8-letter words that end in g
- gridding — Adding a grid of lines to a map etc.
- griefing — Present participle of grief.
- grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grifting — (sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- grilling — Present participle of grill.
- grim dig — an obdurate soldier
- grinding — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- grinning — to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
- gripping — holding the attention or interest intensely; fascinating; enthralling: a gripping play; a gripping book.
- gristing — grain to be ground.
- gritting — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- groaning — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- groening — Matt(hew). born 1954, US cartoonist and writer, creator and producer of The Simpsons television series from 1989
- groining — Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grokking — to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
- grooming — a bridegroom.
- grooving — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- grossing — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grouping — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- grow bag — a plastic bag containing a sufficient amount of a sterile growing medium and nutrients to enable a plant, such as a tomato or pepper, to be grown to full size in it, usually for one season only
- growling — Producing a growl.
- grubbing — Present participle of grub.
- grudging — done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
- grueling — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- grumping — Present participle of grump.
- grunting — to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
- guandong — a former territory in NE China at the tip of Liaodong peninsula; leased to Japan 1905–45.
- guarddog — a dog that guards a property or person
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guddling — Present participle of guddle.
- guessing — The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
- guesting — Present participle of guest.
- guggling — Present participle of guggle.
- guilting — the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
- gullying — Present participle of gully.
- gun brig — a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
- guzzling — South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
- gypsying — Present participle of gypsy.
- gyrating — Present participle of gyrate.
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- habsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- haffling — Present participle of haffle.
- haggling — Present participle of haggle.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- hame tug — a loop or short leather strap attaching a trace to a hame.