8-letter words that end in g
- musk hog — the collared peccary. See under peccary.
- mutating — to change; alter.
- muzzling — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- n-prolog — Prolog extended with explicit negation. Dov Gabbay <[email protected]>.
- nan ling — a mountain range in S China, separating Guangdong province from Hunan province and Guangxi Zhuang region.
- nanchang — a province in SE China. 63,629 sq. mi. (164,799 sq. km). Capital: Nanchang.
- nanching — a port in and the capital of Jiangsu province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: a former capital of China.
- nanchong — a city in E central Sichuan province, in central China.
- nannying — Present participle of nanny.
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- nebelung — a breed of cat with a long body, long silky bluish hair, and a plumelike tail
- needling — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- neighing — Present participle of neigh.
- nest egg — money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc.
- nestling — a young bird not yet old enough to leave the nest.
- nettling — Present participle of nettle.
- news peg — a news story that forms the basis of or justification for a feature story, editorial, political cartoon, or the like.
- nibbling — to bite off small bits.
- nibelung — any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
- niggling — petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.
- nobbling — to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- nointing — Present participle of noint.
- nonbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- noncling — having little or no tendency to stick to an object, surface, etc., as by static electricity.
- noodling — to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise.
- northing — northward movement or deviation.
- nose bag — feed bag (def 1).
- nose rag — a handkerchief
- nosewing — the flared portion of each side of the nose; a nasal ala.
- notating — to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation: The book describes how to notate music for instruments and voice.
- notching — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- noticing — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- novating — Present participle of novate.
- nurnberg — German name of Nuremberg.
- nursling — an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- nutating — Present participle of nutate.
- nuzzling — Present participle of nuzzle.
- nykøbing — a port in Denmark, on the W coast of Falster Island. Pop: 16 784 (2004 est)
- obliging — willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging.
- occuring — Misspelling of occurring, the present participle of occur.
- offering — an act or instance of offering: an offer of help.
- oldening — Present participle of olden.
- omitting — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- oncoming — approaching; nearing: the oncoming train; the oncoming holiday season.
- one-lung — having or equipped with only one lung.
- opposing — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- oracling — Present participle of oracle.
- orbiting — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ordering — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.