7-letter words containing G
Embark on an exploration of 7-letter words that contain the letter G. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate G within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| nothing | 11 | a quantity of no importance | it looked like nothing I had ever seen before |
| thought | 14 | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | what are your thoughts on Haiti? |
| fucking | 17 | informal intensifiers | - |
| talking | 12 | an exchange of ideas via conversation | - |
| looking | 12 | appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms | left their clothes dirty looking |
| through | 14 | having finished or arrived at completion | after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up |
| getting | 9 | the act of acquiring something | he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving |
| morning | 10 | the time period between dawn and noon | I spent the morning running errands |
| tonight | 11 | during the night of the present day | drop by tonight |
| working | 15 | actively engaged in paid work | the working population |
| waiting | 11 | being and remaining ready and available for use | waiting cars and limousines lined the curb |
| against | 8 | Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; in this sense often preceded by over. | against the mouth of a river |
| brought | 13 | - | - |
| alright | 11 | in a satisfactory or adequate manner | - |
| leaving | 11 | the act of departing | - |
| playing | 13 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| telling | 8 | powerfully persuasive | a telling presentation |
| feeling | 11 | the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | - |
| running | 8 | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track | - |
| evening | 11 | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | he enjoyed the evening light across the lake |
| strange | 8 | not known before | used many strange words |
| changed | 14 | changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism | - |
| meeting | 10 | the social act of assembling for some common purpose | his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day |
| calling | 10 | the particular occupation for which you are trained | - |
| kidding | 14 | - | - |
| forgive | 14 | absolve from payment | I forgive you your debt |
| wedding | 13 | the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | - |
| imagine | 10 | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | - |
| goodbye | 14 | a farewell remark | - |
| missing | 10 | nonexistent | - |
| darling | 9 | an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River | - |
| message | 10 | what a communication that is about something is about | - |
| amazing | 19 | inspiring awe or admiration or wonder | New York is an amazing city |
| general | 8 | a general officer of the highest rank | - |
| sitting | 8 | a meeting of spiritualists | - |
| college | 10 | a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed | - |
| english | 11 | an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries | - |
| village | 11 | a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century | - |
| wearing | 11 | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | - |
| killing | 12 | very funny | a killing joke |
| walking | 15 | the act of traveling by foot | walking is a healthy form of exercise |
| goddamn | 12 | extremely | you are goddamn right! |
| driving | 12 | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver | - |
| grandma | 11 | the mother of your father or mother | - |
| staying | 11 | - | - |
| writing | 11 | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) | the writing in her novels is excellent |
| singing | 9 | smooth and flowing | - |
| grandpa | 11 | the father of your father or mother | - |
| putting | 10 | hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter | his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet |
| reading | 9 | written material intended to be read | the teacher assigned new readings |
| holding | 12 | the act of retaining something | - |
| dancing | 11 | taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | - |
| helping | 13 | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | the helpings were all small |
| manager | 10 | (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | - |
| biggest | 11 | - | - |
| meaning | 10 | rich in significance or implication | a meaning look |
| hanging | 12 | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window | the cold castle walls were covered with hangings |
| keeping | 14 | the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | he left his car in my keeping |
| knowing | 15 | characterized by conscious design or purpose | a knowing act of fraud |
| selling | 8 | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | - |
| willing | 11 | not brought about by coercion or force | - |
| hearing | 11 | the act of hearing attentively | they make good music--you should give them a hearing |
| figured | 12 | (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns | my dress is richly figured |
| program | 12 | an integrated course of academic studies | he was admitted to a new program at the university |
| smoking | 14 | a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion | - |
| falling | 11 | coming down freely under the influence of gravity | falling rain |
| turning | 8 | a movement in a new direction | the turning of the wind |
| opening | 10 | an open or empty space in or between things | there was a small opening between the trees |
| showing | 14 | something shown to the public | - |
| finding | 12 | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | - |
| ringing | 9 | the sound of a bell ringing | the ringing of the telephone |
| younger | 11 | used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father | - |
| foreign | 11 | not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | foreign particles in milk |
| glasses | 8 | (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | - |
