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8-letter words containing t, i, g, r

  • rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
  • ring out — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
  • ring rot — a disease of potatoes, characterized by wilted foliage and rotting of the ring of vascular bundles in the tubers, caused by a bacterium, Corynebacterium sepedonicum.
  • ring taw — ringer1 (def 4).
  • ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.
  • ringette — a team sport played on ice, using straight sticks to control a rubber ring
  • ringlets — locks of hair hanging down in spiral curls
  • ringster — a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
  • ringtail — any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
  • ringtone — telephone's ringing sound
  • ringtoss — a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
  • riot gun — a gun, especially a shotgun with a short barrel, for quelling riots rather than inflicting serious injury.
  • riveting — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
  • 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.
  • sastrugi — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
  • scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
  • sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
  • shirting — any shirt fabric, as broadcloth or oxford.
  • shorting — having little length; not long.
  • 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)
  • skirting — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
  • smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
  • smirting — the activity of flirting between smokers who are smoking cigarettes outside a no-smoking office, pub, etc
  • snorting — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
  • sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
  • spritzig — (of wine) sparkling
  • 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
  • steering — Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip: He got a good steer about finding the right job.
  • 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.
  • stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
  • stirling — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
  • stirring — rousing, exciting, or thrilling: a stirring speech.
  • storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
  • storting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
  • strafing — an act or instance of strafing
  • straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
  • straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
  • striding — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • strigate — (of animals) streaked with different colours
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