8-letter words containing s, i, g
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spooning — a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- spotting — the hobby of watching for and noting particular examples of something, such as birds, numbers or types of trains, buses, etc
- spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springal — a young man
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- spritzig — (of wine) sparkling
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- spy ring — a group of spies operating covertly together
- squiggle — a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
- squiggly — a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
- squiggol — Bird-Meertens Formalism
- squilgee — squeegee.
- squirage — squires considered as a whole group
- squiring — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- srinagar — Also, Cashmere. a former princely state in SW Asia, adjacent to India, Pakistan, Sinkiang, and Tibet: sovereignty in dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
- stabbing — penetrating; piercing: a stabbing pain.
- stabling — a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- stacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- staffing — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- stagging — an adult male deer.
- staining — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- standing — rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community.
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- starling — a pointed cluster of pilings for protecting a bridge pier from drifting ice, debris, etc.
- starring — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- starving — very hungry
- steading — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steeling — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steeping — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
- steering — Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip: He got a good steer about finding the right job.
- stemming — Skiing. the act or instance of a skier pushing the heel of one or both skis outward so that the heels are far apart, as in making certain turns or slowing down.
- stepping — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- stifling — suffocating; oppressively close: the stifling atmosphere of the cavern.
- stigmata — a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- stillage — a low platform on which goods are stored in a warehouse or factory to keep them off the floor, to aid in handling, etc. Compare skid (def 3).
- stilling — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
- stilting — one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stilyaga — (formerly, in the Soviet Union) a person, usually young, who adopted the unconventional manner and dress of some Western youth groups, as rockers or punk-rock fans.