| bagwig | (noun) an 18th-century wig with hair pushed back into a bag. | - |
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| bigwig | (noun) the most important person in a group or undertaking | Synonyms: kingpin, top banana |
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| brig | (noun) a penal institution (especially on board a ship) | - |
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| (noun) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts | - |
| caprifig | (noun) wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs | Synonyms: Ficus carica sylvestris |
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| dig | (noun) the act of digging | Synonyms: digging, excavation |
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| (noun) the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow | Synonyms: jab |
| (noun) a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) | - |
| (noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: barb, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam |
| (noun) the site of an archeological exploration | Synonyms: archeological site, excavation |
| earwig | (noun) any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen | - |
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| fig | (noun) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material | Synonyms: figure |
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| (noun) fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried | - |
| (noun) Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit | Synonyms: common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica |
| fishgig | (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fizgig, gig, lance, spear |
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| fizgig | (noun) a firework that fizzes as it moves | - |
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| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, gig, lance, spear |
| gig | (noun) a booking for musicians | - |
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| (noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood | - |
| (noun) tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain | - |
| (noun) long and light rowing boat; especially for racing | - |
| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, lance, spear |
| (noun) a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting | - |
| hayrig | (noun) a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry | Synonyms: hayrack |
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| jig | (noun) any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping | - |
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| (noun) a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it | - |
| (noun) a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water | - |
| (noun) music in three-four time for dancing a jig | Synonyms: gigue |
| oilrig | (noun) rig used in drilling for oil or gas | Synonyms: drill rig, drilling rig, oil rig |
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| paypig | (noun) A sexually submissive male | - |
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| periwig | (noun) a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries | Synonyms: peruke |
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| pfennig | (noun) 100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany | - |
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| pig | (noun) domestic swine | Synonyms: grunter, hog, squealer, Sus scrofa |
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| (noun) a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace | - |
| (noun) mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast | Synonyms: pig bed |
| (noun) a person regarded as greedy and pig-like | Synonyms: hog |
| (noun) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | Synonyms: bull, cop, copper, fuzz |
| (noun) a coarse obnoxious person | Synonyms: slob, sloven, slovenly person |
| prig | (noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | Synonyms: snob, snoot, snot |
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| rig | (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, fraud, swindle |
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| (noun) gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise | - |
| (noun) formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel | Synonyms: rigging |
| (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: getup, outfit, turnout |
| (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: carriage, equipage |
| (noun) a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together | Synonyms: articulated lorry, semi, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig |
| (noun) gear used in fishing | Synonyms: fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle |
| shindig | (noun) a large and noisy party of people | Synonyms: shindy |
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| sprig | (noun) an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers | - |
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| (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: branchlet, twig |
| swig | (noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draft, draught, gulp |
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| thimblerig | (noun) a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under | Synonyms: shell game |
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| thingamajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| thingmajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| thingumajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| trig | (noun) the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions | Synonyms: trigonometry |
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| twig | (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: branchlet, sprig |
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| whirligig | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout |
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| (noun) a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin | Synonyms: spinning top, teetotum, top |
| wig | (noun) hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair | - |
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| (noun) British slang for a scolding | Synonyms: wigging |
| zig | (noun) an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions | Synonyms: zag, zigzag |
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