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10-letter words containing a, e, g, u

  • guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
  • guarnerius — a violin made by Guarneri or by a member of his family.
  • guatemalan — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
  • gubernator — a governor
  • guerrillas — Plural form of guerrilla.
  • guess what — used to announce news
  • guest flag — a rectangular white flag flown at the starboard main spreader or main yardarm of a yacht when the owner is away but guests are on board.
  • guest star — TV: famous actor playing a role
  • guestimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
  • guide rail — a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.
  • guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
  • guinea hen — the female of the guinea fowl.
  • guinea pig — a short-eared, tailless rodent of the genus Cavia, usually white, black, and tawny, commonly regarded as the domesticated form of one of the South American wild species of cavy: often used in scientific experiments or kept as a pet.
  • guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
  • gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
  • gum eraser — a block of gummy, easily crumbled rubber used to erase smudges, pencil marks, and the like especially from artwork.
  • gum nebula — a large, almost circular, emission nebula in the constellation Vela and Puppis. Thought to be the remains of a supernova explosion 1 million years ago, it is estimated to lie 1300 light years away
  • gun barrel — firearm: tube-shaped part
  • gun battle — a violent fight between groups of people in which guns are used
  • gun camera — an aircraft-mounted motion-picture camera recording the firing of all weapons on the gun-target line of the pilot.
  • gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
  • haemagogue — promoting the flow of blood
  • halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
  • hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
  • harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
  • haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
  • haughtiest — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
  • haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
  • hearth rug — A hearth rug is a rug which is put in front of a fireplace.
  • hearthrugs — Plural form of hearthrug.
  • hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
  • hexangular — having six angles.
  • hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
  • home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
  • horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
  • hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
  • house flag — a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.
  • hugh capetHugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
  • humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
  • husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.
  • hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
  • hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
  • hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
  • image tube — an electron tube that receives a pattern of radiation, as infrared, ultraviolet, or x-ray, on a photosensitive surface and reproduces the pattern on a fluorescent screen.
  • impugnable — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
  • inarguable — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
  • inaugurate — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
  • incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
  • ingrateful — Ungrateful; not grateful.
  • ingushetia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the N Caucasus. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Magas.
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