10-letter words containing a, g, u
- ligamentum — ligament.
- lin yutang — (Lin Yü-t'ang) 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.
- line gauge — a printer's ruler, usually marked off in points, picas, agates, and inches, and sometimes also in centimeters.
- liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- longaevous — long-lived
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lounge car — club car.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- loup-garou — a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- lughnasadh — an ancient Celtic festival held on Aug 1. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
- lullabying — Present participle of lullaby.
- luluabourg — former name of Kananga.
- lump sugar — sugar in small blocks
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- machinegun — Alternative spelling of machine gun.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- making out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- malaguetta — an aromatic African herb of the ginger family
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- malt sugar — maltose
- malt-sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- mangetouts — Plural form of mangetout.
- manhunting — Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- mapinguari — Alternative form of mapinguary.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- maquillage — makeup (defs 1, 2, 5).
- marguerite — a female given name, French form of Margaret.
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- massasauga — a small rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, ranging from the Great Lakes to the Mexican border.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- megachurch — an independent church with a very large membership in regular attendance, focusing on an evangelical or conservative Christian theology and offering a variety of educational and social activities.
- megafaunal — Of or pertaining to the megafauna.
- megafaunas — Plural form of megafauna.
- megajoules — Plural form of megajoule.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- miamisburg — a town in W Ohio.
- microgauss — (physics) A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one millionth of a gauss.
- migraineur — Someone who suffers from migraine headaches.