8-letter words containing s, i, g
- sheering — to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
- sheeting — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
- shelling — act of removing shell
- shelving — material for shelves.
- shieling — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shifting — constant movement
- shigella — any of several rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- shilingi — the currency of Tanzania
- shilling — a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- shillong — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- shimming — a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- 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.
- shingles — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
- shinning — the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- shipping — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
- shirking — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- shirring — to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
- shirting — any shirt fabric, as broadcloth or oxford.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shogging — to shake; jolt.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shopgirl — a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- shopping — a retail store, especially a small one.
- shorting — having little length; not long.
- shotting — the act or process of making lead shot in a shot tower.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- showgirl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- showring — an area where animals are displayed for sale or competition
- shucking — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- shunting — the act or job of manoeuvring coaches
- si kiang — a river in S China, flowing E from Yunnan province to the South China Sea near Canton. 1250 miles (2012 km) long.
- siangtan — a city in E Hunan, in S China.
- siblings — a brother or sister.
- sick bag — a bag provided on an aircraft or ship as a receptacle for vomit
- sick-dog — a calm and unruffled person
- sideling — sidelong or sideways; obliquely.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- siegbahn — Karl Manne Georg [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/ (Show IPA), 1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.
- siftings — something sifted: siftings of flour.
- sigatoka — a disease of bananas, characterized by discolored spots on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Mycosphaerella musicola.
- sighless — without uttering a sigh
- sighlike — resembling a sigh
- sighting — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- sightsee — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- sigmatic — characterized by a Greek letter sigma or a Roman S added to a word or stem
- sign for — acknowledge receipt
- sign off — a token; indication.