8-letter words containing w, i, g, n
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swatting — to hit; slap; smack.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- sweeting — a sweet variety of apple.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- swigging — an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught: He took a swig from the flask.
- swilling — liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
- swimming — an act, instance, or period of swimming.
- swing by — Aerospace. a trajectory that uses the gravitational field of one celestial body to alter the course of a spacecraft destined for another body.
- swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
- swingers — a person or thing that swings.
- swinging — Also called Big Band music, swing music. a style of jazz, popular especially in the 1930s and often arranged for a large dance band, marked by a smoother beat and more flowing phrasing than Dixieland and having less complex harmonies and rhythms than modern jazz.
- swingism — former resistance to the use of agricultural machines
- swingman — a player who can play either of two positions, usually guard and forward.
- swishing — to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- swissing — a method of treating cloth
- swoffing — the sport of saltwater fly-fishing
- swooning — to faint; lose consciousness.
- swooping — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- swotting — to study or work hard.
- thrawing — British Dialect. to throw.
- throwing — the act of projecting or casting (something) through the air, esp with a rapid motion of the arm and wrist
- toweling — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- towering — very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- townling — a person who lives in a town
- trawling — fishing using a trawl net or trawl line
- twanging — to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- tweeting — a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
- twerking — a provocative dance performed by moving the hips rapidly back and forth while standing with the feet apart and raising and lowering the body in a squatting motion
- twinight — (of a baseball double-header) held in the late afternoon and evening
- twinning — either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- twirling — to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl.
- twisting — a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.
- twitting — to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at. Synonyms: jeer at, mock, insult, deride.
- twoccing — the act of breaking into a motor vehicle and driving it away
- unbowing — not bowing, complying, or yielding
- unwaning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- unwaving — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- unweight — Skiing. to lessen downward force and friction between the skis and the snow by a quick upward or downward shifting of the body or by using bumps in the terrain.
- unwigged — not wearing a wig
- unwinged — without wings
- waddling — Present participle of waddle.
- wafering — Present participle of wafer.
- waffling — to talk foolishly or without purpose; idle away time talking.
- wagering — Present participle of wager.
- waggling — Present participle of waggle.
- wailings — Plural form of wailing.
- waisting — That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).