8-letter words containing d, u, n, g
- gun down — shoot dead
- gurindji — an Aboriginal people of N central Australia
- gurnards — Plural form of gurnard.
- gustnado — A strong whirlwind at the leading edge of a storm front or squall line.
- handguns — Plural form of handgun.
- hounding — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- huddling — Present participle of huddle.
- hungered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunger.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- illuding — Present participle of illude.
- impugned — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- inducing — Present participle of induce.
- indulged — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indulges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indulge.
- inground — sunk into the ground; built into the ground
- ingulfed — Simple past tense and past participle of ingulf.
- judgment — an act or instance of judging.
- jug band — a small group of performers who play chiefly blues or folk music on makeshift or very simple instruments, as washboards, harmonicas, kazoos, and empty jugs, the latter being played by blowing across the openings.
- junagadh — a town in India, in Gujarat: noted for its Buddhist caves and temples. Pop: 168 686 (2001)
- kludging — Simple past tense and past participle of kludge.
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- moulding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- mounding — a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
- muddling — Present participle of muddle.
- muddying — Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- mundungo — (in Spain) tripe
- nutsedge — An invasive sedge with small edible nutlike tubers.
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- oppugned — Simple past tense and past participle of oppugn.
- outdoing — Present participle of outdo.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- puddling — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- quadding — Also called quadrat. a piece of type metal of less height than the lettered types, serving to cause a blank in printed matter, used for spacing.
- quandong — an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
- quidding — Present participle of quid.
- reducing — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- reground — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rounding — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- scudding — to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
- sludging — intravascular slowing or clumping of red blood cells.
- smudging — a dirty mark or smear.
- sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- studding — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- studying — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.