8-letter words containing s, i, g
- 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
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleeting — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sleeving — the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slightly — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slimming — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- slinging — a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- slinking — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- slippage — an act or instance of slipping.
- sloe gin — a cordial or liqueur made from gin flavored with sloes.
- slogging — to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
- slopping — to spill or splash (liquid).
- sloshing — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- slotting — a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sludging — intravascular slowing or clumping of red blood cells.
- sluffing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slugging — a hard blow or hit, especially with a fist or baseball bat.
- sluggish — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- sluicing — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumming — Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slumping — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- smacking — smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smirking — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
- smirting — the activity of flirting between smokers who are smoking cigarettes outside a no-smoking office, pub, etc
- smishing — the practice of using fraudulent text messages to extract financial data from users for purposes of identity theft
- smithing — a worker in metal.
- smocking — a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
- smogging — smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- smudging — a dirty mark or smear.
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- snacking — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- snagging — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- snapping — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- sneaking — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneering — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- sniffing — to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
- sniggler — to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
- snobling — a little snob
- snogging — to kiss and cuddle.
- snooping — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
- snorting — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
- snubbing — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
- snuffing — to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).