8-letter words that end in ing
- caddying — Present participle of caddy.
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- cajoling — Present participle of cajole.
- candling — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- candying — any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- cantling — a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carrying — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- catching — If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
- chaffing — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
- chaining — Present participle of chain.
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- champing — to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently: The horses champed the oats.
- chancing — the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
- changing — not remaining the same; transient
- chanking — to eat noisily or greedily.
- channing — ˈWilliam Ellery (ˈɛləri ) ; elˈərē) 1780-1842; U.S. Unitarian leader & social critic
- chanting — Say or shout repeatedly in a sing-song tone.
- chapping — Present participle of chap.
- charging — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.
- charring — Present participle of char.
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chatting — Present participle of chat.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory
- cheeking — Present participle of cheek.
- cheeping — Present participle of cheep.
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- childing — bearing a child; pregnant
- chilling — If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening.
- chinking — a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass.
- chinning — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- chipping — a short chirping or squeaking cry.
- chirping — high pitched, repeated noises
- chirring — Present participle of chirr.