8-letter words containing s, g, n
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
- buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
- bursting — If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them.
- bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- callings — Plural form of calling.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carvings — Plural form of carving.
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castings — Plural form of casting.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- ceilings — Plural form of ceiling.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- changers — Plural form of changer.
- changsha — a port in SE China, capital of Hunan province, on the Xiang River. Pop: 2 051 000 (2005 est)
- chasings — a design chased on metal.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- chidings — Plural form of chiding.
- chignons — Plural form of chignon.
- choosing — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- clangers — Plural form of clanger.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- classing — Present participle of class.
- clausing — (shipping) present participle of clause.
- closings — Plural form of closing.
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- codesign — to design jointly
- codlings — Plural form of codling.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- cognises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cognise.
- cognizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cognize.
- cognosce — to give judgement upon (a person)
- coinages — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- congeals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congeal.
- congrats — congratulations
- congress — Congress is the elected group of politicians that is responsible for making the law in the United States. It consists of two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate.