8-letter words containing s, i, g, n, u
- squiring — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- studding — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- studying — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stuffing — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- stumping — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- stunning — causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.
- stunting — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- subduing — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sun king — ("the Great"; "the Sun King") 1638–1715, king of France 1643–1715 (son of Louis XIII).
- sun sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun moves for approximately 30 days each year as the signs rotate through the heavens along the elliptic.
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- tissuing — Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- trussing — Civil Engineering, Building Trades. any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c). any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- trusting — Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
- tungstic — of or containing tungsten, especially in the pentavalent or hexavalent state.
- tungusic — a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in Manchuria and central and SE Siberia, including Manchu, Evenki, Even, and languages of the Amur River region, as Nanay.
- tussling — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
- ugliness — very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- unsating — not sating
- unseeing — the act of a person who sees.
- unsigned — a token; indication.
- unsinged — to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
- unstring — to deprive of strings: to unstring a violin.
- uprising — an act of rising up.
- upspring — to spring up.
- usg unix — operating system /U-S-G yoo'niks/ Refers to AT&T Unix commercial versions after Version 7, especially System III and System V releases 1, 2, and 3. So called because during most of the lifespan of those versions AT&T's support crew was called the "Unix Support Group". Compare BSD.
- usurping — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
- wingsuit — a type of skydiving suit with fabric under the arms and between the legs, enabling the wearer to reduce his or her rate of fall
- youngish — somewhat young.