11).
- ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.
- ringbone — a morbid bony growth on the pastern bones of a horse, often resulting in lameness.
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- ringette — a team sport played on ice, using straight sticks to control a rubber ring
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- ringless — a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ringlets — locks of hair hanging down in spiral curls
- ringlike — shaped like a ring or circle
- ringling — Albert, (1852–1916) and his brothers Alfred, (1861–1919), Charles, (1863–1926), John, (1866–1936), and Otto, (1858–1911), U.S. circus owners.
- ringneck — a ring-necked animal.
- ringsail — ringtail (def 3).
- ringside — the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- ringster — a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- ringtail — any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- ringtone — telephone's ringing sound
- ringtoss — a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- ringwise — (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
- ringwomb — a complication at lambing resulting from failure of the cervix to open
- ringwood — a town in N New Jersey.
- ringwork — a circular earthwork used as a defence and made up of a surrounding bank and ditch
- ringworm — any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by certain parasitic fungi and characterized by the formation of ring-shaped eruptive patches.
- riot gun — a gun, especially a shotgun with a short barrel, for quelling riots rather than inflicting serious injury.