| suggest | 9 | make a proposal, declare a plan for something | - |
| beating | 10 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| burning | 10 | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | - |
| growing | 12 | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | - |
| letting | 8 | property that is leased or rented out or let | - |
| revenge | 11 | take revenge for a perceived wrong | - |
| warning | 11 | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) | the warning was to beware of surprises |
| sending | 9 | the act of causing something to go (especially messages) | - |
| staring | 8 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | stark staring mad |
| heading | 12 | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | - |
| regular | 8 | often used as intensifiers | a regular morass of details |
| courage | 10 | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | - |
| passing | 10 | lasting a very short time | a passing fancy |
| illegal | 8 | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules | an illegal chess move |
| yelling | 11 | uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | - |
| managed | 11 | - | - |
| winning | 11 | very attractive; capturing interest | a winning personality |
| picking | 16 | the quantity of a crop that is harvested | he sent the first picking of berries to the market |
| cooking | 14 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | cooking can be a great art |
| hitting | 11 | the act of contacting one thing with another | repeated hitting raised a large bruise |
| dealing | 9 | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) | he has always been honest is his dealings with me |
| surgery | 11 | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | - |
| garbage | 11 | a worthless message | - |
| fishing | 14 | the act of someone who fishes as a diversion | - |
| hunting | 11 | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | - |
| parking | 14 | space in which vehicles can be parked | there is plenty of parking behind the store |
| pulling | 10 | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | his strenuous pulling strained his back |
| kingdom | 15 | the domain ruled by a king or queen | - |
| closing | 10 | approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision |
| cutting | 10 | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | - |
| leading | 9 | the activity of leading | - |
| wasting | 11 | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | - |
| hurting | 11 | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | - |
| blowing | 13 | processing that involves blowing a gas | - |
| drawing | 12 | act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source | the drawing of water from the well |
| arrange | 8 | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | - |
| kissing | 12 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| engaged | 10 | (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) | receptionists' telephones are always engaged |
| wanting | 11 | nonexistent | - |
| chasing | 13 | - | - |
| rolling | 8 | a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | - |
| average | 11 | lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered | average people |
| pushing | 13 | the act of applying force in order to move something away | the pushing is good exercise |
| smiling | 10 | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | - |
| greater | 8 | greater in size or importance or degree | for the greater good of the community |
| begging | 12 | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | - |
| panting | 10 | any fabric used to make trousers | - |
| package | 16 | put into a box | - |
| setting | 8 | the context and environment in which something is set | the perfect setting for a ghost story |
| goddess | 10 | a female deity | - |
| barking | 14 | - | - |
| trigger | 9 | put in motion or move to act | trigger a reaction |
| highway | 20 | a major road for any form of motor transport | - |
| washing | 14 | garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | - |
| naughty | 14 | suggestive of sexual impropriety | a naughty wink |
| tragedy | 12 | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | - |
| kicking | 18 | the act of delivering a blow with the foot | the team's kicking was excellent |
| jumping | 19 | the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | the jumping was unexpected |
| charged | 14 | fraught with great emotion | an atmosphere charged with excitement |
| hostage | 11 | a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms | - |
| raining | 8 | falling in drops or as if falling like rain | watched the raining apple blossoms |
| testing | 8 | the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | - |
| massage | 10 | manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | - |
| feeding | 12 | the act of consuming food | - |
| fighter | 14 | someone who fights (or is fighting) | - |
| largest | 8 | - | - |
| lighter | 11 | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | - |
| landing | 9 | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods | - |
| shaking | 15 | a shaky motion | the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe |
| sobbing | 12 | convulsive gasp made while weeping | - |
| granted | 9 | acknowledged as a supposition | - |
| shining | 11 | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | the shining of shoes provided a meager living |
| luggage | 10 | cases used to carry belongings when traveling | - |
| digging | 11 | the act of digging | - |
| serving | 11 | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | there's enough for two servings each |
| filming | 13 | the act of making a film | - |
| gunshot | 11 | the act of shooting a gun | - |
| joining | 15 | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | the joining of hands around the table |
| raising | 8 | the event of something being raised upward | a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity |
