8-letter words containing s, i, g
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swatting — to hit; slap; smack.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- sweeting — a sweet variety of apple.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- swigging — an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught: He took a swig from the flask.
- swilling — liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
- swimming — an act, instance, or period of swimming.
- swing by — Aerospace. a trajectory that uses the gravitational field of one celestial body to alter the course of a spacecraft destined for another body.
- swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
- swingers — a person or thing that swings.
- swinging — Also called Big Band music, swing music. a style of jazz, popular especially in the 1930s and often arranged for a large dance band, marked by a smoother beat and more flowing phrasing than Dixieland and having less complex harmonies and rhythms than modern jazz.
- swingism — former resistance to the use of agricultural machines
- swingman — a player who can play either of two positions, usually guard and forward.
- swishing — to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- swissing — a method of treating cloth
- swoffing — the sport of saltwater fly-fishing
- swooning — to faint; lose consciousness.
- swooping — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- swotting — to study or work hard.
- synalgia — referred pain.
- synalgic — referred pain.
- synching — synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
- synergic — the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.; synergism.
- synergid — one of two small cells that lie inside the embryo sac of a flowering plant and nourish the ovum.
- syringes — a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- tailings — the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- thesiger — Wilfred (Patrick). 1910–2003, British writer, who explored the Empty Quarter of Arabia (1945–50) and lived with the Iraqi marsh Arabs (1950–58). His books include Arabian Sands (1958), The Marsh Arabs (1964), and My Kenya Days (1994)
- thingies — Facetious. any small item whose name is unknown or forgotten.
- thuggish — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- tigerish — tigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
- tigerism — an arrogant and showy manner
- tightass — an inhibited or excessively self-controlled person
- tightish — fairly tight; almost tight
- tinglish — exciting
- 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.
- tithings — a tithe.
- toasting — the act of raising a toast
- toughies — a tough person, especially one who is belligerent.
- toughish — somewhat tough.
- transing — to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- 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.
- trysting — an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- tsinghai — a province in W central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Capital: Xining.
- tsingtao — Older Spelling. a seaport in E Shandong province, in E China.
- tungstic — of or containing tungsten, especially in the pentavalent or hexavalent state.