8-letter words that end in g
- prancing — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- pranking — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- preening — (of animals, especially birds) to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with the beak or tongue: The peacock preened itself on the lawn.
- prepping — preparatory school.
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- pricking — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- prilling — Prilling is a process in which a melted substance is sprayed against upward-flowing air in a tower to form solid particles.
- primming — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- primping — to dress or adorn with care.
- printing — the state of being printed.
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- proofing — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propping — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- protolog — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- psyching — psych1 .
- puck hog — a player who is reluctant to pass the puck to other members of his or her team
- puddling — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- pumpking — pumpkin
- punchbag — A punchbag is a heavy leather bag, filled with a firm material, that hangs on a rope. Punchbags are used by boxers and other sportsmen for exercise and training.
- punching — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- purfling — to finish with an ornamental border.
- pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- puzzling — confusing or baffling: a puzzling answer.
- q rating — a figure, based on opinion polls, intended to reflect how relatively popular and recognizable a given TV performer is with audiences
- qianlong — Ch'ien Lung.
- quacking — Present participle of quack.
- quadding — Also called quadrat. a piece of type metal of less height than the lettered types, serving to cause a blank in printed matter, used for spacing.
- quaffing — to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
- quailing — to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
- qualming — the state of having a qualm
- quandong — an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
- quantong — quandong.
- quashing — Present participle of quash.
- queefing — Present participle of queef.
- queening — a female sovereign or monarch.
- queering — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- quelling — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- querying — a question; an inquiry.
- questing — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- queueing — Present participle of queue.
- quidding — Present participle of quid.
- quieting — Present participle of quiet.
- quilling — one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
- 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.
- quipping — a clever or witty remark or comment.
- quirking — Present participle of quirk.
- quirting — Present participle of quirt.
- quisling — a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; fifth columnist.
- quitting — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.