| sharing | 11 | sharing thoughts and feelings | - |
| apology | 13 | a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | - |
| causing | 10 | the act of causing something to happen | - |
| fooling | 11 | characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility | a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter |
| magical | 12 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | a magical spell |
| damaged | 12 | being unjustly brought into disrepute | her damaged reputation |
| warming | 13 | warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | - |
| arguing | 9 | a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | - |
| dignity | 12 | the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect | it was beneath his dignity to cheat |
| amongst | 10 | - | - |
| banging | 11 | (used informally) very large | - |
| packing | 16 | carrying something in a pack on the back | the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts |
| ceiling | 10 | an upper limit on what is allowed | he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him |
| footage | 11 | a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done | - |
| surgeon | 8 | a physician who specializes in surgery | - |
| gravity | 14 | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface | the more remote the body the less the gravity |
| passage | 10 | the passing of a law by a legislative body | - |
| sausage | 8 | a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon | - |
| savings | 11 | a fund of money put by as a reserve | - |
| seeking | 12 | the act of searching for something | - |
| signing | 9 | language expressed by visible hand gestures | - |
| gallery | 11 | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited | - |
| grounds | 9 | your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief | - |
| scaring | 10 | - | - |
| sucking | 14 | the act of sucking | - |
| filling | 11 | any material that fills a space or container | - |
| strings | 8 | the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments | - |
| fragile | 11 | lacking substance or significance | a fragile claim to fame |
| genetic | 10 | of or relating to the science of genetics | genetic research |
| genuine | 8 | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | a genuine dilemma |
| mahjong | 20 | Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles | - |
| humming | 15 | a humming noise | - |
| ruining | 8 | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | - |
| buzzing | 28 | noisy like the sound of a bee | - |
| shotgun | 11 | firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | - |
| elegant | 8 | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | - |
| storage | 8 | depositing in a warehouse | my car is in storage |
| bargain | 10 | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | he made a bargain with the devil |
| pissing | 10 | informal terms for urination | - |
| pouring | 10 | flowing profusely | pouring flood waters |
| whining | 14 | - | - |
| flowing | 14 | designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow | - |
| legally | 11 | by law; conforming to the law | - |
| resting | 8 | - | - |
| bombing | 14 | an attack by dropping bombs | - |
| amusing | 10 | providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining | an amusing speaker |
| gesture | 8 | show, express or direct through movement | He gestured his desire to leave |
| judging | 17 | the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions | - |
| surfing | 11 | the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | - |
| ignored | 9 | disregarded | her ignored advice |
| regrets | 8 | a polite refusal of an invitation | - |
| heights | 14 | a high place | he doesn't like heights |
| digital | 9 | of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits | digital computer |
| wailing | 11 | vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | wailing mourners |
| camping | 14 | the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | - |
| healing | 11 | tending to cure or restore to health | her gentle healing hand |
| logical | 10 | based on known statements or events or conditions | rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year |
| organic | 10 | a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter | - |
| robbing | 12 | - | - |
| blaming | 12 | - | - |
| sailing | 8 | the activity of flying a glider | - |
| betting | 10 | preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | a betting man |
| bowling | 13 | a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them | - |
| forcing | 13 | - | - |
| snoring | 8 | the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound | - |
| rushing | 11 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | - |
| trading | 9 | buying or selling securities or commodities | - |
| teasing | 8 | playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | - |
| wishing | 14 | a specific feeling of desire | he was above all wishing and desire |
| casting | 10 | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | - |
| skating | 12 | the sport of gliding on skates | - |
| bearing | 10 | characteristic way of bearing one's body | - |
| housing | 11 | structures collectively in which people are housed | - |
| editing | 9 | putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | - |
| roaring | 8 | a deep prolonged loud noise | - |
| bathing | 13 | the act of washing yourself (or another person) | - |
| grenade | 9 | a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile | - |
| springs | 10 | - | - |
| failing | 11 | failure to reach a minimum required performance | his failing the course led to his disqualification |
| obliged | 11 | under a moral obligation to do something | - |
| teenage | 8 | being of the age 13 through 19 | teenage mothers |
| chewing | 16 | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | - |
| nursing | 8 | nourishing at the breast | - |
| pudding | 12 | (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) | - |
