8-letter words containing a, g, u, s
- euglenas — Plural form of euglena.
- fatigues — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- flashgun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flue gas — the smoke in the uptake of a boiler fire: it consists mainly of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen
- fougasse — a type of bread made with olive oil
- fraughts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught.
- fuselage — the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
- gajdusek — D(aniel) Carleton [kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
- galbulus — A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses.
- galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
- gallnuts — Plural form of gallnut.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galluses — a pair of suspenders for trousers.
- galumphs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph.
- gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
- gas tube — an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- gasthaus — a German inn or tavern.
- gastrula — a metazoan embryo in an early state of germ layer formation following the blastula stage, consisting of a cuplike body of two layers of cells, the ectoderm and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity, or archenteron, that opens to the outside by the blastopore: in most animals progressing to the formation of a third cell layer, the mesoderm.
- gaudiest — Superlative form of gaudy.
- gaullism — a political movement in France led by Charles de Gaulle.
- gaullist — a supporter of the political principles of Charles Charles de Gaulle.
- gaumless — gormless.
- gauntest — Superlative form of gaunt.
- gaussian — Karl Friedrich [kahrl free-drikh] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1777–1855, German mathematician and astronomer.
- gauziest — Superlative form of gauzy.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- gelasius — (Giovanni de Gaeta) died 1119, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1118–19.
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- ghastful — frightful.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glassful — an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- godsquad — any group of evangelical Christians, members of which are regarded as intrusive and exuberantly pious
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- gracchus — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graduals — Plural form of gradual.
- graduses — Plural form of gradus.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- grass up — to inform on (someone), esp to the police
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.