8-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- sinigrin — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KC 1 0 H 1 6 NO 9 S 2 ⋅H 2 O, found chiefly in the seeds of the black mustard, that deters some insect predators.
- sirening — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- skirling — the sound of a bagpipe.
- skirting — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smirking — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
- smirting — the activity of flirting between smokers who are smoking cigarettes outside a no-smoking office, pub, etc
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- 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.
- snorting — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sparling — the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
- sparring — a motion of sparring.
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spingarn — Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- springal — a young man
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- spy ring — a group of spies operating covertly together
- squiring — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- srinagar — Also, Cashmere. a former princely state in SW Asia, adjacent to India, Pakistan, Sinkiang, and Tibet: sovereignty in dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
- starling — a pointed cluster of pilings for protecting a bridge pier from drifting ice, debris, etc.
- starring — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- starving — very hungry
- steering — Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip: He got a good steer about finding the right job.
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- stirling — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stirring — rousing, exciting, or thrilling: a stirring speech.
- storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- storting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- strafing — an act or instance of strafing
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- striding — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- strigine — of or like an owl
- striking — Military. describing a fighter-bomber aircraft designed to carry large payloads at high speeds and low altitudes and also to engage in air-to-air combat.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- stringer — a person or thing that strings.
- striping — a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing: the stripes of a zebra.
- striving — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.