| choking | 17 | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | no evidence that the choking was done by the accused |
| ticking | 14 | a metallic tapping sound | - |
| bangkok | 18 | the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture | - |
| grocery | 13 | a marketplace where groceries are sold | the grocery store included a meat market |
| cottage | 10 | a small house with a single story | - |
| tearing | 8 | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | in a tearing rage |
| brigade | 11 | army unit smaller than a division | - |
| gunfire | 11 | the act of shooting a gun | the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders |
| delight | 12 | a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction | his delight to see her was obvious to all |
| biology | 13 | the science that studies living organisms | - |
| lightly | 14 | in a small quantity or extent | apply paint lightly |
| popping | 14 | a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | - |
| sinking | 12 | a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension | with a sinking heart |
| boiling | 10 | cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | - |
| howling | 14 | extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | a howling success |
| fitting | 11 | in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion | We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this |
| longest | 8 | for the most time | she stayed longest |
| melting | 10 | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | - |
| backing | 16 | financial resources provided to make some project possible | - |
| greatly | 11 | to an extraordinary extent or degree | he improved greatly |
| longing | 9 | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | - |
| gilbert | 10 | a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns | - |
| glimpse | 12 | a quick look | - |
| uptight | 13 | being in a tense state | - |
| rotting | 8 | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | - |
| rubbing | 12 | effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | - |
| baggage | 12 | cases used to carry belongings when traveling | - |
| blaring | 10 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
| bridges | 11 | United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990) | - |
| heating | 11 | utility to warm a building | the heating system wasn't working |
| cunning | 10 | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | - |
| damages | 11 | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | - |
| shaving | 14 | the act of removing hair with a razor | - |
| roughly | 14 | with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') | he was pushed roughly aside |
| banking | 14 | engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
| cabbage | 14 | make off with belongings of others | - |
| denying | 12 | - | - |
| disgust | 9 | cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | - |
| funding | 12 | financial resources provided to make some project possible | - |
| gorilla | 8 | largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa | - |
| drugged | 11 | under the influence of narcotics | a drugged sleep |
| dumping | 13 | selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market | - |
| tapping | 12 | the sound of light blow or knock | he heard the tapping of the man's cane |
| tightly | 14 | in a tight or constricted manner | a tightly packed pub |
| earning | 8 | - | - |
| hissing | 11 | a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience |
| lacking | 14 | nonexistent | her appetite was lacking |
| echoing | 13 | (of sounds) repeating by reflection | a hotel with echoing halls |
| weeping | 13 | showing sorrow | - |
| leaning | 8 | a natural inclination | - |
| lifting | 11 | - | - |
| lighten | 11 | make more cheerful | the conversation lightened me up a bit |
| licking | 14 | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | they suffered a convincing licking |
| loading | 9 | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | - |
| tongues | 8 | - | - |
| glowing | 12 | the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface | - |
| locking | 14 | the act of locking something up to protect it | - |
| refugee | 11 | an exile who flees for safety | - |
| gambler | 12 | someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement | - |
| nagging | 10 | continually complaining or faultfinding | nagging parents |
| ripping | 12 | very good; of the highest quality | - |
| bandage | 11 | a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | - |
| insight | 11 | the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | - |
| solving | 11 | finding a solution to a problem | - |
| upright | 13 | a vertical structural member as a post or stake | the ball sailed between the uprights |
| hugging | 13 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| penguin | 10 | short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers | - |
| pumping | 14 | - | - |
| guarded | 10 | prudent | guarded optimism |
| bidding | 12 | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | - |
| griffin | 14 | winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | - |
| jerking | 19 | an abrupt spasmodic movement | - |
| tighten | 11 | narrow or limit | - |
| farming | 13 | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | - |
| mocking | 16 | abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | her mocking smile |
| pending | 11 | awaiting conclusion or confirmation | business still pending |
| drought | 12 | a prolonged shortage | when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought |
| handbag | 14 | a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | - |
| lasting | 8 | existing for a long time | a long-lasting friendship |
| jogging | 17 | running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise | - |
| emerged | 11 | - | - |
| fleeing | 11 | - | - |
| grilled | 9 | cooked over an outdoor grill | - |
| cologne | 10 | a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League | - |
| alleged | 9 | doubtful or suspect | - |
