8-letter words containing t, g, i
- hastings — Thomas, 1860–1929, U.S. architect.
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heighths — (archaic) Plural form of heighth; an archaic variant of heights.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- heritage — something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- high bit — (Or "high-order bit") The most significant bit in a byte. See also meta bit, hobbit, dread high bit disease.
- high hat — a snobbish person
- high tea — a late afternoon or early evening meal similar to a light supper.
- high-hat — to snub or treat condescendingly.
- high-top — denoting a sneaker that covers the ankle.
- highlite — Misspelling of highlight.
- highmost — highest
- highspot — highlight
- hightail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- highting — an oath; promise
- hightops — Plural form of hightop.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- hitching — Present participle of hitch.
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- hustings — (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- hutching — Present participle of hutch.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- ideating — to form an idea, thought, or image of.
- ignatiev — Count Nikolai Pavlovich. 1832–1908, Russian diplomat and politician. As ambassador to Turkey (1864–77), he negotiated the Treaty of San Stefano (1878) ending the Russo-Turkish War
- ignatius — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- igniting — Present participle of ignite.
- ignition — the act or fact of igniting; state of being ignited.
- ignitron — a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- imagists — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- impetigo — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- imputing — Present participle of impute.
- in sight — an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life.
- inciting — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- indagate — to investigate; research.
- indigent — lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
- indigest — (obsolete) crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
- inditing — Present participle of indite.
- inflight — done, served, or shown during an air voyage: an in-flight movie.
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ingested — Simple past tense and past participle of ingest.
- ingoting — Present participle of ingot.