8-letter words containing s, g, d
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandling — a sand eel
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- saw edge — the serrated edge of a saw
- scalding — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- scolding — a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- scragged — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scudding — to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
- seal dog — an iron hook used for dragging seal carcasses over the ice.
- sedgwick — Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.
- seedling — a plant or tree grown from a seed.
- seladang — the gaur.
- selvedge — the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
- semi-god — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- shadings — a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
- shandong — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- sheepdog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- sick-dog — a calm and unruffled person
- sideling — sidelong or sideways; obliquely.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- signaled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- skidding — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- sled dog — a dog trained to pull a sled, usually working in a team.
- sledding — a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sledging — the activity of travelling across snow on a sledge
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- sloughed — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- sludging — intravascular slowing or clumping of red blood cells.
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- sluggard — a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smudging — a dirty mark or smear.
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- solidago — any plant of the chiefly American genus Solidago, which includes the goldenrods: family Asteraceae (composites)
- solpugid — sun spider.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.