8-letter words containing t, g, i
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- rogation — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- roosting — a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rotating — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rough it — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- routeing — (networking) (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
- rugosity — having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- rustling — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- sagacity — acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
- sagenite — a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- saginate — to fatten (livestock)
- sagittal — Anatomy. of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture. (in direction or location) from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- sastrugi — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- sauteing — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scatting — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- scenting — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- scooting — to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
- scything — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- seething — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- sennight — a week.
- settling — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shang ti — the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- sheeting — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
- shifting — constant movement
- shirting — any shirt fabric, as broadcloth or oxford.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shorting — having little length; not long.
- shotting — the act or process of making lead shot in a shot tower.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- shunting — the act or job of manoeuvring coaches
- siangtan — a city in E Hunan, in S China.
- siftings — something sifted: siftings of flour.
- sigatoka — a disease of bananas, characterized by discolored spots on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Mycosphaerella musicola.
- sighting — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- sightsee — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- sigmatic — characterized by a Greek letter sigma or a Roman S added to a word or stem
- sign out — a token; indication.
- sign-out — an act, instance, or time of signing out.
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- signpost — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- sing out — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sitology — the branch of medicine dealing with nutrition and dietetics.
- skeeting — to spit (saliva or a mouthful of other liquid) from the mouth, especially between the teeth.
- skirting — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.