8-letter words containing s, n, i
- ghosting — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- giantess — an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- giantism — Pathology. gigantism.
- gigatons — Plural form of gigaton.
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- ginkgoes — Plural form of ginkgo.
- ginsberg — Allen, 1926–97, U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ginsburg — Ruth Bader [bey-der] /ˈbeɪ dər/ (Show IPA), born 1933, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993.
- ginsengs — Plural form of ginseng.
- gipsying — Present participle of gipsy.
- girlness — (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- gitterns — Plural form of gittern.
- glass in — to enclose with glass panes
- glassine — a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- glassing — Present participle of glass.
- glibness — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- glistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glisten.
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- glossing — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluiness — Alt form glueyness.
- gnashing — to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
- gneisses — Plural form of gneiss.
- gneissic — a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gooiness — the quality of being gooey
- goriness — covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- goslings — Plural form of gosling.
- gospodin — a title of respect corresponding to Mr.
- gradings — Plural form of grading.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- granitas — Plural form of granita.
- granites — Plural form of granite.
- grannies — Informal. a grandmother.
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- grassing — any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family.
- gratings — Plural form of grating.
- greasing — Present participle of grease.
- greenies — Plural form of greeny.
- greenish — somewhat green; having a tinge of green.
- gremlins — Plural form of gremlin.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- griffins — Plural form of griffin.
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grimness — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- grinches — Plural form of grinch.
- grinders — Plural form of grinder.