8-letter words containing s, i, g, b
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- 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
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- 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.
- bush pig — any of a genus (Potamochoerus) of wild African pigs that live in forested regions
- bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
- by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- dingbats — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- dirtbags — Plural form of dirtbag.
- dubbings — Plural form of dubbing.
- duisburg — a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
- filibegs — Plural form of filibeg.
- firbolgs — any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
- firebugs — Plural form of firebug.
- gabbiest — Superlative form of gabby.
- gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
- gibbsite — a mineral, hydrated aluminum oxide, Al 2 O 3 ·3H 2 O, occurring in whitish or grayish crystals and masses: an important constituent of bauxite ore.
- gigabits — Plural form of gigabit.
- gil blas — (Gil Blas de Santillane) a picaresque novel (1715–35) by Le Sage.
- gilberts — Plural form of gilbert.
- ginsberg — Allen, 1926–97, U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ginsburg — Ruth Bader [bey-der] /ˈbeɪ dər/ (Show IPA), born 1933, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- glibness — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- globoids — Plural form of globoid.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- gribbles — Plural form of gribble.
- grubbies — a small sculpin, Myxocephalus aenaeus, inhabiting waters off the coast of New England.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gw-basic — (language) An early version of MS-BASIC.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highbush — Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
- icebergs — Plural form of iceberg.
- jigaboos — Plural form of jigaboo.
- mailbags — Plural form of mailbag.
- megabits — Plural form of megabit.
- misbegin — to begin incorrectly or badly
- misbegot — Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin.
- misbegun — Begun badly or incorrectly.
- niblings — Plural form of nibling.
- obligees — Plural form of obligee.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- ribgrass — English plantain.
- robosign — to sign (a document) without reviewing its contents or supporting documents: The bank instructed employees to robosign piles of mortgages.