| cooling | 10 | the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | - |
| dialing | 9 | - | - |
| cursing | 10 | - | - |
| burying | 13 | concealing something under the ground | - |
| vintage | 11 | the oldness of wines | - |
| getaway | 14 | the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | - |
| placing | 12 | - | - |
| dungeon | 9 | the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress | - |
| slowing | 11 | a decrease in rate of change | - |
| anguish | 11 | cause emotional anguish or make miserable | - |
| forgave | 14 | - | - |
| hamburg | 15 | a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League | - |
| pageant | 10 | an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes | - |
| renting | 8 | the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | - |
| gestapo | 10 | the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods | - |
| graphic | 15 | evoking lifelike images within the mind | graphic accounts of battle |
| parting | 10 | a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | - |
| sliding | 9 | being a smooth continuous motion | - |
| ranking | 12 | having a higher rank | - |
| earring | 8 | jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe | - |
| singles | 8 | badminton played with one person on each side | - |
| burglar | 10 | a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | - |
| indulge | 9 | enjoy to excess | She indulges in ice cream |
| sighted | 12 | able to see | - |
| soaking | 12 | washing something by allowing it to soak | - |
| grandad | 10 | the father of your father or mother | - |
| grizzly | 29 | showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair | - |
| hygiene | 14 | the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health | - |
| tasting | 8 | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | - |
| farting | 11 | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | - |
| onstage | 8 | situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience | - |
| copying | 15 | an act of copying | - |
| craving | 13 | an intense desire for some particular thing | - |
| upgrade | 11 | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | - |
| winding | 12 | of a path e.g. | a winding country road |
| glitter | 8 | be shiny, as if wet | - |
| hacking | 17 | - | - |
| lending | 9 | disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned | - |
| abusing | 10 | - | - |
| genesis | 8 | a coming into being | - |
| neglect | 10 | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | - |
| syringe | 11 | a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids | - |
| bulldog | 11 | a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting | - |
| giraffe | 14 | tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | - |
| goodman | 11 | United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986) | - |
| grammar | 12 | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | - |
| hooking | 15 | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | he took lessons to cure his hooking |
| scoring | 10 | evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | - |
| stating | 8 | - | - |
| booking | 14 | the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) | wondered who had made the booking |
| flaming | 13 | informal intensifiers | you flaming idiot |
| mustang | 10 | small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish | - |
| smuggle | 11 | import or export without paying customs duties | She smuggled cigarettes across the border |
| viewing | 14 | a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial | - |
| vinegar | 11 | sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative | - |
| blazing | 19 | shining intensely | the blazing sun |
| allergy | 11 | hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity | - |
| freight | 14 | the charge for transporting something by common carrier | we pay the freight |
| glacier | 10 | a slowly moving mass of ice | - |
| goggles | 10 | (plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes | - |
| itching | 13 | an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch | - |
| largely | 11 | in large part; mainly or chiefly | These accounts are largely inactive |
| manning | 10 | - | - |
| plugged | 12 | completely obstructed or closed off | the drain was plugged |
| seating | 8 | an area that includes places where several people can sit | there is seating for 40 students in this classroom |
| granite | 8 | plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz | - |
| fasting | 11 | abstaining from food | - |
| outrage | 8 | the act of scandalizing | - |
| gateway | 14 | an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
| hawking | 18 | English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) | - |
| ongoing | 9 | currently happening | an ongoing economic crisis |
| undergo | 9 | pass through | The chemical undergoes a sudden change |
| bending | 11 | movement that causes the formation of a curve | - |
| marking | 14 | evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | - |
| hopping | 15 | - | - |
| rightly | 14 | with honesty | he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time |
| carving | 13 | creating figures or designs in three dimensions | - |
| guiding | 10 | showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | - |
| herring | 11 | commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | - |
| iceberg | 12 | a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier | - |
| fencing | 13 | material for building fences | - |
| rapping | 12 | - | - |
| urgency | 13 | insistent solicitation and entreaty | - |
| vaguely | 14 | in a vague way | he looked vaguely familiar |
| batting | 10 | stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | - |
| bologna | 10 | large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork | - |
| gagging | 11 | - | - |
| gospels | 10 | the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings | - |
| ironing | 8 | garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed | there was a basketful of ironing to do |
