8-letter words containing t, u, n, g, i
- gunfight — a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, especially a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West.
- gunflint — the flint in a flintlock.
- gunpoint — the point or aim of a gun.
- gunsight — A device on a gun that enables it to be aimed accurately.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- 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.
- ignatius — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- imputing — Present participle of impute.
- intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- jaunting — a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- junglist — A performer or enthusiast of jungle music.
- linguist — a specialist in linguistics.
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- minuting — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- mounting — A backing, setting, or support for something.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- mulcting — Present participle of mulct.
- mutating — to change; alter.
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- nonguilt — the state of being innocent or not guilty
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nutating — Present participle of nutate.
- outdoing — Present participle of outdo.
- outfling — (intransitive) To fling outward.
- outgoing — going out; departing: outgoing trains.
- outlying — lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- outnight — to mention nights more often than
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- outsings — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsing.
- outsting — to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
- outswing — (cricket) The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.
- outvying — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- pinchgut — someone who does not give other people enough food
- questing — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- quieting — Present participle of quiet.
- quilting — a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- quirting — Present participle of quirt.
- quitting — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- ring out — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- riot gun — a gun, especially a shotgun with a short barrel, for quelling riots rather than inflicting serious injury.