| pegasus | 10 | a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces | - |
| revving | 14 | - | - |
| costing | 10 | cost accounting | - |
| glamour | 10 | alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | - |
| lasagna | 8 | baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables | - |
| mongrel | 10 | derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | - |
| pledged | 12 | bound by or as if by an oath | - |
| sorting | 8 | an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion | the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting |
| niagara | 8 | a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York | - |
| binding | 11 | one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall | - |
| goodies | 9 | - | - |
| quoting | 17 | - | - |
| cloning | 10 | a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell) | - |
| salvage | 11 | collect discarded material | - |
| catalog | 10 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | He is cataloguing his photographic negatives |
| pilgrim | 12 | one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 | - |
| dashing | 12 | lively and spirited | a dashing hero |
| abigail | 10 | - | - |
| tangled | 9 | highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Oh, what a tangled web we weave |
| yapping | 15 | - | - |
| bonding | 11 | fastening firmly together | - |
| signora | 8 | an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name | - |
| staging | 9 | the production of a drama on the stage | - |
| fatigue | 11 | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | - |
| lineage | 8 | the number of lines in a piece of printed material | - |
| relying | 11 | - | - |
| segment | 10 | divide into segments | segment an orange |
| wrongly | 14 | in an inaccurate manner | - |
| garland | 9 | an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | - |
| goliath | 11 | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful | - |
| posting | 10 | the transmission of a letter | - |
| bigfoot | 13 | large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada | - |
| charger | 13 | formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | - |
| algebra | 10 | the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations | - |
| ghastly | 14 | gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | ghastly shrieks |
| ghostly | 14 | resembling or characteristic of a phantom | a ghostly face at the window |
| gourmet | 10 | a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | - |
| sensing | 8 | becoming aware of something via the senses | - |
| rooting | 8 | the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow | - |
| vaginal | 11 | of or relating to the vagina | vaginal suppository |
| vending | 12 | the act of selling goods for a living | - |
| jamming | 19 | deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems | - |
| cycling | 15 | the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | - |
| clogged | 12 | thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | seeds clogged together |
| sparing | 10 | avoiding waste | a sparing father and a spending son |
| voltage | 11 | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | - |
| whoring | 14 | - | - |
| brewing | 13 | the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast | - |
| gallows | 11 | an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging | - |
| galilee | 8 | an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry | - |
| grinder | 9 | machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing | - |
| listing | 8 | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | - |
| godless | 9 | not revering god | - |
| sipping | 12 | - | - |
| soaring | 8 | the activity of flying a glider | - |
| tailing | 8 | the act of following someone secretly | - |
| booming | 12 | very lively and profitable | - |
| shoving | 14 | - | - |
| tracing | 10 | a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image | - |
| bondage | 11 | the state of being under the control of another person | - |
| calming | 12 | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | - |
| mileage | 10 | the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned | - |
| folding | 12 | the act of folding | - |
| gangsta | 9 | (Black English) a member of a youth gang | - |
| yoghurt | 14 | a custard-like food made from curdled milk | - |
| fleming | 13 | Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955) | - |
| framing | 13 | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror | - |
| hauling | 11 | the activity of transporting goods by truck | - |
| langley | 11 | United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) | - |
| nightly | 14 | at the end of each day | she checks on her roses nightly |
| peeling | 10 | loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | - |
| enraged | 9 | marked by extreme anger | the enraged bull attached |
| carnage | 10 | the savage and excessive killing of many people | - |
| garbled | 11 | lacking orderly continuity | - |
| granger | 9 | a person who operates a farm | - |
| lodging | 10 | the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | - |
| dodging | 11 | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | - |
| tanning | 8 | beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | - |
| grownup | 13 | a fully developed person from maturity onward | - |
| shaping | 13 | any process serving to define the shape of something | - |
| forgery | 14 | a copy that is represented as the original | - |
| garment | 10 | provide with clothes or put clothes on | - |
| leaping | 10 | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | - |
| looting | 8 | plundering during riots or in wartime | - |
| pimping | 14 | - | - |
| prodigy | 14 | a sign of something about to happen | - |
| geology | 12 | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | - |
| imagery | 13 | the ability to form mental images of things or events | - |
| limping | 12 | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | - |
